Dino Dana
Dino Dana is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a followup to Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 27, 2017.[1][2] In 2020, it was announced that Dino Dana is about to be made into a feature film.[3]
Plot
Dana Jain is a nine-year old girl who loves dinosaurs. Her life changes forever when she's given a Dino Field Guide, which not only teaches her new things about dinosaurs, but gives her the power to imagine dinosaurs into real life.[4] Dana conducts "Dino experiments" that teach her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles and prehistoric mammals.
The series combines live action with CGI animation.[5]
Cast
- Michela Luci as Dana Jain
- Saara Chaudry as Saara Jain, Dana's older step-sister
- Amish Patel as Dad (Aman Jain)
- Nicola Correia-Damude as Mom (Ava Jain)
- Bill Cobbs as Mr. Hendrickson, Dana's neighbour
- Laaibah Alvi as Young Saara
- Anna Cathcart as Robyn (recurring)
- Millie Davis as Riley (recurring)
- Jason Spevack as Dan Henderson
Awards
2017: won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series [6]
2018: won the Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series [7]
2019: won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Performer in a Children's Program[8]
2019: won the 2019 YMA Award for Best Program, Live Action Scripted and Non-Scripted, Preschool[9]
Broadcast
On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published. Dino Dana premiered on May 26, 2017 on Amazon Prime in the US and UK.[10] TVO Kids picked up the show in June 2017.[11] In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids. [12]
References
- ^ "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". www.businesswire.com. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ "Amazon sets the date for Dino Dana". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Archive » Sinking Ship roars into Dino Dana movie". Kidscreen. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- ^ Dino Dana, retrieved 2020-02-22
- ^ "Dino Dana - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ "And the 2018 Kidscreen Awards go to". Kidscreen. Kidscreen. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Who walked away with a 2019 Kidscreen Award?". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ Zahed, Ramin (May 4, 2019). "'Loud House,' 'Daniel Tiger' Win Top Animation Daytime Emmys". animationmagazine.net. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (May 31, 2019). "2019 YMA Awards of Excellence Winners Announced". animationmagazine.net. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". businesswire.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ "Dino Dana - TVOKids.com". web.archive.org. June 5, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Dino Dana - ABC KIDS". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.