BBC Studios Confirms Initiatives With Eoin Colfer, Humza Arshad, Haruworks

“Artemis Fowl” author Eoin Colfer’s first stay motion unique undertaking was amongst information introduced throughout this yr’s MipJunior Keynote from BBC Studios’ Youngsters & Household head Cecilia Persson.

With over 25 million copies of the “Artemis Fowl” sequence offered, the writer’s new undertaking is being written in collaboration with screenwriter Viko Nikci. 

The concept “combines a gripping high-stakes thriller with a enjoyable gang of unlikely younger heroes,” on this sci-fi sequence which mixes motion, comedy and a number of plot twists,” based on a BBC assertion.   

Persson additionally talked up a partnership with Huge Deal Movies to develop an animation sequence based mostly on the “Little Unhealthy Man” books a few wannabe rapper and his crew. It’s written by the best-selling writer and YouTube star, Humza Arshad, MBE, and his writing associate Henry White.

One other present “Flip, Flap and Zip” is in growth with the Finnish firm Haruworks. 

The pre-school sequence is impressed by unboxing movies. In “Flip Flap and Zip” three buddies open up and discover the world round them one zip at a time.

In the meantime “Phoenix Rise” follows a bunch of youngsters taking their first steps again into mainstream schooling after exclusion. Commissioned by Sarah Muller, head of commissioning and acquisitions 7+ on the BBC and attributable to air subsequent yr, this Youngsters & Household drama, distributed by Sinking Ship Leisure has its World Premiere Screening at MipJunior right this moment.

One other BBC Studios title, “Supertato,” is a comedy that follows the world’s best potato superhero as he battles Evil Pea among the many grocery store aisles. Produced by Youngsters & Household manufacturing the sequence was commissioned by the BBC and co-produced with Tencent Video with animation supplied by Brighton Zoo. It launches on CBeebies this month and is being introduced to the worldwide marketplace for the primary time.

BBC Studios Youngsters & Household is co-producing and distributing Plane Footage and Wexworks Media’s forthcoming comedy drama “Recognition Papers” a few center college rights of passage story. It’s presently in manufacturing in Canada.

In her temporary, 30-minute presentation, Persson talked up the industrial entity’s technique, in addition to the brand new tasks.

Persson moved over to the Beeb from WarnerMedia to assist oversee the transition of the broadcaster’s in-house kids’s programming division to its new residence at BBC Studios, the broadcaster’s industrial arm.

“In the present day we’re reworking the way in which we do enterprise,” she mentioned. “The transfer to BBC Studios enhances our funding energy and co-production prospects, and permits us to construct international manufacturers. As a mixed division we are able to pursue extra with extra sources. Now we have the potential to do extra and we need to do it with you.”

Areas the place Youngsters & Household need to increase embody animation and codecs for kids.

“We’re in search of that subsequent format for teenagers,” she mentioned.

Nonetheless constructing its staff, the division is hiring somebody to have a look at which platforms children are on. 

“It’s one thing you need to deal with,” she mentioned. “It’s a must to have the contact factors to present that viewers a possibility.”

It’s no shock that Persson gravitated in direction of kids’s tv. 

“Rising up in Sweden, I’ve fond recollections of watching kids’s TV, watching exhibits that proceed to curiosity audiences right this moment,” she mentioned throughout her keynote. She added: “I started my profession in movie and leisure. After I joined the youngsters group, I knew I had discovered my residence.”