Boat Rocker Greenlights ‘Dino Ranch: Island Explorers’

Boat Rocker has announced it has greenlit “Dino Ranch: Island Explorers,” a spin-off of the preschool animated series, “Dino Ranch,” with CBC/Radio-Canada and Warner Bros. Discovery onboard as broadcast partners. The new animated series will air on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC Kids YouTube, ICI TÉLÉ, ICI TOU.TV and Radio-Canada.ca in Canada and Warner Bros Discovery’s Cartoonito across Europe, Middle East and Africa in 2026. “Dino Ranch: Island Explorers” sees the Cassidy Clan getting ready for the adventure of a lifetime, filled with humor, peril and fun.

“We’re thrilled to be producing ‘Dino Ranch: Island Explorers,’ a premium animated preschool spin-off series that builds off the global success of Dino Ranch, continues our valued relationship with CBC/Radio-Canada in Canada and adds a wonderful new partner for EMEA in Warner Bros. Discovery,” says Jon Rutherford, president, global rights, franchise and content strategy, Boat Rocker Studios. “As a key franchise for Boat Rocker we’re focused on continued worldwide expansion for the Dino Ranch brand across content sales, consumer products and digital.”

“Working with our partners at Boat Rocker, we look forward to sharing the Cassidy Clan’s new adventure with kids and families across Canada, as they explore life outside of the ranch,” says Marie McCann, senior director, children’s content, CBC Kids. “We know kids have dino-sized imaginations and will be totally inspired by the jaw-dropping underwater world created by Matt Fernandes and his amazing team.”

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“Cartoonito provides a safe and trusted space for preschoolers and their family to engage with the characters they love, fun filled stories and a host of exciting new adventures,” says Zia Sands, director content acquisitions, partnerships and coproductions, Warner Bros. Discovery, Kids, EMEA. “The spin-off series of ‘Dino Ranch,’ complements the values and expectation of our preschool audience and we’re very excited to be partnering with Boat Rocker on what we are sure will be a high-end production that will entertain and delight our Cartoonito audiences.”

Boat Rocker manages global franchise development, including content distribution and consumer products. Animation services for the spin-off series will be provided by Jam Filled Entertainment.

This greenlight is part of Boat Rocker’s content-first strategy, which sees the company focused on making targeted investments in the sourcing, production and distribution of premium scripted, unscripted, and kids and family projects. Other upcoming series include “Bet” for Netflix and the recently announced international scripted co-productions, “Video Nasty” for BBC3 and WDR and “Mix Tape” for Foxtel’s Binge.