One among Canada’s most beloved TV sequence is returning – in animated kind — to mark the fiftieth anniversary of “The Beachcombers”.
On Oct. 4, a press launch was issued saying that trade veterans Blair Peters and Nick Orchard have teamed up for a brand new animated model of “The Beachcombers”, which aired 387 episodes over the course of 18 seasons.
“We’re tremendous excited to convey these iconic Canadian characters to an entire new viewers”, says Peters, finest identified for his work on such made-in-Canada animated fare as “Yvon of the Yukon”, “Being Ian” and “Child vs Kat”.
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Peters, who lives on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, and Orchard, who labored on the unique sequence and brings over 30 years of expertise to this new challenge, have entered right into a take care of the present’s authentic creators, and are at the moment “fleshing out designs and ideas within the coming months,” with a plan of pitching the sequence to Canadian, U.S. and European broadcasters within the spring.
“The purpose is to take all the very best elements of the unique sequence and construct on them to inform tales with humour and coronary heart, whereas tackling actual points the world faces as we speak”, stated Orchard. “I stay up for working with Blair, who has years of animation trade expertise collaborating with all the highest toon corporations, equivalent to Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Community, YTV, Teletoon, and Household Channel.”
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“Nick is aware of these characters in and out and I stay up for working with him to create a humorous, recent new tackle the sequence that may attain a youthful, wider viewers, together with the U.S. market, as did the fantastic Canadian-made sequence ‘Schitt’s Creek’,” added Peters.