"Find Me In Paris"
Federation Kids & Family and ZDF Studios, worldwide distributors of high-profile hit live action tween series "Find me in Paris" and its reboot "Spellbound", have closed a number of recent sales for the saga with leading international broadcasters and platforms. Both series are produced by Cottonwood Media with co-production partners ZDF, ZDF Studios and Opéra national de Paris, with broadcast partners Hulu and France TV.
Set to enchant UK viewers, "Spellbound" Season 1 has been acquired by broadcaster ITV for ITVX. Darren Nartey, Acquisitions Manager, ITV adds: "We're looking forward to bringing 'Spellbound' to our ITVX Kids offering in 2025 with Federation Kids & Family and ZDF Studios. It's a special show with great themes in an incredible setting that we're sure our family viewers will be charmed by."
Further clients that have also taken "Spellbound" Season 1 include SVT (Sweden), VRT (Belgium), Videoland (Netherlands), Sia All Media (Latvia), whilst NRK (Norway) and YLE (Finland) took Season 1 and 2. Already broadcasting Season 2 are Hulu (USA), ABC (Australia), EITB (Spain), RTBF (Belgium), and Radio Canada.
On the other hand, "Find me in Paris" will be available on Netflix in the US, Canada, DACH, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Benelux, Nordics, LATAM (inc. Brazil), UK/IE, India, and META and Hulu has renewed "Find me in Paris" (for all 3 seasons), and EITB (Spain) picked up Season 3.
"Find me in Paris" first premiered in 2018. This marked the first time a teen/family series was filmed in the Paris Opera House in over 30 years. And thanks to its outstanding success, was swiftly followed by a further two seasons, bringing the series total to 78 half hour episodes three years later. The series currently airs in over 90 territories worldwide. In 2022, the continued allure of the drama spawned a magic/ballet-themed series reboot with "Spellbound" (2 seasons to date) totalling 39 action-packed episodes.
Monica Levy, Co-Chief of Distribution, Federation Kids & Family said: “When the Palais Garnier opera opened its doors to our TV crew, we knew the setting was exquisite for our series and we had something magical. Fast forward 6 years, and with a total 117 episodes of the saga under our belt, we continue to experience incredible demand from new broadcasters, platforms, and others renewing numerous seasons.”
Arne Lohmann, VP Junior, ZDF Studios said: “We are proud of our long-standing and excellent partnership with Cottonwood Media, and the consistently outstanding production quality of our joint co-production projects. Working with ITV on 'Spellbound' is a natural fit, and we are very excited that the series is now set up to capture the hearts of the UK audiences. We are delighted to be able to help spread this enchanting saga around the world through our distribution activities.”