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The Jim Henson Company says production has officially started in Calgary on a reboot of the original 1980s childrenB次元官网网址檚 puppet series, which was filmed in Toronto.

Last April a new U.S.-shot limited series of shorts called B次元官网网址淔raggle Rock: Rock On!B次元官网网址� debuted on Apple TV Plus, with guests including Canadian singer Alanis Morissette.

The creators made a finite amount of six-minute episodes remotely from their U.S. homes during COVID-19 quarantine.

But the Jim Henson Company says that summer, with the pandemic in full swing, they wanted to find a new home where they could produce an entire series of full-length episodes.

A spokesperson says the new series will also stream on Apple TV plus and is shooting at the Calgary Film Centre.

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B次元官网网址淔raggle RockB次元官网网址� follows the adventures of anthropomorphic creatures known as Fraggles, who live in caves beneath a home along with small humanoid construction workers known as Doozers.

The cast of the reboot includes two puppeteers from the original series B次元官网网址� Dave Goelz and Karen Prell.

Goelz performs the Fraggle characters of Boober and Uncle Travelling Matt, while Prell plays Red. They two are also attached as co-executive producers.

Other executive producers include longtime Henson collaborator John Tartaglia, who performs Gobo Fraggle.

Acclaimed songwriter Harvey Mason Jr. is the executive music producer for the series, which has the catchy theme song that begins: B次元官网网址淒ance your cares away, worries for another day.B次元官网网址�

The new B次元官网网址淔raggle RockB次元官网网址� series is produced by The Jim Henson Company in association with New Regency.

Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press

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