{"id":16817,"date":"2019-07-31T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/tween-live-action-series-springboard-begins-production\/"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:10:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:10:01","slug":"tween-live-action-series-springboard-begins-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/tween-live-action-series-springboard-begins-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Tween Live-Action Series Springboard Begins Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production is underway on Frank van Keeken\u2019s (<em>The Next Step<\/em>, <em>Lost &amp; Found Music Studios<\/em>) tween live-action series <em>Springboard<\/em>, from DHX Television\u2019s Family Channel, CBBC and Beachwood Canyon Productions.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-episode order is currently being filmed in Toronto. The half-hour drama series is scheduled to debut on Family Channel in Canada and CBBC in the U.K. in 2020.\u00a0<em>Springboard<\/em>, which was previously titled<em> Up In the Air<\/em>,<em>\u00a0<\/em>follows Jenny Cortez, a talented young gymnast who moves to a new city when her family gets the opportunity to run their own gymnastics club. With new friends and an intimidating new school, Jenny looks to persevere and become the gymnastics legend she was born to be.<\/p>\n<p><em>Springboard<\/em> stars Morgan Wigle as Jenny; Tom Hulshof as Jenny\u2019s brother, Joon Cortez; Helena Marie as Jenny\u2019s mother, Whitney Cortez; and Shawn Alex Thompson as Jenny\u2019s Grandfather, Gus McIlroy. The series also stars Francesca van Keeken (<em>The Next Step<\/em>), Jordan Clark (<em>The Next Step<\/em>) and newcomers Ajanae Stephenson, Natasha Zaborski, Holly Belbeck, Abby Stretch, Keira Still, Luca Assad, Osias Reid, Leonidas Castrounis, Parker Lauzon and Hailey Vynychenko.<\/p>\n<p>The series is executive produced by van Keeken and his Beachwood Canyon Productions team. Andrew Barnsley (<em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>, <em>JANN<\/em>) and Ben Murray (<em>JANN<\/em>, <em>Working the Engels<\/em>) also serve as executive producers. International distribution will be handled by DHX Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to announce that production on <em>Springboard<\/em> is underway,\u201d said Joe Tedesco, executive VP and general manager of DHX Television. \u201cFamily Channel has seen tremendous success working with Frank van Keeken in the past on such shows as <em>Wingin\u2019 It<\/em>, <em>Lost &amp; Found Music Studios<\/em>, and of course, <em>The Next Step<\/em>. We are excited to collaborate with his team at Beachwood Canyon Productions, and with CBBC to bring this new aspirational and heartfelt intergenerational series to our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CBBC audience are already huge fans of Frank van Keeken\u2019s work and love the expert blend of emotion and aspiration in his characters,\u201d said Cheryl Taylor, head of content for BBC Children\u2019s. \u201c<em>Springboard<\/em>, with young gymnast Jenny\u2019s engaging and enabling journey, looks set to attract an equally besotted army of fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be teaming up with DHX Television and CBBC to create this inspiring gymnastic drama,\u201d said van Keeken. \u201cOur cast includes amazingly talented gymnasts and we are excited to introduce them to our young audiences and their families around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production is underway on Frank van Keeken\u2019s (The Next Step, Lost &amp; Found Music Studios) tween live-action series Springboard, from DHX Television\u2019s Family Channel, CBBC and Beachwood Canyon Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":16818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4759,433,473,703,4760],"class_list":["post-16817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-beachwood-canyon-productions","tag-cbbc","tag-dhx-television","tag-family-channel","tag-springboard","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tween Live-Action Series Springboard Begins Production - 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\/tween-live-action-series-springboard-begins-production\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tween Live-Action Series Springboard Begins Production - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Production is underway on Frank van Keeken\u2019s (The Next Step, Lost &amp; 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