Ribert & Robert’s WonderWorld, a CG-animated pre-school property set to show at MIPCOM in Cannes next week, has been picked up by 87 National Public Television Stations across the U.S. Distributed exclusively by MarVista Ent., the series will reach approximately 43 million homes and 111 million viewers this fall.
Blending live action and animation, Ribert and Robert’s WonderWorld is an educational series starring Ribert, a charming, energetic toad with a heart of gold, and his best friend, Robert. The show has received an All-star rating from the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, a national, not-for-profit organization with a mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and to increase the visibility and availability of quality children’s programs.
MarVista will debut 13 new half-hour episodes at MIPCOM, bringing the total number available episodes to 26. International broadcasters will be able to buy the finished, ready-to-air version of the series or localize the episodes by introducing their own local host and artists.
Produced by Deos Animation Studios, Ribert and Robert’s WonderWorld has been invited to participate in The KIDS FIRST! Film and Video Festival, the largest children’s film festival in the world. The event will be presented in more than 75 cities in collaboration with children’s museums, non-profit film centers and similar groups.
MarVista Ent. was founded by Whamo Ent. key execs Joseph Szew and Fernando Szew; Porch Light Ent.’s former senior VP of worldwide sales and exec producer Michael Jacobs; and George Port, former president/founder of Anchor Bay Ent. The company is the beneficiary of the Whamo Ent. library, which contains 3000 hours of television programming including 45 animated feature films. In March of 2005, MarVista signed a multi-year, multi-picture development, production and distribution agreement with Waterfront Pictures for six animated specials budgeted at $1 million apiece.
Deos Animation Studios has developed a diverse collection of animated projects over the years, including The Christmas Brigade, Comedy Bytes, The Bigmouths, The Bitbots and A Very Wompkee Christmas. The studio has engineered its own animation pipeline dubbed SAM, an integrated network platform that controls every aspect of the process.
More information on Ribert & Robert’s WonderWorld can be found at www.ribert.com.
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