{"id":18928,"date":"2020-07-28T09:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/strange-chores-renewed-season-two\/"},"modified":"2020-07-28T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:48:10","slug":"the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strange Chores Renewed for Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABC Australia has commissioned a second season of the animated series <em>The Strange Chores<\/em>, produced by Ludo Studio and Media World Pictures.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Strange Chores<\/em> sees two teenage wannabe heroes, Charlie and Pierce, and the spirited ghost girl Que master the skills needed to replace the aging monster-slayer Old Man Helsing by doing his supernatural chores. Preproduction on the 26 new episodes is commencing this month in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The first installment of <em>The Strange Chores<\/em> launched on ABC Australia in October 2019, with the debut season selling around the world to numerous territories since its release. Sony\u2019s Pop in the U.K., CBC in Canada, Discovery Kids in LatAm, Cartoon Network in Italy, the Showmax SVOD platform in Sub-Saharan Africa, MBC in the Middle East, Junior in Israel, Disney in Southeast Asia and TVB in Hong Kong have all since picked up the series.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto-based Boat Rocker Studios manages the global distribution and licensing of <em>The Strange Chores<\/em>. Production investment for the series is from Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Screen Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Rutherford, president and rights and managing director at Boat Rocker Studios, said: \u201c<em>The Strange Chores<\/em> is a wildly funny series, with strong international appeal, that has struck a chord with broadcasters around the world. This second series allows us to keep global audiences entertained with another dose of Charlie, Pierce and Que\u2019s hilarious magical antics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Libbie Doherty, head of children\u2019s at ABC Australia, said: \u201cThe focus on the life of these unique and funny teenagers is a brilliant introduction to genre storytelling for a young audience. Season two will build on that wonderful story world for all kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daley Pearson, co-founder of Ludo Studio and showrunner of <em>The Strange Chores<\/em>, said: \u201cWe love <em>The Strange Chores<\/em> and it\u2019s just starting to find its audience now which is brilliant. We\u2019re so thankful for this incredible opportunity to create more characters and stories for an audience who we love.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC Australia has commissioned a second season of the animated series The Strange Chores, produced by Ludo Studio and Media World Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":18929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[717,2848,5594,5595],"class_list":["post-18928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc-australia","tag-ludo-studio","tag-media-world-pictures","tag-the-strange-chores","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Strange Chores Renewed for Season Two - 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\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Strange Chores Renewed for Season Two - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ABC Australia has commissioned a second season of the animated series The Strange Chores, produced by Ludo Studio and Media World Pictures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-28T13:44:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-28T13:48:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/the-strange-chores-ludo-abc-720.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/\",\"name\":\"The Strange Chores Renewed for Season Two - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-28T13:44:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-28T13:48:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-strange-chores-renewed-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Strange Chores Renewed for Season Two\"}]},{\"@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\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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