EXCLUSIVE:
Oddbods: Busy Bodies marks the first time One Animation s flagship brand has featured live action and dialogue, says
Michele Schofield.
June 1, 2021
Singapore’s One Animation has created a new mixed-media short series for its flagship Oddbods brand that focuses on helping kids relieve stress and get moving.
Oddbods: Busy Bodies (eight x 5.5 minutes) features a live-action yoga teacher who guides the animated Oddbods crew and preschool viewers through various stretching and breathing exercises. It will premiere on AVOD Kidoodle.TV this Wednesday.
One’s 180 x seven-minute
Oddbods non-dialogue comedy series has aired in more than 100 countries worldwide on broadcasters such as Disney XD (US), Télétoon+ (France) and Netflix (worldwide).
Adam Redfern to build out its preschool slate and prep for international expansion.
Omens has hired Redfern to consult as an executive producer and oversee its preschool projects, including
123 Number Squad! (pictured). This 11-minute, CG-animated spinoff from
Counting with Paula (60 x 11 minutes)
is in production now and follows a trio of kid superheroes who learn about numbers through adventures.
Redfern will also help develop new projects and up the quality of Omens’ catalogue so the studio can more easily generate international broadcast and licensing deals, according to a release.
Omens is also expanding into tween-skewing fare with Silas Hickey’s help, starting with two series currently in development
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The feature looks to build on Vuulr’s goal of streamlining the film buying and selling process, Thomas Hughes, Vuulr’s CEO of Americas, told TheWrap.
“We are so focused on hammering the inefficiencies out of this process,” Hughes said. “This is just a natural next step.”
For those unfamiliar with the company, Vuulr launched in early 2019, aiming to trim as much fat from the deal-making process as possible. The framework is simple enough: Vuulr allows approved content sellers to post their shows or movies to the site for free, while also allowing approved buyers to scan its content library for free. All deals are negotiated online, with buyers able to watch screeners and immediately make acquisition offers; when a match is made, Vuulr gets a small cut.
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