Ludo Studio

Ludo Studio is an Australian animation and film production company founded in Brisbane in 2012 by Daley Pearson and Charlie Aspinwall. Independently owned, it develops original screen stories across animated television, live-action drama and comedy, feature films, and digital entertainment. Its work combines children’s and family programming with productions for older audiences, spanning short-form experiments and longer scripted narratives.

The studio’s production capabilities extend from concept and screenplay development through visual development, storyboarding, design, 2D animation, compositing and post-production. Alongside conventional television and film formats, it has explored interactive, crowd-sourced and mobile-first storytelling. This range connects its animation practice with a broader interest in how audiences encounter stories across screens and platforms.

Animation and original storytelling

Ludo produces Bluey, the preschool animated series created by Joe Brumm and launched in October 2018 with ABC and BBC Studios. The series has reached international audiences through Disney+ and helped establish the studio’s global profile. Its animation work also includes The Strange Chores, co-produced with Media World Pictures, the interactive series Doodles, and the short-form comedy The Sketchy Show.

Its early digital productions include the crowd-sourced comedy #7DaysLater. The 2019 series Content, made for ABC iview, developed this experimentation through a vertical mobile-phone “screenlife” format. These projects demonstrate the studio’s experience adapting narrative and production approaches to different viewing environments.

Live action and feature films

Ludo’s live-action portfolio includes the SBS short-form series Robbie Hood and the eight-part Stan drama Thou Shalt Not Steal, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024. The studio also developed and wrote the original concept screenplay for Talk to Me, subsequently produced by Causeway Films.

As of November 2026, its feature slate includes the science-fiction comedy Allen, scheduled for Netflix release that month, and The Bluey Movie, being produced with BBC Studios for theatrical distribution by Walt Disney Studios on August 6, 2027.