New Zealand-based Weta Prods. and U.K.-based Chapman Ent. are forming a partnership to develop a range of children's television properties. The first venture will be an animated comedy targeted at boys 6-9.
The development project will be jointly led by Martin Baynton and Richard Taylor of Weta and Chapmans Creative Director Keith Chapman. They are working on a selection of 2D and CG animated properties, which will be presented to broadcasters and the licensing community in the near future, with preproduction expected to commence in 2008.
Chapman Ent. produces the hit international preschool shows FIFI AND THE FLOWERTOTS and ROARY THE RACING CAR, which followed Chapmans creation of the global phenomenon BOB THE BUILDER.
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