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‘Geronimo Stilton’ Catches More Global Buyers
Italy-based children’s entertainment house Atlantyca Entertainment announced new global sales for its animated series Geronimo Stilton in advance of the MIPTV market this month. Canal Panda (Portugal) acquired season 1, 2, and also season 3 which is currently in production. Additional sales include season 1 and 2 DVD rights to [...]
‘Empire Strikes Out’ on DVD
It’s time to dust off the ol’ lightsaber as LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out [Fox, $14.98] tops our DVD watch list this week. The half-hour special, which aired on Cartoon Network last fall, is produced by Lucasfilm and Threshold Animation in space-faring CG and sees the beloved heroes [...]
Third Season of ‘Geronimo Stilton’ Goes into Production
Production has begun on the third season of Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop’s popular 2D-animated series Geronimo Stilton. The 78 x 23 series, which is produced with the participation of Rai Fiction, France TV and M6, will be available by fall of 2014. Atlantyca’s head of animation department and exec producer [...]
‘Geronimo Stilton’ Travels to Germany
Co-production and distribution partners Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop have secured a deal to bring Geronimo Stilton, the animated series based on the popular children’s books about an intrepid mouse journalist, to leading German broadcaster ARD. ARD is picking up the second season along with its regional broadcast stations, including KiKA [...]
La Dolce Vita Animata
Indie animation producers in Italy continue to deliver the goods despite tough financial challenges and the slow growth of revenue from multimedia projects. A lot has happened and evolved in the Italian animation business since the heydays of Bruno Bozzetto’s Allegro Non Troppo in the mid-1970s. While the state-funded RAI [...]
20 Tips on How To Pitch Your Toon to Network Execs!
1. Watch the programs on the channel you are pitching to. Do your homework! 2. Character, character, character. 3. Beyond the pitch, know what the show is and where it is headed. 4. Don’t pitch anything you are first going to apologize for; “This probably isn’t right for you, but…” [...]
Second Season of ‘Geronimo’ to Debut on Rai 2
The second season of Atlantyca Entertainment’s hit kids series Geronimo Stilton, which was a big ratings success when it premiered last October on Italian channel Rai 2, is returning to the network for a second run on weekday mornings, beginning February 29 at 7 a.m. New episodes are set to [...]
Atlantyca Renews PSA License for ‘Geronimo Stilton’
Animation star Geronimo Stilton will continue to be the face of public service campaign to teach children in Italy to use the internet safely, under a new deal between Atlantyca Entertainment and Telecom Italia. The campaign, called Navigare Sicuri, will use the character through 2012 under the deal, which was [...]
‘Geronimo Stilton’ begins Sophomore Season on Rai2
Atlantyca’s brilliant mouse reporter Geronimo Stilton is ready for a second season of cheese-filled adventures on RAI 2, beginning this Monday (Oct. 24) at 7:19 a.m. (yes, that’s the very precise Italian airtime!). The second season will be stripped Monday through Friday at the same time. Based on the popular [...]
Atlantyca to Rep ‘Little Prince’ in Italy
Entertainment studio Atlantyca (Geronimo Stilton) is the new licensing agent for LPPM’s CG-animated series The Little Prince in Italy. The company’s CEO Claudia Mazzucco announced today that Atlantyca will handle the L&M rights for the classic property based on the beloved classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupery as well as the [...]
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