Gigantosaurus (TV series)
Gigantosaurus is a CGI-animated preschool series created by Franck Salomé, Nicolas Sedel, Fernando Worcel and directed by Olivier Lelardoux based on the book by Jonny Duddle. The series is a co-production between the French animation studio Cyber Group Studios and Kaibou, with animation done by Canadian studio Blue Spirit Studio, with participation from Disney Channel and France Télévisions, and support from other Canadian companies. The series premiered on January 18, 2019 on Disney Channel as part of the Disney Junior block, airing on its dedicated channel as well. On December 11, 2019, the series was  renewed for a second and third season. The second season premiered on January 4, 2021. The third season premiered on August 9, 2021. Premise. Based on the bestselling book by Jonny Duddle and publisher Templar, four dinosaur friends interact with the viewer and explore their world and seek out and learn about the titular dinosaur from the book the series is based on, the biggest, fiercest dinosaur of all: Gigantosaurus (not to be confused with the real species of dinosaur, Giganotosaurus). Broadcast. On May 4, 2017, the series was picked up by France Television and Super RTL. At that time , except for India and Taiwan, Disney Junior had agreed to carry the show starting in 2019. RAI (Italy), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Netflix procured the show by November 14, 2018. The show was premiered on the Disney Channel and DisneyNow in the United States as part of Disney Junior on January 18, 2019. The show premiered on Disney Junior in Canada on January 19, on Disney Junior in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 29, on Trans TV in Indonesia, and for French Canada, the show premiered on ICI Radio-Canada Télé on September 19, 2020. It also airs  on Tiny Pop in the UK. Merchandise. Home media. In 2020, NCircle Entertainment signed a deal with Cyber Group Studios to secure the North American DVD rights to "Gigantosaurus". A single-disc DVD titled "The Biggest, Fiercest, Dinosaur of All!" was released on January 6, 2020, and contained 8 episodes. Another single-disc DVD titled "Dino Tales" was released on April 21, 2020, and contains 8 more episodes. A Volume set on the first season was released on September 1, 2020, and has the first 26 episodes of the first series. But the second and the third haven’t seen  announced on Volume set releases yet. Toyline. The show has merchandising agreements with Jakks Pacific to roll out Gigantosaurus toys in Autumn 2019. Video Game. A video game based on the show was announced in July 2019. It was developed by Wild Sphere and published by Outright Games for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in March 2020.