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Maya Entertainment bags 2 international projects

Indiantelevision.com Team

(16 September 2008 9:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Maya Entertainment ltd (MEL) has bagged two international TV projects following the success of animated series Cosmic Quantum Ray for Mike Young Productions, Tronji for BBC and Lively for Google.

MEL will be working on an updated season of the Noddy series comprising 40 episodes for Ireland-based Brown Bag Entertainment. The new 3D update is commissioned by Channel 5 in UK and also will be seen on France 5.

MEL will also be working on a 3D animated update of the hit 2D series Da Jammies about a group of children who dream of forming a hip hop band.

MEL EVP Jai Natarajan said, “IPs like Neopets and Jack Frost into 3D are some of the reasons why Maya has been entrusted with these two franchises.”

FarCor Entertainment producer (Da Jammies) Kathleen Zuelch added, “We at FarCor are excited about doing this project with Maya. Da Jammies is a successful franchise and we look forward to taking it to the next level and new CG look with such a talented studio.”

MEL CEO Ronald D’mello added, “We are taking these projects immediately after recently concluding three very successful large projects, hence the experienced teams will transition smoothly with minimal bench time and we will avoid over-commitment. The order book beyond these projects also looks very strong with additional commitments from Mike Young, another UK children’s’ series pilot and several advanced conversations in TV and new media, beyond this fiscal year.”