(CULVER CITY, California) March 19, 2024 – The Amazon Kids+ Original series, Surprise & Seek debuts a new trailer today in advance of the series launch exclusively on Amazon Kids+ on March 22nd. Surprise & Seek is the first unscripted series for Amazon Kids+. Six episodes will be available with an additional seven episodes debuting later this year on Amazon Kids+. The live action, play-based original series from INE Entertainment joins 10 awesome friends as they take the traditional game of hide and seek and turn it on its head in outrageous worlds full of messy and delightful surprises.
“Surprise & Seek is a game show that captivates kids’ imaginations, and inspires them to seek out creative play,” says Aaron Berman, head of Original Series at Amazon Kids+. “We’re delighted to add this spirited series to our kid-centric slate.”
Ready for the wildest, messiest, and most suprising-est fun in Surprise & Seek are Annie Koops (@annalisekoops), Ava Foley (@avafoley), Brody Schaffer (@bossbabybrody), Cayden Jacques (@mrcayden), Chacha Shen (@chachashen1), Hannah Reynolds, Jax Decker Effs (@jaxdecker_effs), Jonathan Le (@itsjonathanle), Neo Mendoza (@neo_mendoza_1) and Zoey McCrary (@zoeyzanai).
Rooted in themes of curiosity, friendship, and problem solving, Surprise & Seek inspires real-world imagination and creativity on screen and off. Surprise & Seek is created for audiences ages 3-10.
“Ready or not, here comes Surprise & Seek! It’s time to play and watch the most over the top, messiest, laugh out loud version of our favorite childhood game with new friends and new interactive immersive environments,” said Executive Producers, Eric Day and Mark Koops, from INE Entertainment. “We hope audiences are transported back in time to the good old days of playing outside from dawn to dusk, having as much nonstop fun as we did making the series. Tune in on Amazon Kids+, and parents, give yourself a well deserved break!”
Surprise & Seek is executive produced for INE by Eric Day, Mark Koops, and Sarah Davies, with INE’s Brian Davison serving as the Co-Executive Producer. Alex Weisman is the Director of Photography and Chris Roberts the Production Designer.
The Amazon Kids+ slate also includes the previously announced series debuts of Angry Birds: Mystery Island from Eric Rogers (Futurama) and Titmouse, and Dino Dex from Sinking Ship Entertainment, both of which will be released on Amazon Kids+ and Prime Video later this year.
Amazon Kids+ is a digital content service designed for kids ages 3-12 that can be accessed across compatible Amazon, iOS & Android devices. With Amazon Kids+, kids can enjoy thousands of ad-free apps, videos, games, books, podcasts, music and kid-specific Alexa skills in a safe and trusted digital environment equipped with world-class and easy-to-use parental controls.
About the Series:
Welcome to Surprise & Seek, the wildest, messiest game of hide and seek ever played! In each episode, our group of friends hide in fantastic worlds filled with roaring dinosaurs, super-sized candy, swashbuckling pirate ships, swirling snowstorms and more – all while trying to avoid outrageous booby traps hidden everywhere! Can our hiders stay hidden? Or will our seeker avoid slimy surprises and find their friends before the clock runs out? Surprise & Seek is an Amazon Kids+ Original series with six episodes debuting on March 22 with seven more to debut later this year, exclusively on Amazon Kids+.
About Amazon Kids+:
The award-winning Amazon Kids+ is the only content service designed just for kids that offers thousands of ad-free games, videos, books, podcasts, music, apps, and Alexa skills from brands like Disney, Nickelodeon, PBS Kids, and Marvel, and original shows like Angry Birds Mystery Island, LEGO Monkie Kid, Hello Kitty: Super Style!, and Blippi’s Treehouse. More than a streaming service, Amazon Kids+ is a digital playground that allows kids to safely discover and explore content across a variety of devices. With an extensive, frequently updated catalog that grows with kids, Amazon Kids+ gives parents peace of mind and helps kids unlock their curiosity.
About INE Entertainment:
For more than 20 years, Mark Koops and Eric Day have been developing, creating, and showrunning thousands of hours of award-winning, critically-acclaimed, and hugely-popular programming across television, digital, brand-funded, and feature documentary including The Biggest Loser, Masterchef, and Disney’s Be Our Chef. INE was born out of a mission to combine great storytelling with innovative production as the best way to serve tomorrow’s linear and non-linear distributors, an increasingly diverse community of talent in front of and behind the camera, and the progressively dynamic relationship between audiences, media platforms, and brands.
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