Canada’s DECODE Ent. and U.K. production house Aardman Animation teamed to co-produce a new animated series titled Planet Sketch, which will debut at this year’s MIPCOM in Cannes, France. Aimed at kids 7-11, the 13×11 show consists of a series of short comedy sketches featuring recurring characters.
Each episode of Planet Sketch is written to provide an absurdly funny, yet accurate, reflection of children’s lives and concerns. The wacky characters and situations put unexpected comedic twists on commonplace themes concerning school and home life. provide a mirror of their experience of home and school life.
Aardman Animation produced the upcoming DreamWorks toon release, Wallace & Gromit: TheCurse of the Were-Rabbit. The film is an expansion of Aardman’s Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit shorts, directed by Nick Park. Aardman and Park previously joined forces with DreamWorks to bring the 2000 hit, Chicken Run, to the big screen.
Popular animated shows in DECODE’s vast library include Angela Anaconda, Olliver’s Adventures, Undergrads, The Save-Ums, Franny’s Feet, King, What About Mimi?, Girlstuff/Boystuff and Delilah & Julius, as well as Aardman’s Blobheads.
