Six animated pilots will launch from Emmy award-winning Amazon Studios on November 5th including the adaptation of the acclaimed classic book series If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. See more about them below.
In addition to the animated pilots being released on November 5th there will be six primetime pilots Edge, Good Girls Revolt, Highston, One Mississippi, Patriot and Z from acclaimed creators Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3), Louis CK (Louie), Diablo Cody (Juno), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator), Steven Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said), Bob Nelson (Nebraska), Tig Notaro (Boyish Girl Interrupted), Christine Vachon (Still Alice), and Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich (The Killing).
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Watch the Pilots – Tell Amazon What You Like and Don’t Like to Greenlight the series
Amazon customers will once again be invited to watch and provide feedback on the shows they want to see turned into full series for Prime members. All pilots will be available via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices and mobile devices, or online at Amazon.com/amazonvideo.
Amazon’s Fall pilot season includes the following animated kids shows
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (for preschool-aged children)
This new series follows the books from Laura Numeroff (Dennis the Menace) and Felicia Bond and written and developed by Emmy Award-winning writer Ken Scarborough (Arthur, Doug)… You know: When you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll probably ask for a glass of milk, and then…who knows what he’ll ask for next?
The Numberlys (for preschool-aged children)
The Numberlys encourages children to think beyond the way things are always done and to imagine the way things could be in their world. The series is based on the award-winning book, short film, and app. Created by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg of Oscar Award-winning Moonbot Studios (The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Silent, Scarecrow), executive produced by Lampton Enochs (Super), written by Emmy Award winner Joe Fallon (Between the Lions, Arthur), and directed by Saul Blinkoff (Doc McStuffins, Kronk¹s New Groove).
Danger & Eggs (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Danger & Eggs is created by Mike Owens (Yo Gabba Gabba!) and Shadi Petosky (Mad), produced by Petosky and Chris Hardwick¹s Puny Entertainment (Yo Gabba Gabba!), and features the voice talents of comedians Aidy Bryant and Eric Knobel (Saturday Night Live) and follows the endless adventures of fearless D.D. Danger and her ever-cautious best friend, a giant, talking egg named Phillip. D.D., an energetic future stuntwoman, is always chasing her next big thrill.
Eddie of the Realms Eternal (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Eddie of the Realms Eternal is created by Emmy Award-winning writers Bill Motz and Bob Roth (The Penguins of Madagascar) and animated by Oscar-nominated studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea). The story starts with a lazy, unfocused wizard elf named Hobi is faced with the return of the evil Shadow Queen to the Realms Eternal, he summons the greatest hero in all of the planes of reality. Together, Eddie and Hobi must work together to banish the Shadow Queen from the Realms for eternity while Eddie balances a hero’s life with the ordinary pressures of middle school life.
Everstar (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Everstar is created by Becky Tinker and executive produced by John Rogers (The Player, The Librarians) and Jennifer Court. When adventurous 12-year-old Ainslie Wickett accidentally intercepts an intergalactic SOS signal from a lighthouse in Maine, she and her best friend George are brought aboard a rogue spaceship called the Everstar.
Yoyotoki HappyEars! (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Yoyotoki HappyEars! is created by Niki Yang (Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors). When Yoyotoki HappyEars and her fox family accidentally land on Mytholopia, they find themselves in a land where mythical creatures rule and magic is the norm. Although they try to keep their lives as normal as possible (and their jellybean pot pie business up and running), the unusual citizens of Mytholopia stir up their lives in extraordinary ways.
