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Dino Dan
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Profile
ABOUT DINO DAN
Dan - nicknamed "Dino Dan" by his friends - is an ordinary 10-year-old boy with an extraordinary obsession: he eats, sleeps and breathes dinosaurs. A typical day for Dan is not complete unless he's racing a T-Rex on his school track, finding a Pterodactylus in his attic or getting a baby Brachiosaurus back to its mom. In Dino Dan, you don't need to imagine dinosaurs - because they are everywhere! But while Dan is an expert in all things dinosaurs, he also specializes in getting his motley crew of classmates and teachers pulled into his larger-than-life adventures.
Check out the Dino Dan website where kids can plays games and dig up dinosaurs! www.dinodan.com, and see the TVO Kids website where you can watch Dino Dan online!
Dino Dan airs on TVO, ACCESS, Knowledge Network and SCN in Canada, Nickelodeon Australia, and Nick Jr. in the US, where it recently achieved the record as the highest watched debut episode in Nick Jr. history!
FUN FACT! THE LEAD ACTOR: JASON SPEVACK
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DINO DAN SPEAKS ON BEING NOMINATED! Jason Spevack has acted in more than 40 commercials since the age of five! He has now also been in series, television movies, pilots, movies of the week, and feature films like Fever Pitch. Click on the video to hear what Dino Dan thinks about the Shaw Rocket Prize nomination! |
THE INTERNATIONAL JURY SPEAKS
"Dino Dan is a rare program indeed that can engage young boys (and adventurous girls) in an imaginative world full of dinosaurs across multiple screens. With Dino Dan, they can watch, play and discover that digging up the past can be as much fun as the future!"
THE PRODUCERS' THOUGHTS
"We're absolutely thrilled that Dino Dan is a finalist for the Shaw Rocket Prize! Filming live action with kids is never easy, filming live action with kids and animals is even harder, filming live action with kids and animals reacting to CG dinosaurs is an absolute nightmare but one made somewhat more tolerable when the end result is recognized by such a prestigious award and amongst such talented finalists. Thank you so much!"
"Dino Dan is Sinking Ship's first fully scripted series and our first to feature CG characters - for that initial effort to be recognized by the Shaw Rocket Prize and its incredible international jury is humbling and inspires us to continue to take ever greater creative risks with our shows."
A WORD FROM SOME BROADCASTERS: TVO AND NICKELODEON
"Developing and co-producing Dino Dan with Sinking Ship Entertainment has been a wonderful journey. Dino Dan is worthy of all the positive attention it has received. This series is brimming with incredible acting talent, well-crafted scripts, and was directed by J.J. Johnson - one of the most creative talents to come out of Canada. To be recognized by the Shaw Rocket Prize jury is really icing on the cake. The show has solid educational value and is a must-watch for the entire family. All of this makes Dino Dan a perfect fit for TVOKids. I am proud to have Dino Dan as one of our flagship programs and am thrilled to bring Dino Dan season 2 to our viewers."
"We are so thrilled that Dino Dan has been named a 2010 finalist for the Rocket Prize. It's truly an honor to be considered for such a prestigious award."
ABOUT SINKING SHIP ENTERTAINMENT
Sinking Ship is an award-winning television and new media company dedicated to creating innovative and ground-breaking programming and content. As the creators, directors, and co-producers of This is Daniel Cook, Sinking Ship has continued to develop equally idea-driven, child-centered programming including the series Are We There Yet? and Roll Play - which was a 2008 Shaw Rocket Prize finalist! As the industry goes online, Sinking Ship incorporates new media content for each of its series through websites, webisodes and video on demand. By utilizing its 'extended experience' model, Sinking Ship websites allow viewers to take control of their own online journey. The partners of Sinking Ship are J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, and Matt Bishop. www.sinkingship.ca
