\n\tCloud 10 Studios Adds Industry Veterans For MIP-Bound Special \u2018The Greatest Gift\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\tIndustry veterans Joyce Miller and Rob Doherty have boarded 3D animated family Christmas special The Greatest Gift: The Wrong Hat<\/a>, which is set to launch at MIPCOM and MIP Junior. They are joining Cloud 10 Studios, a full-service animation studio, on the 22-minute show. Headed by U.S. feature production executive Tracey Dispensa, who worked at DreamWorks and Disney exec on the likes of Shrek, Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon), Cloud 10 Studios has completed the funded on the show, which will be ready for delivery at the end of 2025. Dispensa is producing, with Gary Trousdale (Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) directing. Floyd Norman (Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) is character designer and creative consultant on the film. Miller \u2013 the founder of Linden Animation Consulting who has held roles such as Senior Manager Animation Production for Television Series at \u2013 Netflix and Rob Doherty \u2013 an Aardman Animations, Disney and ITV alum \u2013 will be executive producers and will work with Dispensa to find distribution partners. The Greatest Gift: The Wrong Hat is based around a Christmas tree, whose ornaments come alive and keep Christmas spirit alive. When a small mishap threats the holiday sparkle, a new dinosaur ornament called Chris goes on a quest to find his missing hat and prove himself to the others. A feature film and TV series based on the show are in funded development and Cloud 10 is rolling out a licensing and merchandising program.<\/p>\n \n\tA+E & BBC Select<\/a> Opts For Woodcut Factual Shows<\/p>\n \n\tWith business hotting up ahead of MIPCOM next month, A+E Global Media\u2019s streaming service Crime Central<\/a> has acquired U.S. rights to How I Caught the Killer\u00a0Seasons 2\u20134 and\u00a0The Killer Within from Woodcut International<\/a>. Also for the States, BBC Select\u00a0secured\u00a0Britain\u2019s Railway Empire in Colour and\u00a0The Manhattan Project in Colour, while Noah TV\u2019s Story Television went for WW2: Women on the Frontline\u00a0and\u00a0Paranormal Captured\u00a0Seasons 1\u20132, plus a special. North of the border, French-language public broadcaster Radio-Canada has also taken The Manhattan Project in Colour. Woodcut has struck further deals in the CEE and Nordic regions of Europe for the likes of Mengele Unveiled and The Suitcase Murders, while Asharq Networks in the MENA region has also bought Titanic in Colour\u00a0and\u00a0The Manhattan Project in Colour.<\/p>\n \n\tWarner Bros Discovery Bags Big Media Trio<\/p>\n \n\tWarner Bros. Discovery has acquired Destruction Decoded Season 1, Fatal Engineering: Engineering Disasters That Shook the World and Modern Warfare 2.0 from Big Media\u00a0for The Science Channel and HBO Max in the U.S. currently available to viewers now.\u00a0explores the extent, impact, and causes of mega floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, industrial accidents. Destruction Decoded explores the extent, impact and causes of mega floods, earthquakes, tornadoes and industrial accidents, while Fatal Engineering focuses on high-profile structural accidents and the science behind the disasters. Modern Warfare 2.0 is about the secretive and evolving world of deadly weapons.\u00a0Nat Geo in the Benelux region has also licensed\u00a0Destruction Decoded Season 1 and\u00a0Fatal Engineering,\u00a0both of which are available now on its channel in the Benelux region.<\/p>\n \n\tZDF Studios Extends Studio 100 Pact<\/p>\n \n\tZDF Studios and Studio 100 International have signed an extension to their streaming content deal, which began in April 2022. Going forward, titles from Studio 100 International will be available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on digital services ZDF Select and ZDF Tivi channels via Amazon, on Telekom\u2019s MagentaTV, and on Apple TV. The line-up includes series such as\u00a0Maya the Bee,\u00a0Mia and Me,\u00a0Vic the Viking and\u00a0Heidi. \u201cStudio 100 International is a long-standing and reliable partner with whom we\u2019ve been successfully collaborating for over three years on our Amazon channels in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Poland,\u201d said We\u2019re delighted that we can now offer Studio 100 International\u2019s programmes as a perfect complement to our portfolio,\u201d said Niko Chainopoulos, Sales & Acquisition Director, Junior at ZDF Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cloud 10 Studios Adds Industry Veterans For MIP-Bound Special \u2018The Greatest Gift\u2019 Industry veterans Joyce Miller and Rob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[95187,49,48,95188,75,337,95189,95190],"class_list":["post-190529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bbc-select","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime-central","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-the-greatest-gift-the-wrong-hat","tag-woodcut-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}