Apple TV+ has debuted the trailer for the newest animated series, Interrupting Chicken, premiering Friday, November 18. The spot gives viewers a first look at a plucky, creative storyteller ready to bring a fresh perspective into family nests everywhere.
Based on the 2011 Caldecott Honor-winning book series written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein, the preschool toon introduces children to the joy of creative writing — starting with a young little chicken named Piper who has a habit of interrupting storytime! Every time Piper hears a story, she can’t help but jump in, ask questions and let her imagination run wild.
The series stars the voice talents of three-time Emmy Award winner Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul) as Papa, Juliet Donenfeld (Pete the Cat) as Piper, Sarah Elizabeth Thompson as CJ, Maximus Riegel (Klaus) as Benjamin, Luke Lowe (Big City Greens) as Duckston, Jakari Fraser (Spidey and His Amazing Friends) as Theodore, and more.
Interrupting Chicken was developed by Emmy Award winner Ron Holsey, who serves as executive producer. In partnership with Mercury Filmworks, the series is also executive produced by author Stein, Loris Kramer Lunsford, Clint Eland and Chantal Ling. Dr. Lucy Calkins, Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and the Richard Robinson Professor of Children’s Literature at Teachers College, Columbia University, serves as the show’s reading and writing expert through the Apple TV+ changemaker initiative.
In addition to the series launch, Apple TV+ will debut its complementary holiday special, “A Chicken Carol,” globally on Friday, December 2 as part of the platform’s robust lineup of festive family fare.
Synopsis: When Ebenezer Wolf decides to cancel the holidays, Piper teams up with the Three Little Pigs and some ghostly friends to change his mind.
The award-winning slate of original animated series and film for kids and families on Apple TV+ includes the critically-acclaimed properties El Deafo, Duck & Goose, Pinecone & Pony, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock and Harriet the Spy from The Jim Henson Company, Peabody Award-winning series Stillwater, Wolfboy and the Everything Factory from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD and Bento Box Ent., Sago Mini Friends, 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 and For Auld Lang Syne; Daytime Emmy Award-winning television event Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth; as well as the star-studded animated adventure film Luck from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation and Academy Award-nominated Wolfwalkers.