{"id":21259,"date":"2021-08-20T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T10:54:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:54:58","slug":"toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Toonz Acquires Rights for Christmas Preschool Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toonz Media Group has acquired the distribution rights for K6 Media Group\u2019s new animated preschool series <em>Li\u2019l Santa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Li\u2019l Santa<\/em>, based on the comic books of the same name by Lewis Trondheim and Thierry Robin, follows the adventures of the pint-sized modern eco-warrior Li\u2019l Santa. Toonz will distribute the series everywhere in the world, with the exclusion of Canada, where it will be available on T\u00e9l\u00e9-Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n<p>The show will focus on the themes of friendship, kindness and sharing, as well as conservation, sustainability and eco-friendly behavior. The first season comprises 52 1-minute shorts that will begin just before Halloween and end with a 22-minute Christmas special episode. It is in its final stages of post-production and will hit the market in October.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently available in English and French dubs, but more languages will be available soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled at Toonz Entertainment to start off with a strategic partnership with K6 Media Group as we set off the worldwide media distribution for the <em>Li\u2019l Santa<\/em> series and special,\u201d said Bruno Zarka, chief sales and marketing officer of Toonz Media Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so exciting to be working together with a partner who we are confident will help us do this delightful, evergreen IP the justice it deserves,\u201d added Laurent M. Abecassis, president and founder of K6 Media Group. \u201cThis series and special is just the first of many stories from the magical world of <em>Li\u2019l Santa<\/em> that we look forward to bringing to young audiences in partnership with Toonz.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toonz Media Group has acquired the distribution rights for K6 Media Group\u2019s new animated preschool series Li\u2019l Santa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6144,6145,1763],"class_list":["post-21259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-k6-media-group","tag-lil-santa","tag-toonz-media-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toonz Acquires Rights for Christmas Preschool Series - 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\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toonz Acquires Rights for Christmas Preschool Series - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Toonz Media Group has acquired the distribution rights for K6 Media Group\u2019s new animated preschool series Li\u2019l Santa.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-20T13:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-20T14:54:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/LilSanta-Toonz-0821.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"337\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/\",\"name\":\"Toonz Acquires Rights for Christmas Preschool Series - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T13:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-20T14:54:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/toonz-acquires-rights-for-christmas-preschool-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Toonz Acquires Rights for Christmas Preschool Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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