{"id":18733,"date":"2020-06-19T03:06:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-smurfs-animated-series-nickelodeon\/"},"modified":"2020-06-19T09:16:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T13:16:46","slug":"new-smurfs-animated-series-for-nickelodeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-smurfs-animated-series-for-nickelodeon\/","title":{"rendered":"New Smurfs Animated Series for Nickelodeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nickelodeon has signed a deal to bring a brand-new original CG-animated series based on the iconic property <em>The Smurfs<\/em> to a new generation of kids and families around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Nick licensed the global rights to\u00a0<i>The Smurfs<\/i>, which follows the beloved characters Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy, Hefty, Clumsy and others on all-new adventures.\u00a0The series is slated to debut in 2021 in the U.S., followed by\u00a0Nickelodeon channels internationally.<\/p>\n<p>LAFIG Belgium and IMPS,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the worldwide\u00a0licensors for <i>The Smurfs<\/i>, signed the deal, which also covers consumer products. ViacomCBS Consumer Products (VCP) will manage consumer-products licensing for <i>The Smurfs<\/i> property across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Singapore and Malaysia. VCP will\u00a0seek\u00a0new merchandising and promotional partners in select categories and territories for <i>The Smurfs<\/i> classic brand, in addition to a new product line for the new animated series\u00a0<i>The Smurfs<\/i>, spanning categories including\u00a0toys, stationery, apparel and accessories, home, consumer packaged goods and more, to launch at retail in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Smurfs<\/em> is an iconic global franchise that has resonated with audiences for decades,\u201d said Pam Kaufman, president of ViacomCBS Consumer Products. \u201cBy partnering with LAFIG, we are able to join our creative forces to bring an all-new line of consumer products across multiple categories to consumers, along with a fresh and original animated series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Layla Lewis, senior VP of global acquisitions and content partnerships, added, \u201c<em>The Smurfs<\/em> have entertained generations of kids and families globally, and we are thrilled to bring these identifiable characters, their stories and universal themes of cooperation, sharing and caring for their community to Nickelodeon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9ronique Culliford, founder and president of IMPS\/LAFIG, said, \u201cI am extremely proud and happy to have Nickelodeon<span class=\"m_7260682021482950807apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and its fantastic team to represent our <em>Smurf<\/em> brand both for the broadcast of our beautiful new TV series and as an agent. We are making history again more than 40 years after the global success of the first TV series of <em>The Smurfs<\/em>, which is broadcast in more than 100 countries still today! I am convinced that we could not have found a better partner to smurf our beautiful blue planet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickelodeon has signed a deal to bring a brand-new original CG-animated series based on the iconic property The Smurfs to a new generation of kids and families around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[96,990],"class_list":["post-18733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nickelodeon","tag-the-smurfs","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Smurfs Animated Series for Nickelodeon - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-smurfs-animated-series-for-nickelodeon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Smurfs Animated Series for Nickelodeon - 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