James R | On 06, Jan 2022

“Hold on to your Baloobiuses!” It’s only a matter of days until the Fraggles are back on our screens, and a new trailer gives us a closer look at the Apple TV+ reboot.

The 13-episode series will see Jim Henson’s fun-loving, musical Fraggles return to our screen, with Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and new Fraggle friends joining together for hilarious, epic adventures about the magic that happens when we celebrate and care for our interconnected world.

The series will premiere on 21st January. Here’s the new video:

 

Trailer: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock arrives on Apple TV+ this January

17th November 2021

The Fraggles are back in new Apple TV+ series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, arriving in January – and a new teaser trailer gives us a first look at the series.

The reboot of the beloved classic series Fraggle Rock hails from The Jim Henson Company in association with New Regency. The 13-episode series will see Jim Henson’s fun-loving, musical Fraggles return to our screen, with Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and new Fraggle friends joining together for hilarious, epic adventures about the magic that happens when we celebrate and care for our interconnected world.

The show is executive produced by The Jim Henson Company’s Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford, and longtime Henson collaborator John Tartaglia. Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson, who serve as showrunners, also executive produce as well as New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer. Co-executive producers are Dave Goelz and Karen Prell, and executive music producer is Harvey Mason Jr. The series is produced by Ritamarie Peruggi.

It follows last year’s Apple Original shorts Fraggle Rock: Rock On! and joins a number of other titles from Apple TV+ and the Jim Henson Company, including the upcoming series Harriet the Spy.

The series will premiere on 21st January. Here’s the video:

 

Apple reboots Fraggle Rock for new series

30th May 2020

Apple TV+ is rebooting Fraggle Rock for a full series.

Last month, the fledgling streaming platform revived the classic 80s shows for new shorts filmed on iPhones in the homes of the cast and crew across the US. The mini-episodes, released weekly on Tuesdays, featured special guests including Alanis Morissette, Common, Jason Mraz, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish and Ziggy Marley.

Following the overwhelming global fandom around the recent debut of the shorts, Apple has now confirmed that it will partner the Jim Henson Company to reboot the beloved classic series for a full run.

The new Fraggle Rock series will be reimagined as a global Apple Original series for new generations of fans to enjoy together+. Produced by The Jim Henson Company in association with New Regency, the series will reunite the original stars – Gobo, Red, Boober, Mokey, Wembley and Uncle Travelling Matt – for new songs and adventures, with the same spirit as the classic.

Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford will executive produce for the Jim Henson Company. Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer of New Regency and long-time Henson collaborator John Tartaglia (Splash and Bubbles, Johnny and the Sprites) are also executive producing. Showrunners Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson (New Girl) are attached to executive produce and write. Rita Peruggi (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) will produce. Dave Goelz (performing Boober and Uncle Travelling Matt) and Karen Prell (performing Red) are also attached to the project. Harvey Mason Jr. is the executive music producer for the series.

It joins a growing line-up of family programmes, including Helpsters, Ghostwriter and Snoopy in Space. A subscription to Apple TV+ costs £4.99 a month and is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at tv.apple.com.

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