A Bristol production studio has agreed a licensing deal that will see its animated series Dodo, inspired by its creator鈥檚 school days in Portishead, shown on two major US networks.
Wildseed Studios, which is based in St Nicholas House near Castle Park, has reached an agreement with entertainment giant Warner Media鈥檚 Kids and Family division for the programme to be available on HBO Max and Cartoon Network from next year.
The deal was brokered by London-based family entertainment brand distributor CAKE.
The 20-part series follows the story of schoolboy Joe as he navigates his first year through secondary school. The comedy features the voices of Kaiser Chiefs singer and The Voice judge Ricky Wilson and Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn.
The show is based on an award-winning short film Not The End of the World, which was written, directed and animated by Jack Bennett while he was studying at the University of the West of England.
Mr Bennett based some of the film鈥檚 story and characters from his own experiences of studying at the Gordano School in the coastal town in North Somerset.
Wildseed Studios was originally commissioned to make the series adaptation by Sky Kids and the company鈥檚 managing director Miles Bullough said he was 鈥渢hrilled鈥 it would now be able to reach new audiences in the US.
Mr Bullough said: 鈥淰ery British in both its humour and its hero, we are confident Jack's characters and stories will resonate and amuse viewers in the US as it has done here in the 海角视频."
Founded in 2013, Wildseed Studios previously won a BAFTA award for its work on the children鈥檚 series Lottie Bearshout.
The company is currently inviting creators to submit live action or animated projects that appeal to audiences under the age of 30, with successful entrants to receive up to 拢10,000 to develop their idea with the support of Wildseed Studios鈥 production team.
Bristol is renowned for being a hot-bed for TV and film production. Earlier this year another independent animation studio based in the city, A Productions, was jointly recognised with a national television award for the CBeebies pre-school series JoJo and Gran Gran, alongside the BBC Children鈥檚 In-House Productions.
Bristol is also home to the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, the creators of Wallace and Gromit.
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