Boat Rocker Greenlights Dino Ranch Spin-Off

Boat Rocker has greenlit Dino Ranch: Island Explorers, a spin-off of its hit preschool series Dino Ranch, with CBC/Radio-Canada and Warner Bros. Discovery as broadcast partners.

The new animated series will see the Cassidy Clan head to the mysterious, exotic Dino Island, which is teeming with new dinosaur species, huge insects and prehistoric amphibians. Jon, Min, Miguel and their dinos will explore the island’s jungle, volcano and undiscovered world under the water.

Dino Ranch: Island Explorers will air on CBC, CBC Gem, CB Kids, YouTube, ICI TÉLÉ, ICI TOU.TV and the Radio-Canada website in Canada. Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, it will broadcast on Warner Bros. Discovery’s Cartoonito. It is set to come in 2026.

Dino Ranch: Island Explorers is created by Matt Fernandes of Industrial Brothers and produced by Industrial Brothers and Boat Rocker. Animation services are being provided by Jam Filled Entertainment.

“We’re thrilled to be producing Dino Ranch: Island Explorers, a premium animated preschool spin-off series that builds off the global success of Dino Ranch, continues our valued relationship with CBC/Radio-Canada in Canada and adds a wonderful new partner for EMEA in Warner Bros. Discovery,” said Jon Rutherford, president of global rights, franchise and content strategy at Boat Rocker Studios. “As a key franchise for Boat Rocker, we’re focused on continued worldwide expansion for the Dino Ranch brand across content sales, consumer products and digital.”

“Working with our partners at Boat Rocker, we look forward to sharing the Cassidy Clan’s new adventure with kids and families across Canada, as they explore life outside of the ranch,” said Marie McCann, senior director of children’s content at CBC Kids. “We know kids have dino-sized imaginations and will be totally inspired by the jaw-dropping underwater world created by Matt Fernandes and his amazing team.”

Zia Sands, director of content acquisitions, partnerships and co-productions for kids at Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, added, “Cartoonito provides a safe and trusted space for preschoolers and their family to engage with the characters they love, fun-filled stories and a host of exciting new adventures. The spin-off series of Dino Ranch complements the values and expectation of our preschool audience, and we’re very excited to be partnering with Boat Rocker on what we are sure will be a high-end production that will entertain and delight our Cartoonito audiences.”