![]() ![]() WildBrain also sold its new Strawberry Shortcake spinoff Berry in the Big Cityto the streamer for a 2022 premiere, as well as four upcoming CG-animated specials based on the brand. November-Dwarf and San-X begin working on a new show based on popular animated character Rilakkuma stop-motion anime series Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure(eight x 15 minutes) will premiere next year. September-The streamer’s biggest story of the year is its acquisition of The Roald Dahl Story Company, including plans to create an entire Roald Dahl universe encompassing 19 projects already in development, and an animated series that-on its own-will cost US$1 billion. July-For younger viewers, new preschool shows and specials based on Moonbug’s CoComelon and Little Baby Bum franchises get underway, including three seasons of CoComelon Lane and one season of Little Baby Bum: Music Time.Īugust-Silvergate delivers a new spinoff series called Octonauts: Above & Beyond, which sees the aquatic creatures explore new frontiers on dry land. Surprise gets picked up for an October debut. May-Toyco MGA’s first feature film for L.O.L. March-Legende Films gets a greenlight for the first-ever 3D-animated series adaptation of Hachette’s Asterix comics that Netflix will drop in 2023.Īpril-The streamer acquires the first season of Genius Brands’ animated preschool series Rainbow Rangers in multiple territories. For its part, Hasbro sells in its latest animated content for the Transformers and My Little Pony franchises the streamer greenlights a 20-episode comedy inspired by the Transformers’ BotBots toy line, a CG-animated My Little Pony movie (pictured, produced by Entertainment One and Boulder Media), and series project My Little Pony G5. Netflix options all 23 of the Redwall fantasy books by Brian Jacques to develop into several TV shows and films the first of these projects, an animated feature film, is already in the works and will be followed by what Netflix calls an “event series.” Mattel and Nelvana give Thomas & Friends a 2D-animated makeover, which the SVOD is quick to snap up. It also adds the toyco’s new specials Barbie & Chelsea The Lost Birthday and Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams. ![]() ![]() Established brandsįebruary-Netflix picks up a new Sonic Prime spinoff series from WildBrain and SEGA Sonic the Hedgehog. The platform has also acquired more film titles following a promise to launch six original animated movies each year, as well as infusing its growing kids and family slate with more celebrity cache. Netflix has added an eclectic mix of content from established brands like My Little Pony and Barbie this year, as well as fresh new concepts like Industrial Brothers’ Daniel Spellbound. Its 2021 buying strategy seems to be delivering on that promise. The streamer has traditionally tried to have a little bit of everything on its platform-recognizing that a wide variety of audiences tune in each day. So over the next five weeks, we’re cataloguing what the biggest broadcasters have actually acquired, commissioned, ordered and greenlit in 2021 in this new Who Bought What series. ![]() But it’s one thing to say you want to buy a certain type of show, and a whole other thing to go out and pick up a BIPOC-led comedy for six-year-olds that’s focused on climate change. Here at Kidscreen, we spend a lot of time talking with buyers about what content they want. ![]()
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