Xilam Animation’s CGI Slapstick Comedy Trico Heading to Netflix
22 Settembre 2020 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
- Academy Award® nominee French animation studio Xilam Animation
(Paris:XIL) today announced that Xilam’s new CGI kids’ non-verbal
slapstick comedy series Trico (78 x 7’) will be launched as a
Netflix Branded Original for its service globally. Created by
Xilam’s Hugo Gittard (Zig & Sharko, Magoo), the series is
slated for delivery in early 2022.
- Xilam retains second window global linear television
distribution and merchandising rights to Trico.
- Marc du Pontavice, CEO of Xilam Animation and Executive
Producer, said: “We’re thrilled to be undertaking this new
collaboration with Netflix and feel honoured by the trust they have
placed in Xilam’s talents. Hugo has created a fantastic series
which is brimming with endearing characters and original comedy -
we’re sure Trico’s mishaps will charm and entertain audiences
across the globe.”
- In this new Series, mountain pasture life is a little too
peaceful for former globetrotter Trico. Luckily for him, he always
has tons of ideas, and objects from his travels, to share with his
fellow sheep to shake things up! All this new ruckus is at
Biscotte’s expense, a tough ewe whose job is to keep the flock
safe. An especially hard task with the Wolf lurking around, waiting
to make the most of this newfound chaos by catching a few sheep
here and there. Fortunately, we can count on Trico and Biscotte’s
friendship to overcome these challenges and keep the Wolf from
snacking on their wooly companions!
- Xilam Animation is also in production on Netflix’s first French
animated Original Series, Oggy Oggy (156x7’) which is targeted at a
preschool audience and set to be delivered in 2021. Oggy Oggy is
based on Xilam’s global hit franchise Oggy and the Cockroaches and
sees young Oggy freed from the ceaseless tyranny of the cockroaches
and living in a fantasy world inhabited by a vibrant community of
cats.
About Xilam
A major player in animation, Xilam is an integrated studio
founded in 1999 that creates, produces and distributes original
programmes in more than 190 countries for both children and adult
audiences. Xilam content is broadcast on television, and is also
available on SVoD platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon and
NBC Universal, and ADVoD streaming platforms including YouTube and
Facebook.
With its creativity and capacity for innovation recognised
worldwide, and editorial and commercial expertise at the cutting
edge of its industry, Xilam is positioned as a key player in a
fast-growing market. Each year, Xilam builds real successes and
capitalises on its powerful historical brands including Oggy and
the Cockroaches and Zig & Sharko, as well as new properties
such as Oggy Oggy for a preschool audience, Moka, Mr. Magoo, and
Academy Award® nominated adult feature film I Lost My Body. Xilam’s
expanding and strong catalogue now consists of over 2,200 episodes
and three feature films.
In 2019, Xilam acquired Cube Creative, a studio providing the
company with unique expertise in 3D and computer generated images.
Xilam employs more than 500 individuals, including 400 artists,
across its studios in Paris, Lyon, Angoulême and Ho Chi Minh in
Vietnam.
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