iPRODUCTNEWS STUDIO 100 MEDIA
GERMANY’s Studio 100 Media is headlining its
MIPCOM slate with a new action adventure animation series Tashi (52 x 11 mins), based on the Australian children’s books by Barbara and Anna Feinberg. Targeted at six- to 11-year-olds, the CGI series with 2D elements is produced by Flying Bark Productions in association with Discreet Art Productions and Telegael Teoranta, with Studio 100 Media responsible for international sales.
GAUMONT ANIMATION/DQ ENTERTAINMENT (DQE)
GAUMONT and DQE have collaborated
on new series Lanfeust Quest, a 26 x 30-minute comedy for kids six to 11. French broadcaster M6, who commissioned the CGI adaptation of the comic and manga franchise Lanfeust, has premiered the show, and Lagardere’s Canal J will also broadcast the series. Lanfeust is a 14-year-old hero in charge of protecting Planet Troy.
MEDIA FARM/THE PROJECT FACTORY
JUNIOR Storytellers is a digital project for four- to eight-year-olds that aims to ‘gamify’ the storytelling process, allowing kids to create their own stories and share them online, using the app’s original asset packs. The platform, a co-production from the two Australian companies, can also be used by broadcasters and content creators to increase audience interaction with their own shows in a safe and secure environment.
Lanfeust Quest (Gaumont/DQE)
LATIDO FILMS
SPAIN’s Latido has recently acquired the international
Tashi (Studio 100 Media)
MARVISTA ENTERTAINMENT
distribution rights for The Happets In The Rainbow Forest, a 3D-animated film aimed at kids aged three to seven, a new adventure that follows The Happets In The Kingdom Of The Sun. The company also brings feature film Puppy Love, a coming-of-age story starring Vincent Perez.
MARVISTA Entertainment debuts Saban’s Power Rangers Super Megaforce at MIPCOM, the newest season of Power Rangers. Debuting on Nickelodeon in the US in 2014, the new season focuses on the Rangers’ mission to defeat a massive alien army Armada that was sent to conquer Earth.
Junior Storytellers (Media Farm/The Project Factory)
SHANGHAI SHANG DI MEDIA CO
AOTU (26 x 20 mins) is a new series about King, a young admirer of heroes who joins the Aotu Tournament competition, in which the winner is granted power to rule the world for 10 years. But mysterious characters show up and unexpected disasters happen, and the competition seems to be running out of control. Aotu (Shanghai Shang Di Media Co)
The Happets In The Rainbow Forest (Latido Films)
NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT
SLUGTERRA tells the story of Eli Shane and his friends as they explore the underground world of Slugterra and stop the evil Dr. Blakk by collecting and dueling with transforming creatures called slugs. The show’s progress around the world on broadcast TV is supported by merchandising, and is brought to Cannes by Vancouver’s Nerd Corps Entertainment.
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Slugterra (Nerd Corps Entertainment)
BRB INTERNACIONAL
BRB Internacional brings Invizimals (26 x 30 mins/HD) to MIPCOM. The series is complemented by an interactive app that incorporates augmented reality for PSVita, Android and iOS devices. The story features three teenagers who belong to the Alliance of Invizimal Hunters, a secret worldwide organisation fighting to save these creatures threatened by an army of robots. The series coincides with the launch of two new Invizimals video games from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
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