{"id":24445,"date":"2023-01-18T09:31:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nelvana-greenlights-millie-magnificent\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:29:04","slug":"nelvana-greenlights-millie-magnificent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/nelvana-greenlights-millie-magnificent\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelvana Greenlights Millie Magnificent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nelvana is working on the new CG animated series <em>Millie Magnificent<\/em>, inspired by the picture book from Kids Can Press.<\/p>\n<p>In the original preschool series Millie Magnificent, 8-year-old Millie is an avid inventor, creator and problem-solver. With a spark of imagination and endless determination, Millie and her Creato-crew friends, Maya and Ben, together with her canine assistant, Wallace, strive to find the most magnificent solutions to their neighborhood&#8217;s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The picture book <em>The Most Magnificent Thing<\/em>, released in 2014, is about a little girl who perseveres through a frustrating creative process. With close to 800,000 copies sold to date, the book has been translated into 21 languages.<\/p>\n<p>Its follow-up, <em>The Most Magnificent Idea<\/em>, sees the same character working through a creative block. A bestseller of the 2022 fall and holiday season, it sold over 25,000 copies in just three months.<\/p>\n<p>The new animated series is the second Nelvana adaptation of an Ashley Spires work published by Kids Can Press. Her <em>Binky Adventure<\/em> graphic novels inspired the 3D animated series <em>Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe<\/em>, produced by redknot, a joint venture company between Nelvana and Warner Bros. Discovery, and now in its third season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to kick off our 50th anniversary year with the news of yet another Kids Can Press franchise being made into an animated series by our colleagues at Nelvana,&#8221; said Lisa Lyons Johnston, president and publisher of Kids Can Press. &#8220;<em>The Most Magnificent Thing<\/em> has resonated and inspired thousands of children around the world to foster their imagination and creativity, and we have loved watching Nelvana expand the universe of Ashley Spires&#8217; beloved book, first to the big screen and now as an animated series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both Ashley Spires&#8217; book and Nelvana&#8217;s short film have received tremendous accolades as it captured the hearts and minds of audiences around the world and motivated them to be like Millie, a creative thinker who always goes out of her way to help others,&#8221; said Athena Georgaklis, head of development at Nelvana. &#8220;We&#8217;re delighted to kick off production and onboard a female-led team to work on the series, including our very own Ruth Ramirez to direct and industry-renowned Sheila Rogerson as the head writer. The initial interest for this series has been nothing short of magnificent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m honored that Kids Can Press is kicking off their milestone anniversary with the announcement of <em>Millie Magnificent<\/em>,&#8221; said Spires. &#8220;I am so lucky to work with a publisher with such close ties to an animation studio. As a child, I dreamed of working in animation, and having published with Kids Can Press, who have a unique relationship with Nelvana, that dream became a reality\u2014not once, but twice! 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