BROWN BAG FILMS AND CYBER GROUP STUDIOS ANNOUNCE PRODUCTION OF GILBERT & ALLIE
MIP Junior, Cannes,2 October 2015. Brown Bag Films and Cyber Group Studios are pleased to announce the launch of production of their new 52 X 11’ animated series Gilbert & Alliewhich has been acquired by Disney Channel EMEA.
Created and directed by Bronagh O’Hanlon, Gilbert & Allieis an odd-couple supernatural comedy about the sparks and spells that fly when a teenage girl discovers she has wizardly powers. Unfortunately, those powers can only be harnessed in partnership with an ancient and extremely grumpy magical rabbit who just wants to retire.
Produced in France and Ireland, Allie’s adventures as a wizard-in-training facing the everyday challenges of a teenage girl will be animated in CG, while her visits with Gilbert to the magical realm will be created in 2d. The series, for 8 – 11 year old kids, will launch on Disney Channel in Europe in 2017.
“My original idea for a series about the partnership between a girl wizard and her jaded magical mentor has evolved in development over the last 18 months and I’m really excited to start production and bring these characters to the screen!” said Creator and Director Bronagh O’Hanlon.
“I’m proud to begoinginto production on thiswonderful show, created by Brown Bag Films’ super-talented Bronagh O’Hanlon. We look forward to producing a zany, funny, visuallystunningshow withthe fantastic team at Cyber Group Studios,"said Darragh O’Connell, Creative Director of Brown Bag Films.
“We are thrilled to be co-producing this series with our friends at BrownBag Films, as we instantly fell in love with the characters and the story. And as the series distributor, we are convinced that the fun and the magic residing in the series will make it a hit with kids around the world,”explained Pierre Sissmann, Chairman and CEO of Cyber Group Studios.
For more information, please contact Asta Valancauskaite at Cyber Group Studios at and Anahita Tabarsi at Brown Bag Films at .
About Brown Bag Films
Brown Bag Films are one of Europe’s most exciting, original and successful creative-led animation studios. After 21 years in business, their Dublin-based headquarters continue to produce cutting-edge animation for the international market, bagging numerous awards along the way. These include Oscar® nominations for Give Up Yer Aul Sins (2002), Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (2010), four Emmy® awards for Peter Rabbit (2014), and a host of BAFTA, Emmy® and Annie nominations for their hit shows Octonauts, Doc McStuffins, Bing and Henry Hugglemonster.
Brown Bag Films' much-loved TV shows are viewed by millions of children worldwide and include Doc McStuffins, Henry Hugglemonster, Peter Rabbit, Bing, Olivia, Noddy in Toyland, and Octonauts. Their most recent production is the animated pre-school series The Stinky & Dirty Show for Amazon Studios which premiered on Amazon Prime in January 2015 as part of the Amazon Pilots Season. With a second office in LA, and a newly opened third facility in the UK implementing a long form 2D animation pipeline, Brown Bag Films are committed to producing the highest-quality, cross-platform animation with strong stories and engaging characters.
Founded in 1994 by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell, Brown Bag Films have worked with some of the world’s biggest entertainment names, including Disney, Nickelodeon, BBC, Chorion, Silvergate Media and Amazon Studios. Brown Bag Films recently partnered with publishing house Scholastic UK to jointly develop publishing and animated content for children’s audiences. In 2015 Brown Bag Films announced their acquisition by 9 Story Media Group, a leadingcreator, producer and distributor of award-winning content for young audiences around the world.
The studio isamong the most technically-advanced in the world, with full animation, picture and audio post-production facilities in-house. Their motto is simple: 'We love animation'. In fact, they love itsomuchtheytrademarkedit: 'We Love Animation™.’
About Cyber Group Studios
Cyber Group Studios is a French independent multi awarded company which produces and distributes its own and third party audiovisual productions and brands with strong international appeal targeted to kids and families in particular.- 3D CGI and 2D HD animation products (TV series and movies) targeted at 2-12 years old kids and tweens. - HD animation series for “Triple Play” broadcast (web, mobile phones, TV). Its mission is to bring the best quality entertainment associating to the best creative talent around the world and developing breakthrough technology to enhance its productions. It is also to associate to other top producers in the world to help bring them to market, outstanding new productions, through its own distribution network.