Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for Shape Island, the all-new stop motion series for kids and families based on the internationally best-selling trilogy of Shapes picture books by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, premiering globally Friday, January 20 on Apple TV+.
This clever, funny, and inspiring new stop-motion animated series from Apple TV+ takes place on a charming island and invites viewers to join serious Square, intrepid Circle, and tricky Triangle on their silly adventures as they dig up some fun, search for answers, and build on their friendship – all while learning how to navigate each other’s differences. Shape Island shows kids that friendship can take many shapes.
Watch the full trailer in the player below:
The series features the beloved familiar voices of Yvette Nicole Brown (Disenchanted) as the Narrator, Harvey Guillen (What We Do in the Shadows) as Square, Scott Adsit (30 Rock) as Triangle, and Gideon Adlon (Blockers) as Circle.
Shape Island was co-created by book authors Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, who serve as executive producers alongside Emmy Award winning Bix Pix Entertainment’s Kelli Bixler and Drew Hodges (Tumble Leaf). Ryan Pequin serves as co-executive producer and head writer.
The award-winning slate of original series and film for kids and families on Apple TV+ includes impressive all-ages offerings such as the critically-acclaimed properties El Deafo, Lovely Little Farm, Duck & Goose, Pinecone & Pony, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock and Harriet the Spy from The Jim Henson Company, Peabody 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. Live-action offerings for include Bonnie Hunt’s Amber Brown, Best Foot Forward, Surfside Girls, Life By Ella, and Daytime Emmy Award-winning Ghostwriter.
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, 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 star-studded animated adventure film Luck from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation which premiered this year and Academy Award-nominated animated film Wolfwalkers.