''Jane'' is a live-action

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adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...

children's television series, created by

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, and premiered on

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on April 14, 2023. The series was produced by the

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and

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-based

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. Based on the missions of

Jane Goodall Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Seen as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best know ...

, the series is about a 9-year old girl, named Jane Garcia who is an aspiring

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

who mission is to save

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. Using her imagination, she goes on adventures with his friends David and Greybeard (a

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) to protect wild animals from around the world. Each episode focuses on an endangered species and towards the end of each episode, Jane interviews various zoologists to help answer her research question.

Premise

A young environmentalist who idolizes

goes on an adventure with her best friend and a

in order to protect the wild animals of the world.

Production

The series was ordered by

in February 2021, with it being a live action-animation hybrid series. It was produced alongside the

. The cast for the series was revealed in January 2023, with Ava Louise Murchison starring in the titular role. The entire series was entirely filmed in Canada (mostly in

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), while some episodes were filmed in a location of

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and

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Cast and characters

Main

* Ava Louise Murchison as Jane Garcia, a 9-year old girl of a Filipino and Mexican descent, who is an aspiring environmentalist who mission is to protect endangered species, using her imagination. * Mason Blomberg as David, Jane's best friend who goes on adventures with Jane, to protect endangered species. He has a same imaginative traits as Jane. * Tamara Almeida as Maria, Jane's mother who lives in an

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, alongside her daughter and her husband, Tata. * Greybeard, a stuffed animal that Jane owns and turns to an animated form of a chimpanzee from her imagination.

Recurring

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (born August 16, 1972) is a Korean-Canadian actor and television host. He is best known for his roles as Randy Ko in the soap opera ''Train 48'' (2003–2005) and as family patriarch Appa in the play ''Kim's Convenience'' (2011 ...

as Mr. Jin * Al Rodrigo as Tata, the husband of Maria Garcia and Jane's father. * Dan Abramovici as Lucas, David's father. * Sam Marra as Kevin * Jazz Allen as Millie * Armando Alera as Cashier * Lucian-River Chauhan as Kurtis * Marium Carvell as Dawn *

Mark McKinney Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series ''The Kids in the Hall'' and 1 ...

as Mr. Harrison *

Mary-Louise Parker Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas' '' Prelude to a Kiss'' in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in ...

as Robin * Dion Johnstone as Andre * Samantha Walkes as Toni *

Brian George Brian George (born 1 July 1952) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt in ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), the Indian gynecologist father of Raj Koothrappali in ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019 ...

as Mr. Siddartha *

Jayne Eastwood Jayne Eastwood (born December 17, 1946), also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff in the comedy film ''Finders Keepers'' (1984), Judy the Wai ...

as Mrs. Joseph * Wilfred Lee as Alex * Marnie Brunton as Lauren *

Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...

as James *

Elise Bauman Elise Bauman (born October 23, 1990) is a Canadian actress, director, filmmaker and singer. She portrayed the role of Laura Hollis, the lead character of the web series '' Carmilla'' (2014–2016). Career Bauman began working professionally in ...

as Annisa

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2023)

Release

Jane debuted on Friday, April 14, 2023 on Apple TV+. All 10 episodes debuted as part of its first season. The series is yet to be renewed for a second season.

Reception

Accolades

Notes

References

External links

* – official site
Press site
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