Bardel Ent. heads to the upcoming Kidscreen Summit (Feb. 8-10, 2006, in New York City) with an animation series in development with TV Ontario featuring the colorful characters of ANTONS WORLD; a new sitcom for kids based on Bardels award-winning Christmas special, THE CHRISTMAS ORANGE.
ANTONS WORLD is a 26x22 series geared to kids 6-9. It centers on Anton, a bright young boy with big ideas and bold plans who is always surprised when the rest of the world doesnt see things quite his way. Anton and his faithful friends adventure from one hilarious situation to the next, learning valuable lessons through trial and error.
Both the ANTONS WORLD series and THE CHRISTMAS ORANGE special were inspired by the Governor Generals Award-nominated book, THE CHRISTMAS ORANGE by Don Gilmour, with illustrations by Marie-Louise Gay.
People loved the characters we created in THE CHRISTMAS ORANGE and were very excited to develop more stories about Anton and all of the eclectic and diverse personalities in his neighborhood, says Cathy Schoch, Bardels vp of development. Its great to be working with TV Ontario to create a series that we know kids will love.
Vancouver-based Bardel Ent. (www.bardelentertainment.com) is involved in the acquisition, development, production and distribution of quality animated programming and products for children and families. Its properties are developed for multi-platform exploitation such as gaming and other digital new media devices. The company also extends its brands through the initiation of merchandising and licensing campaigns. For more than 17 years, Bardel has provided animation services to the international market.
TV Ontario and TVOKids create a safe on-air /online learning environment forpreschoolers and young children. TVOKids' commercial-free programs and www.tvokids.com s innovative online games and activities have been developed by educational experts, based on early childhood learning principles and the Ontario school curriculum.
