ZDF Enterprises Re-Teams with Jonathan Shiff for New Series

MELBOURNE/MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises and Jonathan M. Shiff Productions have announced a new flagship children’s series, Lightning Point.

The pair of companies have worked together before on H20: Just Add Water and The Elephant Princess. The new series Lighting Point is to be produced in association with German pubcaster ZDF, Network Ten in Australia and Nickelodeon Australia, with investment from Screen Australia and Screen Queensland. The story follows Zoey and Kiki, two girls from another galaxy who become castaways in a quiet Australian seaside town. The recruit local girl Amber to help keep them undercover.

Filming will begin on November 8. ZDF Enterprises will handle worldwide distribution for the show.

“We’re really excited to be helping our young audience discover a new series of retro surfing sci- fi. It will be something quite different and a lot of fun!” said producer Jonathan Shiff.

Nicole Keeb, commissioning editor for ZDF Germany, added, “We are looking forward to another great series out of our wonderful collaboration with Jonathan and his team.” Keeb continued: “Aliens in the most beautiful countryside of the world, heart warming, stunning characters and exciting stories delivered with first class visual effects; that’s what we cannot wait to get!”

Alexander Coridass, the president and CEO of ZDF Enterprises, noted: "We are delighted that our extremely successful partnership with Jonathan M. Shiff is to be continued by yet another breathtaking production. JMSP’s programs enjoy an outstanding reputation worldwide and have proven highly successful with viewers. We have been able to sell JMSP productions in over 140 countries all around the globe, and our most important clients include France 2, RTI/Mediaset, Antena 3, Nickelodeon USA, Nickelodeon Great Britain, Nickelodeon France, Nickelodeon Spain, Cartoon Network Latin America, Jetix Europe, ORF, YLE, NRK, KBS and TG4."