Radio-Canada has pickes up Geronimo Stilton, the new animated kids’ television series produced by Atlantyca Ent. and Moonscoop Prods., in association with Mike Young Prods. The deal marks distributor Taffy Ent.’s first broadcast presale for the show, which is now in production and is scheduled to air during the 2009-2010 season.
Based on Atlantyca’s popular children’s chapter book series of the same name, Geronimo Stilton chronicles the life and adventures of the famous mouse Geronimo Stilton, head of a veritable media empire and klutz extraordinaire. The intellectual, mild-mannered rodent spends his days reading or playing chess with his nephew, the fearless Benjamin Stilton, until adventure comes knocking and launches them paws-first into capers in New Mouse City and exotic locales around the world. They are often joined in these adventures by Geronimo’s cousin Trap, the ultimate pack rat and consummate prankster, and Geronimo’s sister Thea, who is a daring special correspondent.
Published in Italy by Edizioni Piemme and in the U.S. by Scholastic, the Awrad-winning Geronimo Stilton books debuted in May of 2000 and have sold more than 14 million copies in Italy alone, and have been translated into 29 languages. Atlantyca Ent. is the original rights holder of the brand and all of its character spinoffs.
