In this extraordinary year marking the 40th anniversary of the Annecy Festival, Mediawan Kids & Family is delighted to see all of you at their annual press conference. This was the moment for the team to present their current and upcoming projects, which you can find below.
After being selected at Cannes Film Festival, A Magnificent Life (Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol), the new animated event movie from 4-time Academy Award nominee French director Sylvain Chomet, is in Official Competition at Annecy in the Feature Film category.
They are launching a new Digital First line-up, in partnership with leading digital players. Mediawan Kids & Family’s two first projects are Claynosaurz, the animated adaption of the digital first worldwide hit, and Wadoo in partnership with the #1 spanish speaking Youtube channel El Reino Infantil.
Mediawan Kids & Family join forces with TF1 to develop Artefacts – Thieves of Thieves (Somewhere Animation), a brand-new comedy-adventure series directed by the creator of Totally Spies! Stéphane Berry. They partner with Nickelodeon that acquires Mister Crocodile, the brand-new animated series adapted from the magical universe of the talented Joann Sfar (Little Vampire, The Rabbi’s cat…), produced by Joann Sfar’s Magical Society and distributed by Mediawan Kids & Family.
Their unique talents continue to strive to offer outstanding stories for kids and families:
- At Mediawan Kids & Family Cinema with the development and production of ambitious feature films: Twisted, Meow-Woof, Spike (Submarine), Dansker (Submarine), Mission Santa: Yoyo to the rescue (Toon2Tango)…
- At Method Animation with 5 projects in production:
–> Ki & Hi, the adaptation of the French best-selling manga of all time by Kevin Tran, soon on air on Canal+.
–> Karters, the colorful upper preschool series for Warner Bros Discovery, co-produced with DeAPlaneta.
–> Tuff Pom, the offbeat and humorous series in coproduction with Wildseed Studios for France Televisions and BBC.
–> Witch Detectives, coproduced with Toonz Media Group, for TF1 and Super RTL.
–> Astro Boy Reboot, the series based on the iconic Osamu Tezuka’s character, co-produced with Shibuya International for TF1 and ZDF.
But also new developments such as Banana Sioule, a series for anime lovers.
- At Somewhere Animation, with Artefacts, Thieves of Thieves for TF1 and 2 new projects that will be showcased at the upcoming Cartoon Forum: Chococat & Me and Temtem.
- At Toon2Tango (LEONINE Studios), which recently joined Mediawan Kids & Family, and made their debut in the group introducing three highly promising shows: Littlest Robot, Eldrador (in coproduction with Schleich) and Letter Town Detective.
- At Wildseed Studios with the development of 2 new ambitious projects: Collideoscope and the iconic The Magic Roundabout.
- At Submarine with the series Pol the Pirate Mouse, that is now fully-delivered, and the development of the warm, laugh-out-loud comedy Max and Bird.
- At Mediawan Kids and Family Distribution, managing a rich-content catalog of 5,000 episodes, 3,000 half hours of programs produced within the Group and third-party acquisitions such as the two BBC’s series: Duck and Frog, a dialogue free slapstick comedy and Maddie + Triggs, a unique series that tells the adventures of a visually impaired young girl and her dog.
Lastly, within the Mediawan group and its Animation department, Miraculous Corp, which was created just over a year ago from the powerful partnership between Mediawan and ZAG, also came to share its exciting current and upcoming projects around the Miraculous universe that celebrates this year its 10th anniversary:
- Miraculous, Tales of Laydbug and Cat Noir: the sixth season of the international hit currently airing and a seventh season in production.
- Miraculous Chibi: a fun, fast-paced, 2D comedy featuring chibi-style versions of our beloved characters made for today’s digital-first kids. With 52 three-minute episodes, the first ones launch on Miraculous’ YouTube channel in late 2025, with a Disney and TF1 release to follow in 2026.
- Miraculous Stellar Force: the FIRST original spin-off series acquired by Disney Branded Television – to be launched in 2027. The series is a turbo-charged, anime-inspired adventure, produced in 2D animation, that blends kung fu comedy, high-stakes action, and heartfelt teen drama.
