IDT Ent. Sales is going into this year’s MIPCOM and MIPCOM Jr. in Cannes with a full raft of new animated series and specials. Offerings will include the educational CG space exploration series, The Zula Patrol, the kid-lit adaptation Me, Eloise and the preschool show Wow! Wow! Wubbzy." Specials to be highlighted at the IDT booth include four animated superhero features from the new Stan Lee Presents franchise, the animated Harry Connick Jr. holiday special, The Happy Elf, and Arthur’s Missing Pal, based on the best-selling series of children’s books by Marc Brown.
The Zula Patrol stars a loveable, wacky cast of characters who will take kids on a roller coaster ride across the Universe, teaching them facts about science and astronomy in the process. The show is created by Deborah Manchester, Ph.D., and produced by The Hatchery LLC.
Kay Thompson’s popular book series, featuring illustrations by Hilary Knight, comes to the small screen with Me, Eloise. The 13-episode animated series will further the adventures of the title six-year-old force of nature, a character loved by kids worldwide.
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy will immerse the younger set in the bright, whimsical and imaginative world of Wubbzy and his group of fanciful friends. A series of 24-minute installments will be available for broadcasters.
Feature films in the Stan Lee Presents series will introduce viewers to all-new superheroes and super-villains. One unlikely new crime fighter is former Beatles drummer Ringo Star, who becomes a savy secret agent in Ringo.
The Happy Elf is an animated holiday special based on crooner Harry Connick Jr.’s original song of the same name. Finished and ready for delivery, the show offers comedy, adventure and original music, as well as an all-star cast and animation by Mainframe.
Having sold more than 52 million books worldwide, Marc Brown’s bespectacled Aardvark gets his own animated special. Arthur’s Missing Pal expands on the beloved children’s book series, which now includes more than 20 volumes and counts more than 50 licensees producing toys, apparel and other products.
Previews for Me, Eloise, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy and Stan Lee Presents, and full screenings of The Happy Elf and The Zula Patrol will be held at MIPCOM Jr. (Oct. 15-16). IDT’s MIPCOM slate will also include its all-new animated movie based on Todd McFarlane’s Spawn comic books, as well as The Haunted World of El Superbeasto from musician/writer/director Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1,000 Corpses) and an animated feature from skate-boarding superstar Tony Hawk.
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