My Momtourage & Me Series on Offer at MIPCOM

CANNES, October 7: At
MIPCOM, Foothill Entertainment and Australian illustrator and writer Kyla May
will look for presale and co-production partners for the series My Momtourage
& Me, which chronicles the
adventures of a girl as she copes with the crazy lifestyle of her pop-star
mother.

The 26 25-minute episodes
of the series follow Harper as members of her famous mother’s entourage help
raise her. Although Harper’s mother loves the spotlight and fan adulation, she
does try to raise Harper the best way she can. And while most young girls
desire the celebrity lifestyle, all Harper wants is a normal life.

The series is created by
May, whose credits include Kyla May Miss.Behaves, Smirk,
Flea-Bag & Friends and G2G:
Got to Go, which is in its first
season on Channel Nine in Australia with plans for a live-action television
movie.

Based in Santa Barbara,
Foothill Entertainment was founded in September 2000 by former DIC Entertainment
executive VP of business and legal affairs, Gregory Payne, and Jo
Kavanagh-Payne, former Link Television Entertainment senior VP of U.S.
operations. It specializes in the co-development and distribution of children’s
and family entertainment programming.

“I am really excited to be
working with Jo (Kavanagh-Payne) and Greg (Payne) at Foothill,” May said.
“Since My Momtourage & Me
kind of mirrors the Hollywood lifestyle, teaming with a California-based
company is a perfect fit.”

“This stylish and funny
series offers a great new perspective on the so-called celebrity lifestyle and
how ordinary kids cope with having a not-so-ordinary parent,” said
Kavanagh-Payne, the president of Foothill. “Being a celebrity kid isn’t all
it’s cracked up to be because growing up still has its challenges, no matter
who you are.”

—By Jackie Stewart