[EXCLUSIVE CLIP]: In Not A Box, Riley Makes A Friend

In an exclusive clip from Apple TV+’s highly anticipated new preschool series, Not A Box, Riley makes a new baby dinosaur friend.

Not A Box exclusive clip

Set to debut globally on Friday, June 13, Not A Box, the eight-episode series invites young viewers and their families to step into a rich world of environments, characters, and encounters that is as limitless as their imaginations to create, explore, and celebrate.

In advance of the premiere, Mama’s Geeky has an exclusive clip.

Not A Box Exclusive Clip

In this Mama’s Geeky exclusive clip, Riley (Isabel Birch) uses his imagination to make a new friend for himself. He is seen hugging a box, but when asked about it, states it is not a box, but rather a dinosaur egg. The world beautifully transforms around him, sending him back in time to when dinos roamed the earth.

Riley explains that when the egg hatches, he will have a new dinosaur friend to play with. The egg doesn’t waste any time, hatching to reveal an adorable new baby dinosaur friend, just as Riley knew it would. Baby Dino attempts to take his first step, but falls to the ground.

The trailer proves just how adorable this series is going to be. It is going to encourage kids everywhere to use their imagination for play, which is extremely important – especially in a time where technology reigns superior. There is nothing quite like taking what seems like an ordinary box, and making it so much more.

Join Riley on all of his adventures when Not A Box comes to Apple TV+ on June 13.

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About Not A Box

Inspired by the beloved, award-winning children’s picture book by The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Antoniette Portis, Not a Box follows bright-eyed bunny Riley, who with just one cardboard box, imagines magical worlds full of new friends and fantastic adventures!

Voiced by Isabel Birch as ‘Riley’ and Ian James Corlett (Dragon Ball Z) as ‘Adult,’ the eight-episode series invites young viewers and their families to step into a rich world of environments, characters and encounters that is as limitless as their imaginations to create, explore and celebrate.

Not a Box is produced by Dete Meserve’s Silver Creek Falls Entertainment with Meserve serving as executive producer. The series is written and co-executive produced by Emmy Award winner Michael Rabb.

Animation is produced by Passion Pictures with executive producers Debbie Crosscup and Andrew Ruhemann, and directed by Siri Melchior. Additional executive producers include Harry Lowell for Nitelite Pictures, and Angus Wall and Linda Carlson for Rock Paper Scissors. Kate Robinson, director of the Sir Ken Robinson Foundation and daughter of Sir Ken Robinson, serves as the imagination and creativity expert on the series through Apple TV+’s changemakers initiative.

Robinson co-authored her late father’s manifesto, Imagine if… Creating a Future for Us All, which celebrates the power of imagination to create and recreate the world.

Not A Box premieres on Apple TV+ on June 13.

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