Turner Asia Pacific Greenlights Monster Beach

Turner Asia Pacific has begun preproduction on the brand-new original series Monster Beach for Turner International kids’ channels, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, POGO and Boing.

The 52×11-minute series centers on two inseparable siblings, cheeky prankster Dean and self-appointed leader Jan, as well as a band of monsters with a passion for discovery and chaos. Monster Beach is set to air across EMEA, Latin America and Asia Pacific in 2019.

Monster Beach is created by Patrick Crawley, Bruce Kane and Maurice Argiro from Australia-based BES Animation. The team developed the 2015 Cartoon Network TV movie of the same name, which won an ASTRA Award for most outstanding children’s program and a Screen Music Award for best music for children’s TV.

Mark Eyers, Turner’s chief content officer for kids’ networks, Asia Pacific, said: “With the overwhelming reaction we had to the movie two years ago, we knew we had a great formula to create more stories about Jan, Dean and these lovable monsters. We’ve assembled a great team based in Hong Kong and Australia, who have been set a task to create a very funny, very colorful show with mass, global appeal.”

Patricia Hidalgo, the chief content officer for Turner EMEA and international kids’ strategy, added: “The greenlight of Monster Beach is a great example of our approach to kids’ content development across international. Lovable stories and characters can come from all corners of the world, and we have made it our mission to seek out talent and IPs that we can nurture and grow. Monster Beach will be a very welcome addition to our kids’ portfolio.”