Season 2 of ‘Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock’ shot in Calgary
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Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock season 2 was filmed inside the Calgary Film Centre. Global News got an exclusive tour of the world of fraggles, gorgs and doozers.
The second season of the rebooted Fraggle Rock franchise premiers March 29 on AppleTV+.
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock season 2 was filmed inside the Calgary Film Centre.
During Global News Calgary’s exclusive tour on set, we got to see the world of fraggles, gorgs and doozers come to life in real time.
John Tartaglia is a writer and executive producer on the show. He’s also the puppet captain and plays a number of characters, including Gobo fraggle and Sprocket the dog.
He felt the pressure to deliver on season 2, after a very successful season one that got a 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and awards from the Directors Guild of Canada, Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, PGA Awards and Children’s Family and Emmy Awards.
“It’s still the beautiful show that we love and the fans love, but we’ve just kind of upped the stakes a little bit,” Tartaglia says.
The original Jim Hensen Fraggle Rock series debuted in 1983 and was filmed in Toronto.
Both seasons of the rebooted franchise were filmed in Calgary.
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