{"id":17736,"date":"2019-12-06T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-two-minute-tales\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:37:36","slug":"hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopster Orders Third Season of Two Minute Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The digital preschool platform Hopster has commissioned a third season of its original animated series <em>Two Minute Tales<\/em>, which is set to premiere next year.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by the Consortium of Gentlemen, the new season will be called <em>Two Minute Tales From Shakespeare<\/em>. It will consist of ten two-minute episodes and is narrated, written, animated and directed by Mole Hill. The new season will focus on some of Shakespeare\u2019s classic plays, including <em>Hamlet<\/em>, <em>The Tempest<\/em>, <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, <em>Henry IV<\/em>, <em>King Lear<\/em>, <em>Macbeth<\/em> and <em>Othello<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The series, aimed at 4- to 6-year-olds, introduces preschoolers to Shakespeare, its iconic characters, famous quotes and immersive core themes in a speedy, creative and fun way.<\/p>\n<p>The first two seasons of <em>Two Minute Tales<\/em> are based on the traditional <em>Grimm\u2019s Fairy Tales<\/em>, offering preschoolers fast-paced, modern and quirky stories that challenge traditional gender stereotypes and promote diversity. To date the show has been translated into nine languages (English, Icelandic, Romanian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovenian, German, French, Kurdish) and has been picked up by WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk Fernsehen (Germany), Zarok TV (Turkey) and France TV (France), with further deals in negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>Ellen Solberg, head of content at Hopster, said, \u201cShakespeare&#8217;s plays are wonderfully layered and complex, but can be hard for kids to engage with from a young age. We hope that by introducing kids to the key themes and characters of his stories in an enjoyable, creative and preschool-friendly way, they may go on to develop a stronger interest and passion for his plays and theatre later in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hill said, \u201cIt\u2019s been fascinating adapting Shakespeare for such a young audience\u2014the themes and characters in the plays are so strong that there\u2019s an embarrassment of riches to work with!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital preschool platform Hopster has commissioned a third season of its original animated series Two Minute Tales, which is set to premiere next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":17737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[132,4228],"class_list":["post-17736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hopster","tag-two-minute-tales","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hopster Orders Third Season of Two Minute Tales - 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\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hopster Orders Third Season of Two Minute Tales - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The digital preschool platform Hopster has commissioned a third season of its original animated series Two Minute Tales, which is set to premiere next year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-06T14:38:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-06T15:37:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Two-Minute-Tales-Hopster-1219.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\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\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/\",\"name\":\"Hopster Orders Third Season of Two Minute Tales - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-06T14:38:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-06T15:37:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hopster-orders-third-season-of-two-minute-tales\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hopster Orders Third Season of Two Minute Tales\"}]},{\"@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\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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