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IATSE Goes On Strike Against ‘CoComelon: The Melon Patch’
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has gone on strike against the “CoComelon: The Melon Patch” YouTube series, citing producers’ unwillingness to provide “fair wages and benefits” to crew members.
The union announced its picket of the series Wednesday, after attempts to unionize the production were unsuccessful. The strike was announced seven days into a planned 16-day shoot.
“IATSE is ON STRIKE against ‘CoComelon: The Melon Patch,’ a live-action spin-off of the union-made animated series,” the union wrote on its official Instagram page. “Rather than provide fair wages and benefits to the crew the producer is trying to hire scabs for the production that’s shooting in Sun Valley, Calif.”
TheWrap has reached out to “CoComelon” producer Moonbug Entertainment for comment.
IATSE has shared that 22 crew members who worked on the first season of “The Melon Patch” returned to work on its second. Those crew members have alleged a decline in working conditions as well as greater workloads. IATSE additionally purports that the YouTube series’ producers have already begun attempting to hire replacement workers to replace the striking crew members.
Allie Rivera Quiñonez stars in “CoComelon: The Melon Patch” as Ms. Appleberry, a fictional preschool teacher. Working with a group of other “talented teachers,” Ms. Appleberry uses music, creativity and play to help still-developing toddlers understand essential life concepts and topics. The series is a spin-off of the original, animated “CoComelon” YouTube videos that became a popular online phenomenon throughout the 2010s.
“The Melon Patch” launched in September 2025.
A feature-length “CoComelon” film is currently on deck to be released by Universal Pictures in February 2027. Elsewhere, while Netflix is committed to continuing streaming spin-offs “CoComelon Lane” and “Blippi,” the primary “CoComelon” animated series, including all of its existing seasons, is set to move from Netflix to Disney+ in 2027.
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Another hockey book adaptation has entered the chat.
Netflix is currently building out its cast for the series adaptation of Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker book that kicks off the Maple Hill series. This in addition to their show The Sticks that is also currently in the works.
For everything we know about Netflix’s Icebreaker book adaptation so far, read on.
When will Netflix’s Icebreaker series adaptation come out?
A release date has not yet been set. The show has begun to assemble its cast.
Who will lead the Icebreaker show at Netflix?
Daisy Jelley (Poser, How To Have Sex) will portray Anastasia “Stassie” Allen, and Connor Simos (Subversion) will portray Nate Hawkins in the college hockey drama series.
Who else is in the cast of Netflix’s Icebreaker adaptation?
Gabriel Tierney (Rivals, Enola Holmes 2), Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana), newcomer and professional athlete Peter Berry, Chaneil Kular (Best of the Best, Sex Education), Devin Craig (Sex Lives of College Girls, Maize) and Aidan Shaw (We Were Liars, Heated Rivalry, Finding Her Edge) have joined the ensemble cast.
Tierney will play Aaron; Cravalho will portray Lola; Berry is Robbie; Kular will play JJ; Craig will portray Henry and Shaw is Russ.
What is Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker book about?
Stassie is a transfer athlete gunning for Olympic gold. Nate is the campus star chasing the NHL. When an accident forces their teams to share one rink, Anastasia Allen and Nate Hawkins collide—and discipline gives way to obsession, because the only thing more dangerous than wanting to win is wanting each other.
Who else is behind Netflix’s Icebreaker series?
Jade Halley Bartlett (Road House, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Miller’s Girl) created and executive produced the series. Amanda Lasher (Gossip Girl, The Bold Type, Togetherness) serves as showrunner, writer and excutive producer. Grace also executive produces along with Alex Cooper, Matt Kaplan and Mina Lefevre for Cooper’s Unwell Productions.
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