‘Millie Magnificent’ Bags International Sales & Unveils First Footage From Ashley Spires-Inspired Animated Series; Fourth Book To Publish Next Year
EXCLUSIVE: The Millie Magnificent preschool brand is expanding ahead of its CG-animated series launch.
The Nelvana series has landed five new pre-buyers — YLE in Finland, RTS (Switzerland), SVT (Sweden), HOP (Israel), and Cinetel (Hungary) — who join the previously announced Canal+ (France) and Treehouse/STACKTV (Canada) on the 52-part show.
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Furthermore, Corus Entertainment-owned Nelvana, which produces and distributes Millie Magnificent, has unveiled a first look at the series. The footage follows Millie Sparks and her ‘creato-crew’ — best friends Ben and Maya and her dog Wallace — as they strive to find solutions to their neighborhood’s challenges. Watch it here.
Each episode is geared towards creativity and imagination for preschoolers by actively promoting critical thinking, problem solving and the process of trial-and-error.
The show is inspired by books from author Ashley Spires and Nelvana’s debut animated short film, The Most Magnificent Thing. A fourth book in the series, The Most Magnificent Team, has now been set to publish in 2025 through Corus’ children’s book publishing arm Kids Can Press. The book will follow the ups and downs of working with others, and comes after The Most Magnificent Thing, The Most Magnificent Idea, and The Most Magnificent Maker’s A to Z, which have sold nearly a million copies combined.
“Ever since we announced the series greenlight, we’ve received a magnificent response to Millie’s adventures from broadcasters all around the world,” said Mellany Welsh, VP and Head of Nelvana and Kids Can Press. “With episodes currently delivering, we are blown away by the beautiful animation and we’re excited to reveal a first look at the series. The whole team at Nelvana has done a brilliant job bringing Millie to life in a new way, while maintaining the themes of learning and perseverance from the books and short film that fans adore.”
Short The Most Magnificent Thing has been selected in nearly 100 international film festivals to date, and has been distributed and aired in Canada, the U.S., Australia, France, Switzerland, French-speaking Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, China and Hong Kong.
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