Nickelodeon Ventures Into The Monsterverse In Original Animated Series Ollie’s Pack
Ollie, his two best friends, and an otherworldly backpack, embark on monstrous adventures in Nickelodeon’s new original action-comedy series,
Ollie’s Pack, premiering on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand on Monday, September 21, at 4pm (AEST).
Produced by Nelvana, the 26-episode, 2D-animated series follows the adventures of Ollie, who is faced with the struggles of tween life and the responsibility of controlling an entire dimension of monsters when he discovers his backpack is a powerful portal to Monsterverse.
Together with Cleo and Bernie, the three friends must protect the earth from the horrifying monsters that have escaped, while calling on the more helpful monsters to help them with their everyday kid problems, including sneaking into movies and winning their school’s Battle of the Bands contest.
In the first episode, “The Chosen One…Stinks,” Ollie’s stinky sweat is a hot commodity in the Monsterverse so he exchanges it with a monster who offers to do his laundry.
Then in “Not Another Superhero Movie,” Ollie and his friends utilise a monster’s powers to make an epic superhero movie for their film club.
The series stars James Hartnett (
Cupcake & Dino) as Ollie, an ordinary, impulsive, and creative kid who has been given the status of ‘Chosen One’ and ‘Keeper of the Pack’, Ana Sani (
Mysticons) as Cleo, the brave and adventurous comic relief, and David Berni (
Rocket Monkeys) as Bernie, the nervy and logical voice of reason.
Along the way, audiences will be introduced to some larger than life monsters including Andre and Bev, a bounty hunting double act, Major Snooch, a high ranking official in the Ministry of Chosen One Affairs, and Rance, a weaselly petty thief in utter denial about his boldfaced stealing.
Ollie’s Pack made its world premiere on Nickelodeon in the U.S. in April 2020, and is slated to debut internationally later this year, reaching over 170 countries and territories.
The series originated from “Monster Pack,” an original short made for Nickelodeon’s 2013 Animated Shorts Program. Creators Pedro Eboli (
Cupcake & Dino) and Graham Peterson (
Rick & Morty) met at the Vancouver Film School and have now been friends for over 10 years. Pedro is a creator, producer, director and animator from Rio de Janeiro, while Graham is an animation supervisor and instructor at local and overseas studios.
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Ollie’s Pack.
Premieres Monday, 21 September at 4pm (AEST).
On Nickelodeon.
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In additional news, Australia and New Zealand will start to premiere brand new episodes of The Loud House and Just Add Magic season three from Monday 21st September 2020!:
The Loud House – Nickelodeon, 4pm (AEST)
Settle in for two weeks of exciting new episodes of The Loud House. Life is never dull (or quiet!) for 11-year-old Lincoln Loud, with 10 sisters keeping him on his toes! Thankfully, his best friend, only child Clyde, is always up for some fun, willing to be part of Lincoln’s harebrained schemes. And stick around straight after, at 4.30pm, for all-new episodes of Ollie’s Pack.
Just Add Magic, s3 – Nickelodeon, 6.30pm (AEST)
Kelly (Olivia Sanabia), Hannah (Aubrey K Miller) and Darbie (Abby Donnelly) are back in this fun series filmed on the Gold Coast! When we begin, the besties are cooking up magical spells from Grandma Rebecca’s (Dee Wallace) enchanted recipe book, but when the course of history is accidentally altered, the girls must travel back in time to make things right.
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Originally published: Wednesday, September 02, 2020.
Additional source: TV Blackbox.
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