{"id":699485,"date":"2026-05-28T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699485\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:18:10","slug":"adam-w-and-anwar-jibawi-to-star-in-animated-series-ollie-the-octopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699485\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam W And Anwar Jibawi To Star In Animated Series ‘Ollie The Octopus’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: AI Studio Staircase Studios AI and Made by Us<\/a> Studios are teaming on a joint venture to develop and produce Ollie the Octopus, an animated children\u2019s series centered on social-emotional learning for kids ages 4\u20138.<\/p>\n

\n\tBased on an original idea by Made by US Co-CEO Tanya Cohen, with story and characters by Chela Reyna and Dr. Simonne Cohen, the series is set in the vibrant underwater world of Octlantis and follows Ollie \u2014 a young octopus with a special gift: when he becomes emotionally triggered, each of his eight arms lights up with colors to represent a different feeling \u2014 anger, jealousy, sadness, fear, happiness, and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tTogether with his family and friends, Ollie learns to overcome challenges and understand how his feelings shape his experience of the world. Each episode introduces clinically-grounded emotional regulation tools \u2014 including Bubble Breaths, a Calm Cave, and a Reset Button \u2014 designed not only to entertain but to give young viewers real skills they can carry into daily life.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series curriculum has been developed in consultation with child psychologist Dr. Simonne Cohen, and is designed to meet the gold standard in safe, evidence-based digital development for young audiences. <\/p>\n

\n\tOllie the Octopus launches with one of the largest creator-led distribution footprints in children\u2019s animation. Forbes and Rolling Stone Top Creator Adam Waheed aka Adam W<\/a> (68.5M followers), award-winning comedy creator Hannah Stocking (74.8M followers), and top creator Anwar Jibawi (83M) are amongst the talent attached as featured voices and will anchor the promotional campaign across their platforms.<\/p>\n

\n\tMade By Us will announce additional voice talent cast for the series from their client roster, which includes some of today\u2019s most influential, award-winning creators. The full lineup represents a combined reach of 629.6 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re dedicated to building meaningful projects that meet audiences where they are,\u201d said Leanne Perice and Tanya Cohen, Co-CEOs of Made By Us Studios. \u201cOllie the Octopus reflects where content is headed: built with creators and designed for how audiences engage with entertainment today. We believe today\u2019s most impactful stories are shaped in collaboration with creators and the communities they influence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is being produced as a joint venture between Staircase Studios AI and Made by Us Studios using Staircase\u2019s Studio Omni production platform. Studio Omni,publicly launched this month, is Staircase\u2019s all-in-one \u2018Hollywood studio in a box\u2019 combining advanced AI toolkits with direct access to working Hollywood talent. Every production is union-compliant, with human writers, directors, actors, artists, and musicians at the center of the creative process.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOllie is precisely the type of home run project we have been building towards over the past 18 months,\u201d said Pouya Shahbazian, founder and CEO of Staircase Studios AI. \u201cWith our speed, efficiency, and quality, we can hit the standards of Hollywood series while bypassing the legacy bottlenecks that traditionally stall high-quality animation. For us, Ollie and Studio Omni are the perfect pairing of a franchise and a franchise-generating machine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: AI Studio Staircase Studios AI and Made by Us Studios are teaming on a joint venture to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[254848,49,48,75,254849,337,254850],"class_list":["post-699485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-adam-w","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-made-by-us","tag-movies","tag-ollie-the-octupus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}