{"id":13260,"date":"2017-10-14T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T07:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T11:33:50","slug":"turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Turner Asia Pacific Greenlights Monster Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turner Asia Pacific has begun preproduction on the brand-new original series <em>Monster Beach<\/em> for Turner International kids\u2019 channels, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, POGO and Boing.<\/p>\n<p>The 52&#215;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. <em>Monster Beach<\/em> is set to air across EMEA, Latin America and Asia Pacific in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Monster Beach<\/em> 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\u2019s program and a Screen Music Award for best music for children\u2019s TV.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Eyers, Turner\u2019s chief content officer for kids&#8217; networks, Asia Pacific, said: \u201cWith 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\u2019ve 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Hidalgo, the chief content officer for Turner EMEA and international kids\u2019 strategy, added: \u201cThe greenlight of <em>Monster Beach<\/em> is a great example of our approach to kids\u2019 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. <em>Monster Beach <\/em>will be a very welcome addition to our kids\u2019 portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turner Asia Pacific has begun preproduction on the brand-new original series Monster Beach for Turner International kids\u2019 channels, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, POGO and Boing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":13261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[500,811,81,3158,3159,1513],"class_list":["post-13260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-boing","tag-boomerang","tag-cartoon-network","tag-monster-beach","tag-pogo","tag-turner-asia-pacific","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Turner Asia Pacific Greenlights Monster Beach - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turner Asia Pacific Greenlights Monster Beach - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Turner Asia Pacific has begun preproduction on the brand-new original series Monster Beach for Turner International kids\u2019 channels, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, POGO and Boing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-14T05:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-14T11:33:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/MonsterBeach-TurnerAsiaPacific-1017.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"397\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"282\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/\",\"name\":\"Turner Asia Pacific Greenlights Monster Beach - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-14T05:00:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-14T11:33:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/turner-asia-pacific-greenlights-monster-beach\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Turner Asia Pacific Greenlights Monster Beach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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