Niki López, the co-creator of Nickelodeon's hit CG-animated preschool series Santiago of the Seas, has revealed that she's currently working on a brand new project for Nickelodeon!
Speaking to Peruvian publication Metro Puerto Rico, López revealed that the new concept is currently in its development stage, and will be about Caribbean mysticism. López also revealed that the project will be targeted towards older viewers instead of a preschool audience.
López also gave an update about Santiago of the Seas, revealing that a third season is still undergoing negotiations.
López, who was born in Hato Rey in Puerto Rico, spent much of her childhood in Bayamón, but part of her family resides in San Germán. On weekends, López traveled west to visit her relatives. On these “roadtrips” the young woman fed her imagination.
“Since I was little I always went on those journeys of the imagination but I always had these characters and these stories in my head. […] At that time we didn't have the distraction of a cell phone or an iPad, or anything like that. What I had as entertainment was my imagination and I went on those trips and, well, I drew it, because I had so many ideas that I wanted them to exist in some way,” she revealed.
Likewise, she assured that these imaginative trips have been the constant in her life; her passion for illustrating stories prevails.
López went on to explain that Santiago of the Seas was born because the Puerto Rican illustrator longed for the Caribbean soil.
"was like a letter of homesickness and affection for the island; my childhood and where I found that magic of being here. The nature, the beaches, walking the streets of Old San Juan." he said.
The show tells the stories of a pirate who wants to save his island "Encanto" and his home helps him do it with a little magic. Inspired by Cofresí and a magical world, Santiago of the Seas has so far ran for two seasons.
The show has been successful, and the impact it has had on children in the diaspora is extremely meaningful to López. Families tell her how the series has motivated their children to learn about their culture.
"One of them told me that their kids didn't want to speak Spanish, they weren't interested at all. They tried and tried; they put on Santiago and, well, you have a protagonist who is speaking Spanish sometimes and lives in Isla Encanto, he has a coqui in his hat. Suddenly, the kids are interested because they're seeing a version of their culture and their language, with someone who is a hero. They identify with that: 'Oh, can I be a hero, too?."
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