{"id":925355,"date":"2026-10-08T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925355\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:48:13","slug":"nhl-star-p-k-subban-will-star-in-and-executive-produce-new-screech-owls-animated-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925355\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL star P.K. Subban will star in and executive produce new Screech Owls animated series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NHL star P.K. Subban is set to star in, and executive produce a new Screech Owls animated series. <\/p>\n

The show, created by production company Shaftesbury and animation studio Sphere Animation, in partnership with the NHL and Boat Rocker Studios, was announced in a press release on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Based on the book series by Canadian author Roy MacGregor and the 2001 live action series of the same name, Screech Owls will launch in fall 2027 on CBC and winter 2028 in French on Radio-Canada and TFO (T\u00e9l\u00e9vision fran\u00e7aise de l’Ontario).<\/p>\n

Screech Owls is about a team of hockey players solving mysteries, guided by Coach P.K., friendship and teamwork. The new show will include 26 episodes of 11 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cA major focus of my career has been finding new ways to grow the game and reach young, diverse audiences with positive role models and Screech Owls, a series I grew up reading, does both,” said Subban in a press statement.<\/p>\n

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Screech Owls is a book series by Canadian author Roy MacGregor. (Screech Owls)<\/p>\n

“Hockey teaches character, leadership and teamwork. You don\u2019t need to know what ‘offside’ means to watch Screech Owls \u2014 you just have to love globe-trotting kids solving mysteries, working together and having a blast.”<\/p>\n

John May and Suzanne Bloch, who wrote the live-action Screech Owls, will also write the animated series. <\/p>\n

Sarah Nurse, of the PWHL and Team Canada, will make a cameo as herself in the series. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis gem of a series is just what kids need right now \u2014 Screech Owls wraps friendship, teamwork and sport in a lighthearted and uplifting animated version of Canada,\u201d said the senior director of children’s content at CBC Kids, Marie McCann, in a press statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to collaborate with P.K. Subban on this fresh adaptation of the classic Canadian books, which will no doubt captivate a new generation of young audiences with the perfect mix of mysteries and hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-925355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925355","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=925355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}