Beach House Pictures & JumpStart Games Align for Neopets Series

The Blue Ant Studios company Beach House Pictures and JumpStart Games, a NetDragon company, have inked an exclusive deal to develop the first-ever Neopets animated TV series.

As part of the agreement, Beach House Pictures is developing new characters and stories, teaming up with the Blue Ant Studios animation team in Canada to expand the storytelling and bring an added dimension to the Neopets brand. Beach House Pictures and Blue Ant Studios will be looking for co-production and platform partners over the coming months.

In other Neopets news, JumpStart Games is unveiling the reimagined Neopets website, releasing an all-new mobile game for smartphones and tablets and rolling out a curated line of licensed merchandise this year.

Donovan Chan, creative director at Beach House Pictures, said: “Bringing a new Neopets series to the market has been a passion of mine for many years and seeing it come to life is a dream come true. We’re looking forward to collaborating with the Blue Ant Studios team in Canada and JumpStart Games to create stories and characters for devoted, long-time fans, while introducing Neopets to a new generation of kids.”

Czulewicz, CEO of JumpStart Games, added: “Extending Neopets into an animated series is the perfect way to give our millions of fans another new platform to discover and enjoy the brand. Beach House Pictures’ passion for the Neopets brand, and its track record of producing premium content for international audiences, makes them a great partner to build on a new wave of Neopet products and storytelling we are launching in 2020.”