Apple TV+'s all about the puppy love with 'Puppy Place' season 2 on deck

It might not quite be a Date Night must-see but if you love doggies, then of course you can’t wait to see what Apple TV+’s new ‘Puppy Place’ season 2 is showcasing December 9.

The official trailer for the follow-up to season 1 has arrived and it’s filled with all types of warm and fuzzy happiness. Start the countdown and tail wagging.

Apple TV+ today released the trailer for the second season of “Puppy Place,” premiering globally on Friday, December 9. Based on Scholastic’s best-selling book series written by Ellen Miles, “Puppy Place” chronicles the adventures of dog-loving siblings, Charles and Lizzie Peterson, and the puppy pals they foster in search of forever homes.

Each of the eight episodes in season two continues to tell the story of a puppy who finds their way to the Peterson family. Charles (Riley Looc) and Lizzie (Brooklynn MacKinzie), whose different approaches complement, inspire and occasionally confound one another, do whatever it takes to find a happy, loving home for each and every dog. Discovering what makes each puppy special offers a unique perspective that helps the pair overcome their own individual hurdles. 

"Puppy Place" is executive produced by Emmy Award nominee Andrew Green, who serves as showrunner, alongside Iole Lucchese, Caitlin Friedman and Jef Kaminsky of Scholastic Entertainment, with Richard King serving as producer. All dogs featured in the series looking for forever homes were adopted either during or following production.

The award-winning slate of original series and film for kids and families on Apple TV+ includes impressive all-ages offerings such as the critically-acclaimed properties “El Deafo,” “Lovely Little Farm,” “Duck & Goose,” “Pinecone & Pony,” “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” and “Harriet the Spy” from The Jim Henson Company, Peabody Award-winning series “Stillwater,” “Helpsters” from Sesame Workshop, “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory” from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD and Bento Box Entertainment, “Sago Mini Friends,” “Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show” from Jack McBrayer and Angela C. Santomero, “Snoopy in Space,” “The Snoopy Show” and “Get Rolling with Otis.” Live-action offerings for include Bonnie Hunt’s “Amber Brown,” "Best Foot Forward," “Surfside Girls,” “Life By Ella,” and Daytime Emmy Award-winning “Ghostwriter.”

Also included are specials from Peanuts and WildBrain including “It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown,” “Lucy’s School,” “To Mom (and Dad), With Love,” and “For Auld Lang Syne,” and “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth,” the Daytime Emmy Award-winning television event based on the New York Times best-selling book and TIME Best Book of the Year by Oliver Jeffers.

 The kids and family film offerings include star-studded animated adventure film “Luck” from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation which premiered this year and Academy Award-nominated animated film “Wolfwalkers.”

Apple Original Films' Spellbound is packed with star power from Nicole Kidman to Javier Bardem

I Love Lucy the sequel? Apple Original Films knows star power when it casts pitting the iconic Nicole Kidman and her Being the Ricardos co-star Javier Bardem together in the upcoming Spellbound animated musical. The announcement is huge and the entire cast come with major Hollywood credentials.

Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation revealed today that Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos,” “Roar") and Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos,” “Dune”) have joined the cast of the star-studded animated musical feature, “Spellbound.” Kidman will be voicing the role of ‘Ellsmere,’ the kind and just, yet hyper-precise Queen of Lumbria; and Bardem will voice ‘Solon,' the boastful yet big-hearted King of Lumbria. Together, they are the parents of 'Princess Ellian’ (voice by Rachel Zegler), who they join on her daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms them into monsters and threatens to cover Lumbria in darkness forever.

Also joining the cast is multi-award winner John Lithgow (“Sharper,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Bombshell”), who will provide the voice for 'Minister Bolinar,’ and Jenifer Lewis (“The Princess and the Frog,” “Black-ish,” “I Love That For You") who will provide the voice for 'Minister Nazara Prone,' both royal advisors to Princess Ellian. Ellian seeks out The Oracles of the Sun and Moon, voiced by Nathan Lane (“The Lion King,” “The Producers,” “The Birdcage”) and Emmy Award winner André De Shields (“tick, tick…BOOM!,” “Hadestown,” “Extreme Measures”), to break the spell on her parents and the kingdom. Throughout her journey, Ellian meets several characters who help her, including ‘Callan,’ a young nomad, voiced by Jordan Fisher (Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between,” “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You").

“Spellbound” is directed by Vicky Jenson (“Shrek”) and written by Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin and Linda Woolverton. The original score and songs for the film hail from Academy Award-winner Alan Menken, with song lyrics by Glenn Slater. Chris Montan serves as executive music producer. John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and David Lipman are producing for Skydance Animation.

“Spellbound” joins an expanding lineup of the Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation projects, alongside upcoming titles such as the highly anticipated feature “Luck,” and the animated series “Wondla.” The studio’s inaugural Apple Original short film, “Blush,” had its world premiere as part of the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival’s animated shorts program and is now streaming globally on Apple TV+. Later this year, Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation will also premiere their first animated feature “Luck" on Apple TV+ on August 5, 2022.

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