Xilam Animation’s Mr Magoo to Break Into the US
15 Gennaio 2020 - 6:15PM
Business Wire
DreamWorks Animation’s Classic Media takes
exclusive US TV, home video and VOD rights
Regulatory News:
Award-winning French animation studio Xilam Animation
(Paris:XIL) has secured a deal with DreamWorks Animation’s Classic
Media for its hilarious new animated series, Mr Magoo based on the
hugely successful classic cartoon of the same name. DreamWorks has
exclusively picked up all US TV, home video and VOD rights to
season one (78 x 7’). Mr Magoo will then be available from
17/01/2020 on CBS All Access streaming service.
Marc du Pontavice at Xilam Animation said: “Since debuting in
fall 2018, Mr Magoo has drawn strong ratings and captured the
hearts of kids and their families around the world. The original
version of Mr Magoo was first created in the US so we’re delighted
DreamWorks has now come on board to introduce local audiences to
our fresh take on this wonderfully candid and optimistic character,
back where it all began 70 years ago.”
Originally commissioned by France Télévisions, Mr Magoo
currently airs on Turner’s Boomerang channel in France, Africa, the
Middle East, Israel, Turkey and Nordics, Cartoon Network (Asia),
Discovery Kids (Latin America), Super RTL (Germany), VRT and RTBF
(Belgium), SIC K (Portugal), RTVE (Spain), RTS (Switzerland), CITV
(UK), Discovery and DEA Kids (Italy), among other channels.
This latest deal expands Xilam’s US footprint which includes its
recently announced Netflix commission for CGI animated preschool
series Oggy Oggy, based on the company’s hit global franchise Oggy
and the Cockroaches. Netflix also acquired worldwide rights to the
studio’s critically acclaimed first adult animated feature I Lost
My Body, which launched on 29 November 2019 and received the
International Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes Film Festival,
Cristal for a Feature Film and Audience Award at Annecy and Grand
Prize at the Animation is Film Festival last year. I Lost My Body
has also just been nominated in the ‘Animated Feature Film’
category for the Academy Awards 2020. Additionally, Xilam is in
production on Disney+ original Chip ‘n’ Dale, which will feature
the return of Disney’s much-loved chipmunk troublemakers in a
non-verbal, classic style comedy.
About Mr Magoo
In the neighbourhood, everybody loves Mr Magoo - the lively,
kind-hearted and cheerful guy always happy to give a helping hand.
But beware - he also causes disasters! Without his glasses, he
mistakes his surroundings for other places, gets people mixed up,
and wreaks havoc everywhere he goes. All his neighbours have kindly
adjusted to his uniqueness…except for one: a megalomaniac hamster
by the name of Fizz whose sole goal is to have all of humanity
recognize his tremendous genius. He’s determined to leave his mark
on history, but somehow Magoo always interferes, forever thwarting
Fizz’s crazy plans!
Mr Magoo has been adapted by Olivier Jean-Marie and Xilam’s Hugo
Gittard from John Hubley’s original series, created in 1949. Hugo
Gittard is also showrunner of the new series.
About Xilam
Xilam is one of Europe’s leading animation companies, creating,
producing and distributing original children’s and family
entertainment content across TV, film and digital media
platforms.
Founded in 1999 by Marc du Pontavice, Xilam owns a catalogue of
more than 2,000 animated episodes and four feature films. The
company’s portfolio includes the multi award-winning animated
feature I Lost my Body which won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the
Semaine de la Critique in Cannes Film Festival 2019 in addition to
the Cristal for a Feature Film and Audience Award at Annecy
International Animated Film Festival 2019, alongside
internationally successful brands such as Oggy & the
Cockroaches, Zig & Sharko, The Daltons, Mr Magoo and its
pre-school series, Paprika.
Broadcast in over 190 countries on all the major TV networks and
digital platforms, including YouTube with over 300 million video
views monthly, Xilam’s programme catalogue makes the company one of
the top global content providers in animation.
Xilam employs more than 400 people, including 300 artists, who
are based across its four studios located in Paris, Lyon, Angoulême
and Ho-Chi-Minh City in Vietnam.
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