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CONTENT Television is launching a new season of CBBC’s comedy drama Young Dracula at MIPCOM. The irreverent, gothic comedy is back with a third season following the adventures of Vlad, the son of Count Dracula. Four years on, Vlad is now a fully-fledged vampire with new powers that surpass those of normal vampires, and develops an attraction to Erin, a newly bitten ‘half fang’. The 13 x 30 mins series is produced by the BBC.
MONSTER Entertainment has launched a production arm, with its first production, preschool series I’m A Monster (52 x 2 mins), ready for delivery. Monster has set up an animation studio in Dublin and is currently at pilot stage with its next production, I’m A Creepy Crawly (52 x 2 mins). The company also brings Soli And Mo’s Nature Show (26 x 7 mins); Gumball Buddies (26 x 5 mins); Abby Careful (52 x 7 mins); and Lifeboat Luke (52 x 5 mins); among other series.
I’m A Monster (Monster Entertainment)
A NEW SEASON of Minuscule is brought to MIPCOM by Futurikon, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary at the market. A mischievous ladybug, a depressed mosquito, and an inept spider are some of the tiny creatures of this grassroots-level world that combines 3D animation and live footage. Action moves from the green countryside of Normandy to the snow-capped mountains of the Alps, through Paris streets and to sandy beaches. The programme is available as a series (71 x 5 mins), a series of interstitials (26 x 2 mins), and two specials (13 mins/26 mins). Minuscule (Futurikon)
Young Dracula (Content Television)
OCTAPIXX WORLDWIDE CANADA ANIMATION & LIVE-ACTION SERIES
HIGHLIGHTS from Octapixx Worldwide’s kids’ catalogue include: Bommi & Friends (26 x 30 mins/HD), about a young girl who discovers that her pop-up book can transport her to a fantastic world; iKnow: Animals, Letters & Sounds (26 x 30 mins/HD), uses folklore and original songs to teach English, focusing on animal names and fundamentals of science and the environment; and Kid Guides (13 x 30 mins) follows the travels of two real kids, Matt and Brittney, looking at family-friendly destinations around the world.
PORTFOLIO INTERNATIONAL CANADA LIVE-ACTION SERIES
BRILHANTE Football Club (13 x 30 mins) tells the story of five adolescent girls who decide to form the first all-girl football team in a small town in Brazil. As they strive to win the cup for the Regional Girls Football Championship, the girls experience the trials, tribulations and triumphs of teenage life. The series is launched at MIPCOM by Portfolio International.
Brilhante Football Club (Portfolio International)
TELEVIX ENTERTAINMENT US ANIMATION SERIES
TWO TITLES top the MIPCOM slate for Televix Entertainment. Gogos Crazybones (52 x 11 mins/ CGI) is aimed at 7- to 11-year-olds and features tiny creatures from a parallel plane using their Bommi & Friends (Octapixx Worldwide) 12 I
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BEST BOY ENTERTAINMENT CANADA LIVE-ACTION/ANIMATION SERIES
MICKEY’s Farm (Season 1, 26 x 15 mins/Season 2, 39 x 15 mins) is an HD pre-school show blending live action, animation and music. The show features Mickey — a real sheep dog — who recently moved to the farm with his friend Megan. Together they try to figure out why ducks disappear for the winter, why brown cows don’t make chocolate milk, or why the large yellowand-black striped fly is bothering all the flowers. The series is currently in production for a third season of 26 x 15 mins. Mickey’s Farm (Best Boy Entertainment)
amazing abilities to travel to Earth and complete exciting missions, while avoiding being discovered, captured, or accidentally crushed. Kaptors (26 x 30 mins/CGI), also for the same age group, centres on a brother-and-sister team on a mission to hunt down 80 supernatural beings that exist on earth. Too powerful to be destroyed, the creatures must be trapped in energy disks called Kaptors.