London–CAKE and Australian production outfits Cheeky Little Media and Mighty Nice have signed a UK publishing deal with Hodder Children’s Books, for their new CGI children’s comedy series Bottersnikes & Gumbles. Hodder Children’s Books will publish a series of young fiction and sticker and activity books aimed at 6-9 year olds based on the TV series, which is set to air on CBBC in July this year. Bottersnikes & Gumbles is co-produced by CBBC in the UK and Seven Network in Australia … [Read more...] about Book deal for Bottersnikes & Gumbles
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FuseFX works on Tyrant
Burbank— FuseFX is currently creating visual effects for season three of FX’s Middle East drama Tyrant. VFX Supervisor Ted Rae leads a veteran team of artists tasked with enhancing the show’s international settings and intensifying the combat scenes. FuseFX joined the show with episode five of season two, Viper in the Palace. The team created effects for a number of high intensity combat sequences, including one in which a squadron of Apache helicopters attacks jihadists entrenched in a … [Read more...] about FuseFX works on Tyrant
Home Video and VOD for Heidi
Cannes– Studio 100 Media has secured a Home Video and VOD deal with Svensk Filmindustri for Studio 100’s revived CGI series Heidi. The animation is already airing successfully across Scandinavia on NRK Super in Norway and on MTV3’s kids channel Juniori in Finland and will go on air in Sweden later this year on SVT Barnkanlen. The new agreement gives Svensk Filmindustri the exclusive Home Video rights for the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. The DVD/TVOD/EST … [Read more...] about Home Video and VOD for Heidi
ZDF Enterprises seals deal with KiKA
Cannes – ZDF Enterprises and German free-to-air children’s channel KiKA have signed a deal for the coproduction of the 3D animated TV Series Insectibles (52 x 11’ HD), produced by One Animation. Insectibles is a CGI animated adventure comedy produced in 3D and Full HD for children aged 6 to 9 years. The series follows the adventures of a young boy – Zak, a crazy old man – Gramps, and three bio-mechanically enhanced insects as they search to find pieces of the … [Read more...] about ZDF Enterprises seals deal with KiKA
Disney Junior Asia acquires “Maya The Bee”
Singapore – Studio 100 Media GmbH, the media sales division of the global family entertainment company Studio 100, has finalised a deal with Disney Junior Asia for its new and highly popular CGI series Maya The Bee. Targeted at preschoolers and a family audience, the series is a modern rejuvenation of the classic brand Maya the Bee. Maya the Bee Maya the Bee has achieved a recognition level of over 90 percent across Europe for over 35 years. … [Read more...] about Disney Junior Asia acquires “Maya The Bee”
Production of Tele Image Productions’ new full CGI Extreme Football kicks off
Zodiak Kids’ Tele Images Productions has announced the production start of Extreme Football, the first full CGI sports animated series ever. Co-produced with Italian studio Maga Animation (behind Disney’s new animated series Winnie the Pooh), the series has been presold to France Télévisions (for France 3), Lagardère (for Gulli and Canal J) and Rai Fiction (for Rai 2 and Gulp). Delivery of the 39 x 26’ series will start in fall 2013 and spread out until the … [Read more...] about Production of Tele Image Productions’ new full CGI Extreme Football kicks off
