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The TV series will consist of six 22-minute episodes aimed at 10- to 13-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Pictures launches in collaboration with writer and actor Luke Bailey of A New Road Productions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to be launching Maverick Pictures in partnership with A New Road Productions,\u201d said Steve Bicknell, managing director of Maverick Pictures. \u201cWe look forward to bringing Maverick\u2019s books to life for the screen and are excited to be collaborating with Luke Bailey and his team, whose industry experience will be invaluable as we develop our upcoming live action, <em>Dragon Girl<\/em>, based on the fantasy children\u2019s books written by Jenny Moore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey commented, \u201cStories about identity, courage and resilience are why we created A New Road Productions, so we are thrilled to have the opportunity to work alongside Maverick in bringing the magic and ferocity of <em>Dragon Girl<\/em> to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maverick Arts Publishing has opened its own production company, Maverick Pictures, with the intention to option and develop future TV and film projects for family audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":31129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11852,11853,11854,11855,11856],"class_list":["post-31128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-a-new-road-productions","tag-luke-bailey","tag-maverick-arts-publishing","tag-maverick-pictures","tag-steve-bicknell","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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