Ukrainian studio Glowberry (Brave Bunnies) is bringing a brand-new animated series to MIPCOM this week: Mom Hurries Home, based on the series of books by Sveta Dorosheva, in development in partnership with FILM.UA Group. The 52 x 7′ project is aimed at children ages 4-7 and was conceived for the screen by Brave Bunnies creator Olga Cherepanova, showrunner, content creator and creative partner at Glowberry.
Synopsis: Every day, Mom turns her daily trips home from work into magical adventure stories, inspired by her son Alex’s fantasy games. Together, they are transforming their humdrum city into a magical place.
The concept for the project (introduced at MIPJunior 2016) is to serve as inspiration for kids and parents to engage in the same imaginative games seen in the show. The pitch has garnered recognition at MIFA, Cartoon Forum, Animation Production Day, Cartoon 360, Financing Forum for Kids Content, OIAF and more.
DeAPlaneta Entertainment (Spain) is back at the market with a slate of international favorites, showcased at the studio’s booth (R7D19):
Milo (S1 + S2 [Fall 2024]: 104 x 11′; Preschool)
Winner of the 2022 Best Children’s Series at the British Animation Awards.
Production companies: DeAPlaneta, Fourth Wall (U.K.)
Broadcasted in 170 countries and dubbed into dozens of languages. Latest broadcast deals: Gulli/Tiji (France); Mango TV (China); TVAzteca (Mexico); TéléQuebec (Canada); and Super RTL (Germany, Switzerland, Austria). Milo will soon arrive to Brazil (Globoplay), New Zealand (TVNZ) and Israel (Noga)
Meet Milo, an adventurous five-year-old cat who loves to use role-play to explore the amazing world of jobs and vocations with his best friends, Lofty and Lark. Milo loves meeting all the different people who come into his parents’ dry cleaning shop to get their outfits cleaned. As soon as Milo starts to wonder what it would be like to be a fireman, or detective, or an astronaut when he grows up, off he goes on a role-playing adventure!
Monster Shaker (S1: 52 x 11′; Kids 6-10)
Production companis: DeAPlaneta, GO-N Productions & UMEDIA Production
DeAPlaneta Entertainment manages Media and L&M rights.
Based on successful books by Mr. Tan and Mathilde Domecq, this epic adventure comedy is a childhood dream come true: nine-year old Justin winds up with a magic shaker that he can use to make tons of crazy monsters with awesome powers. Each monster has its own “recipe”, and Justin and his older sister Gwen (12) must work as a team to patch up the damage created by them. For every adventure, Justin and Gwen have no choice but to come to an agreement, working together to save the day and get the monsters back in the shaker.
Hero Inside (First season: 11 x 13′)
Production companies: CJ Entertainment + Million Volt + YGG Global Ltd. + Tencent Video
Broadcasting in South Korea. Q4 2023 and Q1 2024: Distributed worldwide through Warner Bros. Discovery. DeAPlaneta Entertainment manages L&M rights and second-window Media rights (Europe & LATAM).
Scott, a cartoonist and free spirit, mysteriously vanished after drawing 100 superheroes across 100 comic books, without ever publishing. His proofread books dispersed across San Francisco, triggering odd occurrences. Mike, 13-year-old boy, stumbles upon one of Scott’s books, Crying Man, when he casually says the hero’s name ‘Crying Man?’, Crying Man jumps out from the book, and his life changes completely.
Magic Lilly (In Development; 26 x 22′; Kids 6-10)
Based on the book series Hexe Lilli, by Knister (28 millions books sold) and the animated series Lilly, the Witch.
Production companies: BWater Animation Studio (Spain) + The Magic Lilly Company (Germany), with the participation of TVE (Televisión Española) and TVC (Televisió de Catalunya). Super RTL will be the broadcaster of the series in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. DeAPlaneta Entertainment is the global distributor.
For the past five years, Lilly has had a whirlwind education in magic and adventure ever since meeting her best friend, a small, very smart dragon named Hector, who entrusted her with the coveted “Book of Spells”. Lilly has learned magic and practiced control of her powers for the good of others. Now, Lilly is about to face her biggest challenge yet as she embarks on a journey to recover a missing chapter from the Book before an evil magical foe who wants to steal them all.
Karters (In Development; 26 x 22′; Kids 6-10)
Production companies: DeAPlaneta Entertainment (Spain) and Mediawan Kids & Family (France) Status: In development
Karters takes place in Unicornia, a faraway kingdom where, five kids, riding awesome karts, zoom and pop a wheelie their way through dangerous battles and awesome adventures to rescue magical unipets and save the realm.
Milan-based production & distribution outfit Atlantyca Entertainment has extended its long existing partnerships with Italy’s Rai and Spain’s RTVE for two of its popular animated children’s series.
Rai has renewed the rights to Geronimo Stilton for additional years of Season 1 (26 x 22′) through 2027 to run on Rai Kids channels and RaiPlay. The series launched in September 2009 on Rai 2, with Season 2 premiering to huge ratings in 2011.
Rai has also renewed Season 1 of Bat Pat for four years to be available through 2027. After its successful initial run-on Rai Gulp in 2016, In 2020, Rai announced of the series audience expansion, ordering two seasons.
Additionally, Spain’s RTVE has renewed the rights to Season 3 (26 x 22′) of Geronimo Stilton three more years through 2026. The first two seasons of the series (78 x 22′) were acquired in 2015, when the broadcaster also pre-bought the rights to Season 3.
Geronimo Stilton was originally produced by Atlantyca and Rai in Italy, MoonScoop Group in France for seasons 1 and 2, and SuperProd in France for season 3.
Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, a world-leading international producer, distributor and licensor of children’s animated and live action content, announces two new distribution partners for its new 3D animated original series Millie Magnificent (52 x 11′) to Canal+ in France and Treehouse in Canada. With deliveries starting early 2024, the endearing preschool series will be prominently featured by Nelvana at MIPCOM. Kids
Can Press, Corus Entertainment’s award-winning, children’s book publisher, has further expanded the Most Magnificent franchise with the new book The Most Magnificent Maker’s A to Z and the Make That Most Magnificent Thing board game, produced in collaboration with Fat Brain Toys, both launching this fall.
Inspired by the best-selling book by Ashley Spires and based on Nelvana’s award-winning short film The Most Magnificent Thing, Millie Magnificent fosters creativity and imaginative thinking for preschoolers around the world by actively promoting critical thinking, problem solving and the valuable process of trial-and-error. Through engaging storytelling, characters dive into relatable issues centered around community and home life while addressing the challenges of navigating complex and big emotions in a way that resonates with children.
Mondo TV Group, one of the largest European producers and distributors of animated content, has announced that it has signed an agreement to license its new children’s series
to a major player in the Chinese market. The agreement gives Alibaba Group’s Youku exclusive VoD rights starting on January 1, 2024. Mondo TV will be spotlighting the series at its MIPCOM stand (P-1.E73).
The series follows the adventures of Grisù, a brave, positive, determined young dragon — just like the firefighter he wants to be when he grows up. There’s just one problem: he is supposed to be a fire-breathing dragon when he grows up! This ambition is the theme of all of his adventures — and his positive can-do attitude will give his four- to seven-year-old audience a little hero that they can identify with.
Mondo TV Group, Toon2Tango, Calidra and ZDF Studios are jointly co-producing the new series, which is based on the classic property Grisù, created by its original authors Nino and Toni Pagot. The brand-new series of 52 x 12′ episodes will make its small screen debut with a premiere on Rai Yoyo in Italy around Christmas 2023.
ZDF Studios is responsible for the worldwide media distribution of the audio-visual rights to Grisù, excluding Italy, France, Spain and China, which are handled by Mondo TV. Confirmed broadcasters include ZDF and Kika in Germany, and Rai YoYo in Italy. Mondo TV manages L&M internationally excluding GAS countries, which are managed by ZDF.
Guru Studio has signed new broadcast deals for 123 Number Squad!, the educational adventure series from Singapore’s Omens Studios. New broadcast partners include TRT in Turkey, Canal Panda in Portugal, Canal Plus in Poland, PCCW in Hong Kong, and HRT in Croatia, joining international broadcasters already on board including Youku in China, MBC Shahid in the Middle East, and HOP in Israel.
The CG preschool series follows Paula, Billy, and Tim as they use numbers, counting, and shapes to become a fast-response rescue team that helps the citizens of Numberville. The fun and fast-paced education adventure series allows preschoolers to learn and laugh as they go, while also exploring key social and emotional development themes such as sharing, resilience, teamwork, and friendship.
123 Number Squad! was commissioned by Singapore’s Mediacorp and is currently airing on Sky Kids in the U.K. Guru Studio acquired worldwide broadcast rights to the series last year, and also represents the brand across all global licensing and merchandising. In addition to 123 Number Squad!, Guru Studio is bringing a growing roster of its own originals to MIPCOM as well as several new series in development.
France-based HARI announced a series of deals for 130 half hours of its 3D CGI animated “Scooby-Doo meets Sherlock Holmes” series Mystery Lane. The investigative comedy adventure series targets kids aged six-plus and their families and comprises 26 x 22′ episodes.
Mystery Lane is set to make its China debut via a strategic deal, crafted in partnership with Paris-based Midolala, with Youku Kids, which has picked up exclusive VOD rights. European public service broadcasters including Rai (Italy), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway) and TV3 Catalonia (Spain) have also acquired the free-to-air rights for the series. The series will be hitting Rai Gulp (as well as Rai Play free VOD offer) and YLE in December 2023, NRK in March 2024, TV3 Catalonia’s Super3 channel in January 2024 and Youku in 2024.
Created by executive producers and co-founders of HARI Josselin Charier and Antoine Rodelet, Mystery Lane is set in London, where Clever, a young hamster with extraordinary analytical abilities and her little brother Bro lead investigations. Will they be able to resolve the most unusual cases, ones that baffle even Scotland Yard?
The Pulcinella Award-winning series is currently airing on public service broadcasters France Televisions’ France 4 and Okoo (where it went straight to the top five!), ABC (Australia), SVT (Sweden), RTS Kids (Switzerland) and Telequebec (Quebec). It also airs on ITV in the UK and Disney Channel/Disney + in Germany (where it is out performing the channel average!).
