The Raccoons all set to winGerman and Baltic Hearts
Toonz Media Group announce sale of The Raccoons to German speaking Europe, Switzerland, CIS, Baltics and Romania
Thiruvananthapuram, October 24- Toonz Entertainment, the distribution wing of global kids and family entertainment major Toonz Media Group has announced a slate of sales to Dolphin Medien GmbH and Sense of Media Limited. The Raccoons, the retro classic from the 80s and 90s created by Kevin Gillis, President & Chief Creative Officer of Run With Us Productions, is all set to enthral the audience in German speaking Europe, consisting of Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland through the Dolphin deal. Toonz have also got the license to distribute the content through Sense of Media Ltd, in CIS and Baltic countries which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Estonia Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Raccoons is set to conquer more territories, following the successful restoration and remastering of the legacy series and specials. The award-winning series are currently playing on several prestigious broadcast and streaming platforms globally.
Bernhard Stephen, Media Sales Director of Toonz Entertainment commended, “The Canadian series have amassed massive support from around the World. We are excited about bringing the timeless classic series to more territories.”
The series consists of 60 episodes of 5 seasons and four specials, each episode running for approximately 25 minutes.
Kevin Gillis of Run with Us production expressed his pleasure in Raccoons going far and wide. “We are thrilled to be welcoming our new partners in several territories with Dolphin Medien GmbH and Sense of Media Ltd. The restored and remastered The Raccoons series has been attracting audiences all over the world and we look forward to providing our new fans with our memorable characters and their unique stories”
Benjamin Krause CEO of Dolphin Medien said, “I am so happy that we can release this classic Series, which I enjoyed in my childhood. We will release a limited Blu-ray Edition in 2025. Thanks to Kevin and Bernhard for making this deal happen.”
About Toonz Media Group
Toonz is a 360-degree media powerhouse with over two decades of unparalleled experience and one of the world’s most active animation production studios (over 10,000 minutes of 2D and CGI kids and family content per year). Toonz has to its credit several animations and live-action series, as well as feature films including Wolverine and the X-Men with Marvel, Speed Racer: The Next Generation with Lionsgate, Mostly Ghostly with Universal, Gummy Bear and Friends, and more. Toonz has also ventured into emerging technologies like AR, VR, and Gaming. www.toonz.co
About Kevin Gillis and Run With Us Productions –
Kevin Gillis, CEO of Run With Us Productions, is a creator, director, musician and executive producer who has produced several award-winning global projects including The Raccoons; RoboCop:The Series; Atomic Betty; 2 Universal Soldier MOWs for Showtime; the Warner Bros theatrical feature The Nutcracker Prince; Disney’s Camp Lakebottom and Jimmy Two Shoes; Producing Parker, Captain Flamingo; and Miss BG among others. His shows have been broadcast in over 180 countries including ITVX, Disney, BBC, CBC, NBC, Nickelodeon, ABC, CCTV, Turner, CBS, Warner Bros, Super RTL, RTVE, Media Set, France Télévisions, and M6.
His shows have been nominated for and/or won a number of awards including Geminis, BAFTA, New York International Film & Television Festival, Canadian Screen Awards, Banff Rocky Award and Special Jury Award, Alliance for Children’s Television, Houston Film Festival, Festival de Luberon, and ACTRA among others.
Kevin’s Run With Us Productions is currently developing and producing a number of exciting properties including an all-new “Raccoons” IP and “The Legends of MeoShín’Ké” with Hwahwa Studios and Daekyo, Korea.
About Dolphin Medien
Dolphin Medien was founded by Benjamin Krause in 2019. He was also the founder of the KSM GmbH which was sold in August 2019 to the Koch Media Group – Now PLAION PICTURES including over 50 employees. Benjamin had licensed over 2000 titles and series and produced over 50 movies/documentaries in his life. Dolphin owns the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill library with around 20 titles and some blockbuster like BECKY 2, CASINO with Robert de Niro, PAPILLON with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hofmann, some Bruce Willis titles, a lot of X-Mas movies, also action and thriller movies. DOLPHINS revenue is growing ca. 50% last year.