{"id":13353,"date":"2017-10-26T11:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-board-new-moomins-show-moominvalley\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T11:50:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T15:50:04","slug":"sky-on-board-new-moomins-show-moominvalley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sky-on-board-new-moomins-show-moominvalley\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky On Board New Moomins Show Moominvalley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Moominvalley<\/em>, an adaptation of the book-based property created by Tove Jansson, is due to debut as a Sky original series on Sky One, NOW TV, the Sky Kids app and on demand\u00a0in the U.K. and Ireland late next year.<\/p>\n<p>The show will feature the Moomin characters from the classic books and comic strips. The voice cast includes Bel Powley, Edvin Endre and comedian Joe Wilkinson alongside Rosamund Pike, Kate Winslet, Taron Egerton and Warwick Davis, among others. The production is being made by Gutsy Animations exclusively for Sky One and Sky Kids in the U.K. and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><em>Moominvalley<\/em> will be directed by Oscar winner Steve Box (<em>Wallace &amp; Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit<\/em>). It is being developed in association with the drama department of Yle in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Adam MacDonald, the director of Sky One at Sky, said: \u201cRosamund Pike, Kate Winslet and Taron Egerton coming together in one Sky One show\u2014how amazing is that? The <em>Moomin<\/em> stories are absolute classics so I can\u2019t wait for them to hit our screens next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Murphy, the head of kids&#8217; content at Sky, noted: \u201cWith their beguiling adventures, magical setting and a cast of fantastical creatures, Tove Jansson\u2019s beautiful books have been a well-deserved family favorite for decades and we can\u2019t wait to bring the joyous <em>Moomin<\/em> world to Sky families in this fabulous new series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marika Makaroff, the creative director and executive producer at Gutsy Animations, added:\u00a0\u201c<em>Moominvalley<\/em> is very much a Finnish-British collaboration, with a top-quality U.K. team that includes the Oscar-winning director Steve Box and Emmy-winning writing duo Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler\u2014alongside all of this incredible acting talent. So we\u2019re delighted to announce that we\u2019re working with Sky to broadcast the series to <em>Moomin<\/em> fans in the U.K., of which we know there are very many. It\u2019s an honor to be making this new adaptation of Tove\u2019s beautiful and deeply meaningful stories a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moominvalley, an adaptation of the book-based property created by Tove Jansson, is due to debut as a Sky original series on Sky One, NOW TV, the Sky Kids app and on demand\u00a0in the U.K. and Ireland late next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":13354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3203,3204,975],"class_list":["post-13353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-gutsy-animations","tag-moominvalley","tag-sky","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sky On Board New Moomins Show Moominvalley - 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