Taffy Entertainment Inks Four New Deals for Super Hero Franchise

Taffy Entertainment has secured four new deals for its animated series Fantastic Four—based on the Marvel franchise—in Europe and Latin America, with the U.K.’s GMTV acquiring the series for its weekend children’s strand, Toonattik, which airs on ITV1 and CITV.

In separate deals, the series has also been acquired by TV Globo in Brazil, MRTL in Hungary, and Fox Video for Europe and Latin America.

The show recently launched on France’s M6, where it has consistently been a top performer. The series will also be seen on Cartoon Network in Europe, Latin America and Asia this year. Taffy Entertainment has also recently licensed Fantastic Four to YTV and VRAK TV in Canada, Cartoon Network Germany, TV Catalunya and ETB in Spain, TVN Chile, Club RTL in Belgium, MBC in the Middle East, TV12 in Singapore, NTV 7 in Malaysia and Alter Channel in Greece. Taffy Entertainment distributes the series outside of the U.S.

Fantastic Four, which is based on one of Marvel’s most prominent comic book families, is co-produced by MoonScoop Productions, Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network Europe. The television series brings together a brilliant scientist, Dr. Reed Richards, his best friend, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm and her fiery-tempered kid brother, Johnny Storm. They are transformed into beings that are more than merely human, becoming Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, The Invisible Girl and The Human Torch. Together, they battle the ultimate villain Dr. Doom.

“Fantastic Four is one of the hottest super hero franchises in the global marketplace, so it’s appropriate that it should find a home on these prominent channels,” said Lionel Marty, the president of worldwide sales at Taffy Entertainment. “We’re confident that the strong series debut on France’s M6 will be mirrored on these further broadcast platforms.”