{"id":11234,"date":"2016-11-02T10:37:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T14:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-kids-cbc-developing-new-underwater-themed-series\/"},"modified":"2016-11-02T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:52:05","slug":"guru-studio-kids-cbc-developing-new-underwater-themed-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-kids-cbc-developing-new-underwater-themed-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Studio &amp; Kids\u2019 CBC Developing Underwater-Themed Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Guru Studio (<em>Paw Patrol<\/em>, <em>Justin Time<\/em>) and Kids\u2019 CBC have begun development on the comedy-adventure series <em>Big Blue<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The original series for kids aged 4 to 8 follows underwater adventurers and siblings Lettie and Lemo, and their quirky submarine crew, as they explore and protect an ocean-covered planet from ship-stealing crabs, know-it-all jellyfish and a health-inspector shark. On their adventures, Lettie and Lemo uncover secrets and the origin of their newest recruit, the mysterious Bacon Berry.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Bredin, the executive VP of content and strategy at Guru, said, \u201cImagine the Millennium Falcon helmed by\u00a0a colorful cast of marine misfits! <em>Big Blue<\/em> will drop young viewers into a bold new world of comic adventure and spark their curiosity about the Earth\u2019s oceans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guru\u2019s designer, Gyimah Gariba, who created the show, commented, \u201cCreating a diverse cast of aspirational heroes was really important to me. Connecting to a hero on-screen can bring a child closer to being a hero in their own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment we saw Gyimah\u2019s designs we knew we wanted to be part of <em>Big Blue<\/em>,\u201d added Marie McCann, interim senior director of children\u2019s content at CBC. \u201cWe at Kids\u2019 CBC are excited to be working with Gyimah and Guru Studio to develop this stunning creator-driven concept.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Guru Studio (Paw Patrol, Justin Time) and Kids\u2019 CBC have begun development on the comedy-adventure series Big Blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":11237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2022,1945,235],"class_list":["post-11234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-big-blue","tag-guru-studio","tag-kids-cbc","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guru Studio &amp; 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