U.K. broadcaster BBC and Germany’s Super RTL have joined Cartoon Saloon and Hoek, Line & Thinker as key partners on Skunk Fu!, an animated series scheduled for broadcast in 2007. BBC acquired the show in a presale and will air it on its kids’ net, CBBC. Super RTL came on as a co-producer and will also handle licensing and merchandising rights in German-speaking Europe, in addition to airing the series.
Skunk Fu! is a 52×13 action-comedy created by Aidan Harte and Hyun Ho Khang. The series follows the adventures of a young skunk who accidentally lands in China and has to learn the way of Kung Fu form a wise old Panda. Though he is a super student, Skunk’s over-confidence keeps getting him into comically dangerous situations. The show debuted at Cartoon Forum 2003 in Varese.
Tom van Waveren, managing director of Hoek, Line & Thinker, comments, “Having Super RTL and BBC as partners on Skunk Fu! is something we are very proud of. It is rare to have the opportunity to be involved in a project which combines such creative distinctiveness, obvious commercial appeal and high-calibre international partners to boot.”
Cartoon Saloon in Ireland will be the lead studio on Skunk Fu!, the company’s first foray into series production after a number of service work contracts, short film successes and TV commercials. Hoek, Line & Thinker is a Netherlands-based company which specialises in executive production and exploitation of international animation properties.
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