“I have watched her career grow and I knew when I took on this show that there was only one person I wanted to do the day-to-day showrunning, which was Kerri.” “Kerri is someone I have known for at least 15 years, and we worked together on Doc McStuffins,” says Nee. Mira, Royal Detective’s Kerri Grant serves as the series’ showrunner, co-executive producer, and editor. The series is made in collaboration with Laughing Wild, Wonder Worldwide and Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company. When science gets put on a humanistic level, I love it.”īut Ada Twist, in addition to being about everyday science, is also focused on everyday diversity. The problems and the stuff that they're investigating really should resonate to kids as the stuff they're trying to figure out in their own space. But I was really excited about the sense of saying science is all around us. She continues, “That's one way to do a science show. Knatokie Ford, a former senior policy advisor at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Alie Ward, a science correspondent for CBS’ The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca. “It was interesting with this project, because we could have created a show where we went to space one day and under the water another day,” notes Nee, who worked with consultants Dr. The goal of the series is to show how there is science in everything, it can be used in our everyday lives, and that everyone can be a scientist. Each episode ends with a live-action segment featuring a real-life scientist whose work relates to the theme of the story. ![]() It’s a concept Nee explores even further in her newest series, Ada Twist, Scientist, premiering today, September 28, on Netflix. Based on the best-selling book series of the same name by author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts, the 40 x 12 series is executive produced by Nee (Laughing Wild) Mark Burton (Wonder Worldwide) Tonia Davis and Priya Swaminathan (Higher Ground) Beaty and Roberts.Īda Twist, Scientist follows the adventures of Ada, an 8-year-old scientist who aspires to discover the truth about absolutely everything - be it stinky shoes or making pancakes - with the help of her two best friends, engineer Rosie Revere and architect Iggy Peck. ![]() But the world is so magical right around us, right in our backyard, right in our space.” “And I do think we live in a world where we're being told all these stories of needing an Instagram life or some other perfected version of what we have to curate. “I think we forget the perspective of a kid that everything is new, everything is the first time, and that the world right around you is enough to feel like an adventure,” says Nee. Whether exploring the deserts and jungles of museum exhibits with Ridley Jones or healing broken toys with Doc McStuffins, Peabody and Emmy Award-winner Chris Nee has made a career out of creating animated children’s programs that effortlessly find wonder in the every day.
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