HARI Greenlights Baby Lemmings

HARI has greenlit a new series featuring the baby lemmings from its global hit series Grizzy & the Lemmings.

Billed as a “gentle-slapstick” CGI animated show, Baby Lemmings targets preschoolers and their families. HARI will deliver 78 7-minute episodes through 2025-26.

France Télévisions has commissioned the series for Okoo and France 4, while Warner Bros. Discovery secured the rights for Cartoonito and Max in EMEA, Cartoonito in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as Cartoon Network in South Asia. Super RTL licensed the rights in Germany for Toggo.

Josselin Charier, executive producer at HARI, said: “At first glance, blending the craziness of slapstick with the gentle nature of preschool content seemed an impossible task. However, it’s in the core DNA of the lemmings to be playful. And it’s through this boundless playfulness that we discovered the perfect formula for a preschool audience: stories where any challenge can be overcome through games.”

Aurélie Wack, acquisitions and co-productions senior manager at Warner Bros. Discovery for kids EMEA, said: “We’re very excited to continue our partnership with HARI for this brand-new animated series, Baby Lemmings. It is perfect for our Cartoonito and Max upper-preschool audiences who can count on the playful baby lemmings to bring endless fun and heartwarming moments!”