Cyber Group Studios Readies 50/50 Heroes

Cyber Group Studios is set to commence production on the brand-new animated series 50/50 Heroes, developed with pubcaster France Télévisions.

Aimed at children from 6- to 10-years-old, the 52×11-minute comedy series follows the adventures of Mo and Sam, half-brother and sister who find out that they have inherited some powers from their great-great-great-grandma who had a fling with a superhero. The two must split their powers down the middle, and use them not to save the planet, but to get ice cream or catch a movie when they’re supposed to be somewhere else with mom at the same time.

50/50 Heroes is based on an original idea of Romain Gadiou and Chloé Sastre, co-writers of Cyber Group Studios’ Mirette Investigates and the Tom Sawyer animated series. The new show will be directed by Cédric Fremeaux. It will be mostly produced out of Cyber Group’s studios in Paris and Roubaix, using a 2D technique together with an in-house special effects technology developed by Cyber’s research and development department.

Pierre Sissmann, president and CEO of Cyber Group Studios, said: “I am particularly happy to work with France Télévisions on this new comedy series and to work together with such talented artists both in our Paris and Roubaix studio, dedicated to creating new animation using groundbreaking technology for our upcoming productions in CG and 2D,”

Tiphaine de Raguenel, head of young publics and animation at France Télévisions, added: “A promise of a stunning comedy, 50/50 Heroes is the ambitious original creation that France Télévisions was waiting for on the theme of relations between half-brother and half-sister with a not-at-all serious tone. With Mo and Sam, this series invents a duo of a new genre half-superhero half-brother and sister. Two children faced with their own desires and their needs to find solutions together. At the end of each story, they will have learned something about themselves, which will help them grow. 50/50 Heroes will undoubtedly be the next big success of Cyber Group Studios and we are happy to offer it exclusively to our audience on Okoo.”