So-called "Hollywood accounting" is a tricky business, one with a long history going back to the days of John Wayne. Studios love to shuffle their money around, playing around with their financial ledgers until some movies seem profitable, while others appear to put them in the red. When all is said and done, a movie's profitability -- at least, as far as shareholders are concerned -- may or may not have any correlation to the film's actual box office stats. Then there's the fact that profitability and box office stats don't necessarily have anything to do with a film's overall cultural impact; plenty of movies have garnered massive fanbases slowly over time, rather than raking in enough money by some deadline to appear as a positive line item on a studio's yearly report. Especially in the Covid-19 era, where massive-budget movies end up on streaming while they are still in theaters,...
- 1/29/2023
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
Mediatoon Distribution has seen a slew of sales for a number of new and upcoming animated series, including a new adaptation of a beloved property.
The company unveiled three new titles at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Biarritz this week, two of which have already found early buyers.
“Nicholas’ Fantastic Summer” follows the mischievous adventures of a boy and his friends as they get the most out of their summer beach holiday. Switzerland’s Rts, Mtva in Hungary and Poland’s TV Puls have already acquired the show, an adaptation of the bestselling books by late writer René Goscinny and cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé (who died Aug. 11). It was produced by Media Valley (“Zoom the White Dolphin”) for M6/Gulli, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Boing; and Belgian broadcasters Rtbf and Vrt.
The company has also pre-sold Season 2 of preschool show “The Fox Badger Family” to Tele Quebec in Canada and Rts in Switzerland.
The company unveiled three new titles at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Biarritz this week, two of which have already found early buyers.
“Nicholas’ Fantastic Summer” follows the mischievous adventures of a boy and his friends as they get the most out of their summer beach holiday. Switzerland’s Rts, Mtva in Hungary and Poland’s TV Puls have already acquired the show, an adaptation of the bestselling books by late writer René Goscinny and cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé (who died Aug. 11). It was produced by Media Valley (“Zoom the White Dolphin”) for M6/Gulli, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Boing; and Belgian broadcasters Rtbf and Vrt.
The company has also pre-sold Season 2 of preschool show “The Fox Badger Family” to Tele Quebec in Canada and Rts in Switzerland.
- 9/9/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
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