Spotlight: Headspinner Productions

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The animated series Denis and Me, from Headspinner Productions, is inspired by the life and videos of YouTuber Denis Kopotun.

“Denis is a successful YouTuber/influencer with over 8 million followers and 1 billion views,” says Michelle Melanson, president of Headspinner Productions. “He is beloved by kids all over the world.”

Production will be starting on 20 more episodes of Denis and Me with WildBrain on board as the distributor of the series and delivery by the third quarter of 2021, and Headspinner will be working toward a longer-format series for 2022. “The first shorts of Denis and Me garnered over a million views each in their first week of play,” Melanson adds.

Further highlights include Happy House of Frightenstein, an animated upper-preschool series based on the original characters from Hilarious House of Frightensteincreated 50 years ago starring Vincent Price, and the live-action mystery series Cabin 51.