Apple TV+ has announced the cast and launch date for Jane, the new live-action/animated hybrid 10-episode series from Emmy Award winner J.J. Johnson (Dino Dana, Endlings, Ghostwriter), Sinking Ship Entertainment, and the Jane Goodall Institute, inspired by the work of Dr. Jane Goodall. The show hits the streamer April 14.
The show stars Ava Louise Murchison (Reacher) as Jane Garcia, a nine-year-old budding environmentalist on a quest to save endangered animals. With her powerful imagination, Jane takes her best friends David, played by Mason Blomberg (Shameless), and Greybeard the chimpanzee on epic adventures to help protect wild animals worldwide because, according to her idol Dr. Jane Goodall, “Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, can they be saved.”
Sinking Ship Entertainment produces the live-action/CG hybrid series created by company partner J.J. Johnson, who executive produces alongside Christin Simms, Blair Powers, Matt Bishop, and the Jane Goodall Institute’s Andria Teather.
Jane is the second Apple Original series produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, joining the Daytime Emmy Award-winning series, Ghostwriter.
Apple TV+’s slate of original series and films for kids and families includes BAFTA Award-winning El Deafo; Lovely Little Farm; Duck & Goose; Pinecone & Pony; Emmy Award-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock and Harriet the Spy from The Jim Henson Company; Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series Stillwater; Helpsters from Sesame Workshop; Wolfboy and the Everything Factory from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD and Bento Box Entertainment; Sago Mini Friends; Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show from Jack McBrayer and Angela C. Santomero; Snoopy in Space, The Snoopy Show, and Get Rolling with Otis.
Also included are specials from Peanuts and WildBrain, including It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown, Lucy’s School, To Mom (and Dad), With Love, Emmy Award-winning Who Are You, Charlie Brown? and For Auld Lang Syne; and Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, the Daytime Emmy Award-winning television event based on the New York Times best-selling book and TIME Best Book of the Year by Oliver Jeffers.
The kids and family film offerings include the animated adventure film Luck from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation and Academy Award-nominated animated film Wolfwalkers.
Source: Apple TV+
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
