Média-Participations Audiovisual Division Preps Projects for Groupe M6

As the Annecy International Animation Film Festival continues in France, Groupe M6 has picked up kids’ titles from Dargaud Media and Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel.

Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel is starting development with Groupe M6 on Living with Dad, a fast-paced contemporary sitcom on family life adapted from the comic books by NOB. Though the comic books are from the dad’s perspective, the animated series will be from the points of view of the four daughters—aged 2, 8, 12 and 18—who are all as different as their respective mothers.

Kid Lucky, produced by Dargaud Media for M6 Kid’s autumn schedule, is an animated western series for children aged 6 and up. Directed by Olivier Brugnoli—and based on Lucky Luke by Morris and Goscinny and Les Aventures de Kid Lucky by Achdé—the show tells the story of the childhood of “the greatest cowboy in the West.”

Caroline Duvochel, head of Media-Participation Audiovisual Production, said: “It was a pleasure to get down to kids’ level with our partner M6 and explore Lucky Luke’s Wild West, while still developing a unique identity for the series. The pioneer outpost of Nothing Gulch gives Kid and his gang a unique backdrop for an adventurous childhood filled with freedom, discovery, fantasy and friendship. These are all ingredients that will attract today’s children, whether they already know the universe or not. But beware, there’s no room for lily-livered greenhorns!”

Lila Hannou, director of animation co-productions and pre-buys at Groupe M6, said: “It’s a great pleasure for us to work with Dargaud Media to broadcast the adventures of a young Lucky Luke in our children’s slot M6 Kids. A hero who has thrilled generations of readers in a new, positive, modern series with all the ingredients needed to take the whole family off into the Wild West… Wagons roll!”

Director Brugnoli added: “The best way not to feel overwhelmed by the weight of the gigantic comic book monument of Lucky Luke … is simply not to think about it! Even if we had a bit of fun slipping in a few nods—mainly for parents—in the direction of the universe of Lucky Luke, and westerns in general, our main aim has always been to speak to children of today. ‘The Kid’ is still far from being the ‘poor lonesome cowboy’ he’ll later become, meaning that there is a lot of freedom to invent a bucolic childhood world full of fun and frolics, with all his friends and his young foal Jolly Jumper. Viewers will be shown a fresh and unique vision of our little hero.”