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TOTAL LICENSING Aardman have continued to deliver through the ongoing UK lockdowns both in terms of its international licensing business and content deals but also in adapting its production protocols to keep the studio operational. The team are now preparing to return to Brand Licensing Europe at ExCel and look forward to meeting with partners in person this November. The Shaun the Sheep brand continues to flourish with festive special ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas’ set to premier on BBC One this Christmas together with an exciting international roll-out across key territories on Netflix. Alongside the much-loved content and successful licensing programs that continue to bring Shaun’s adventures to a whole new generation of international fans, the brand is further supported by an ever-growing portfolio of exciting attractions and live experiences around the world. This year, the team have been developing ‘Shaun the Sheep One Farm’ – an initiative that brings Shaun’s charm to the themes of food, farming and the environment – offering a fun approach to exploring and understanding where food comes from. Going into 2022, the brand team are focussing on a special licensing programme for classic characters Wallace & Gromit celebrating 30 years since Nick Park’s Academy Award-winning film ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers’ was released in 1993. Aardman will be looking for partners across all categories including gift-
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wares, homewares and collectibles. Alongside their known franchises, the studio will be pushing their brand new
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CGI/2D comedy series Lloyd of the Flies; which is currently in production and set to launch autumn 2022. The show, which is aimed at 7-11 year olds, features the voices of Tom Rosenthal, Alex Lawther, Lauren Patel, Teresa Gallagher and Callum Scott-Howells. Aardman’s other new IP, festive musical special Robin Robin is launching on Netflix on 24th November 2021 alongside exciting promotional partnerships, a publishing range from Macmillan Children’s Books and a beautiful Robin plush from master toy partner Aurora. Alpha Group is a highly successful animation and entertainment group founded in 1993. Alpha owns a number of properties including Super Wings, Legends of Spark, Katuri, Rev & Roll and Petronix. Art Ask Agency is an established licensing agency based in Barcelona, Spain.The company offers a full service to licensees and brand owners around the world and works with worldwide rights, offering full service, fast turnaround, approvals, feedback, newsletters etc. Properties licensed by Art Ask include Anne Stokes, Bradalised (Banksy’s Graffiti), Frida Kahlo, IA London The Art of Fashion, iStyle Originals, Jimmy the Bull, Luis Rova, Marie-Antoinette, Pets Rock, Route 66, The Camden Collection, TVBoy and Victoria Frances. Launched in Jan 2021 by a team of pioneers in IP licensing, ARTiSTORY is a specialist focusing on art and cultural IP licensing with unique capabilities of transforming “Artefacts to Merchandise” and storytelling via digital content empowered by teams in London, Barcelona, Boston, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. Apart from Dunhuang Inspiration, ARTiSTORY has recently announced global licensing partnership with Brooklyn Museum. As a Master Licensee, ARTiSTORY will license designs created from the Brooklyn Museum’s internationally-renowned collection of 1.5 million works of art, craft, design and artefacts, both for the China market and the global market.
In addition, ARTiSTORY is partnering with The National Gallery, London, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Taipei’s Palace Museum for global licensing programs outside China. ARTiSTORY is also supported by Sinofaith IP Investment Company (SIPIC) – an entity focusing on art and cultural IP investment and protection, which helps ARTiSTORY build a truly comprehensive eco-system of art and cultural IP. Asmodee Entertainment is the division of leading international games publisher and distributor Asmodee responsible for bringing the company’s diverse portfolio of brands into all categories. Asmodee Entertainment works with world-class partners to extend Asmodee’s leading intellectual properties into film and television, publishing, interactive games, locationbased entertainment and consumer products, creating truly global brands by establishing best-in-class partnerships across the full spectrum of opportunities. The Asmodee Group comprises more than 20 game design studios around the world – including names like Fantasy Flight Games, Z-Man Games, Days of Wonder, Zygomatic, Libellud, Atomic Mass Games and more – and holds a portfolio of more than 200 tabletop game brands, among them global phenomena like CATAN, Ticket to Ride, Dobble, Pandemic, Arkham Horror, Descent, Twilight Imperium, Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow and many more.
Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S. is a leading global publisher and developer of entertainment content for platforms including, but not limited to, all major video game consoles and PC. Brands include Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Little Nightmares, Ms Pac-Man, Namco Classic, Pac Man, Scarlet Nexus, Tamagotchi, Tekken, The Dark Pictures and Unknown 9.