Banijay Kids & Family Buys ‘Ivy + Bean’ Producer Kindle Entertainment & ‘Tear Along The Dotted Line’ Firm Movimenti Production
deadline.comBanijay Kids & Family has bought UK drama specialist Kindle Entertainment and Italian animation firm Movimenti Production.
The deals bring the total number of production within Banijay’s youth-focused arm across France, the UK and Italy to six, sitting alongside distribution, marketing and licencing arm, Zodiak Kids & Family Distribution.Based in London, the female-led Kindle Entertainment is behind premium YA and family dramas such as Sky limited series Little Darlings and Netflix teen mystery The A List.
It has also just launched trilogy of Ivy + Bean family films on the streamer, starring the likes of Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Lynch.Established in 2004 with bases in Milan, Florence and Rome, Movimenti is behind Rai’s Topo Gigio and Netflic’s Tear Along the Dotted Line (Netflix).
It also co-created ForFun Media – The Animation Network, including 2D studio DogHead Animation and 3D production studio MoBo), alongside Studio Bozzetto and in 2019 teamed with the publishing network Auzou to create Easy Peasy Entertainment, an indie animator based in Paris.Benoît Di Sabatino, CEO, Banijay Kids & Family says: “Kindle Entertainment and Movimenti Production will be complimentary additions to the family, both bringing their own unique expertise, with consistent track records in delivering premium shows.
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