FilMart: Paddington Animated Series Scores Representation in China
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Vivendi-owned European film and TV studio Studiocanal has sealed a deal with Shanghai Senyu Media to represent Studiocanal’s “The Adventures of Paddington Bear” animated series in mainland China. Rights are being promoted at the virtual edition of Hong Kong rights market FilMart.
The series debuted on Nickelodeon in western markets and has already delivered two seasons. Two feature movies have been completed and a third has been announced.
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The series is targeted at a pre-school audience. Each 11-minute episode takes a lead from Michael Bond’s original books and tells a new story in animated form. It is written by Jon Foster and James Lamont and produced by Heyday Films, Studiocanal, Copyrights Group, with the participation of French broadcaster M6.
reporter: it reminded some viewers of an episode on the little house on the prairie. she shows up at her own wake, eves dropping on her own children. what a pity it took something like this to bring us all together again. amen to that. reporter: and she ended up doing a jig around their revived mom. did you tell them it was because of a german supermarket commercial? papa gives his daughter an actual heart attack with his resurrection. cnn, new york. finally this hour, you might be familiar with the adventures of paddington bear, an orphan