Brown Bag Films® Announce Greenlight of ‘The Stinky & Dirty Show’ for Amazon Studios
Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films has received the greenlight from Amazon for production of a new animated series. The Stinky & Dirty Show will premiere exclusively to Amazon Prime members in the US, UK and Germany in 2016.
The Stinky & Dirty Show, based on the “I Stink!” book series by Kate & Jim McMullan, is written by Guy Toubes (The Adventures of Chuck & Friends, Littlest Pet Shop, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi). It follows the adventures and mishaps faced by best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty, the backhoe loader. Whether it’s rescuing their pal Mighty the tugboat, or moving a giant boulder blocking the highway in their town of Go City, Stinky & Dirty are a dynamic duo of resourcefulness who make plenty of mistakes along the way. For them, hilariously failing turns out to be the most fun path to success.
A pilot for The Stinky & Dirty Show, directed by Darragh O’Connell and produced by Gillian Higgins at Brown Bag Films, premiered on Amazon Prime in January 2015. As part of its unique development process, Amazon gives customers an opportunity to provide feedback on which pilots they want turned into series that are then available to Prime members. During pilot season, any Amazon customer in the US, UK, and Germany can watch, rate and comment on the pilots. At the end of pilot season, that feedback helps determine the shows that become an Amazon Original Series.
Amazon announced on Thursday 18 February that it has greenlit five new Amazon Original Series, including kids shows Just Add Magic, and The Stinky & Dirty Show.
Brown Bag Films’ co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Darragh O’Connell said, “It has been fantastic working with the whole team at Amazon and a great honour to bring to life this world created by Kate & Jim McMullan. Our challenge was to adapt their book’s painterly style into a CG environment, and our artistic and technical teams created new techniques for us to use along the way. We look forward to expanding this world and creating lots of pals for Stinky and Dirty to play with”.
Susan Cunningham, HR Manager said, “This is fantastic news for Brown Bag Films and will see us continue to grow our business with 40 new jobs in Ireland working over the coming 18 months. We will be recruiting immediately so keep an eye on our website www.brownbagfilms.com”
The Stinky & Dirty Show will begin production in Brown Bag Films’ Dublin-based animation studio in March 2015.