Kids and family entertainment venture Toon2Tango, a Leonine Animation Studios company, has signed an agreement with the globally successful toy manufacturer and leading international brand of authentic play figurines Schleich GmbH to develop and produce a 52x11’-part CGI animated entertainment content based on Schleich’s famous toy line Eldrador Creatures.
The entertainment content will be part of a wider franchise-building programme, through which Schleich and Toon2Tango plan to build a whole multimedia world around Eldrador Creatures. Entering into an extensive development and production agreement for the CGI series format, a variety of short-form content is already in development. Further formats, such as apps, a YouTube presence, video games, film and live-action adaptations are now at the planning stage.
As Stefan De Loecker, CEO Schleich, praised their partners:“The entertainment content is an important next step to make the Eldrador Creatures.characters and worlds even more recognizable, to allow children to experience their play fantasy in narrative films. We have found the perfect partner in Toon2Tango, a leading children's and family entertainment company that will take Eldrador Creatures. to whole new worlds of fun and excitement," noted.
Toon2Tango co-founder Ulli Stoef complimented the storylines:“We are thrilled that the Schleich Group has put its trust in us to further develop its high-quality and rapidly growing toy line, which already has millions of fans, and to create entertainment content for children and the whole family. The concept and storylines are perfect for all sorts of serialized content and the wide distribution of the Schleich toys and their loyal fan base are perfect to drive viewers to platforms and broadcasters around the world. We are confident that this strong partnership will build a franchise that will be hugely successful worldwide," commented.
