Zodiak Kids has announced a new deal for Novel Entertainment’s most enduring, popular animated kids’ series Horrid Henry, which sees the popular 2D show licensed by Cartoon Network for their APAC region.
Based on the best-selling children’s books, Horrid Henry book were written and published in 1994 by Orion Books, created by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross.
Zodiak has also acquired a brand new fourth season (52 x 11) of Horrid Henry from Novel. Cartoon Network has taken on seasons 4 and 3 and re-licensed seasons 1 and 2, and will be broadcasting over 200 episodes through its APAC feed, including Australia, New Zealand, India, South-East Asia and Taiwan.
Horrid Henry series is broadcast around the world, and has been acquired by networks in France, Germany, Eire, Singapore, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Portugal, Poland, Korea, Turkey and across the Pacific and Australia.
Zodiak Kids holds all international TV and DVD distribution rights and will be launching season four, which is still in a production stage, at MIPCOM. The new episodes will commence on CITV this fall.
The story is about a boy named Henry, who is selfish and is faced with a problem everyday and then attempts to solve it, often in interesting ways that endanger other people. Henry has a brother called Perfect Peter, who is generally the exact opposite to Henry, and chooses to always be respectful of other people.