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2018-11-22 19:45:51 UTC
From Variety.com (really this time) ...
Woody Woodpecker Is Back: New Series to Launch on YouTube
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Universal Pictures Intl. has teamed with Universal 1440
Entertainment to create a new 10-episode series of Woody
Woodpecker, directed by Alex Zamm.
The series, comprised of five-minute episodes, will play
next month on the Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, and
English-language YouTube channels dedicated to Woody
Woodpecker. The channels launched a year ago.
In addition, a 13-minute documentary has been created to
complement the new cartoons, "Bird Gone Wild: The Woody
Woodpecker Story." The doc goes behind the scenes with
the makers of the new toons and takes a look back at the
origins of the crazy bird. The documentary will also be
available on the YouTube channels in December.
"When we launched Woody Woodpecker on YouTube in 2017,
the channels immediately resonated and the dedicated
Portuguese channel for Brazil was a breakout hit; we knew
there was a unique opportunity to do more with this
favorite, classic character," commented Rob Bell, EVP,
International New Media, NBCUniversal Global Distribution.
The Brazilian channel has attracted more than two million
subscribers and the Spanish channel more than 700,000, Bell
said.
Given this success, "coupled with extremely high engagement
and watch time," Bell said, "it was clear there was an
appetite to build upon the strength of the existing IP and
a strategic opportunity for us to create original content."
Viewers of the Woody Woodpecker YouTube channels can
already access hundreds of videos, including the classic
Woody adventures created by Walter Lantz Productions from
1940-1972, and the modern seasons created after 1999.
"Woody Woodpecker is my favorite impish trickster," said
Zamm. "It was an incredible honor to take a legacy character
like this and create a whole new series of cartoons for him
to star in. And it was also great to be able to include many
of Walter Lantz's other beloved characters."
<https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/woody-woodpecker-new-series-to-launch-on-youtube-1203035320/>
Woody Woodpecker Is Back: New Series to Launch on YouTube
---------------------------------------------------------
Universal Pictures Intl. has teamed with Universal 1440
Entertainment to create a new 10-episode series of Woody
Woodpecker, directed by Alex Zamm.
The series, comprised of five-minute episodes, will play
next month on the Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, and
English-language YouTube channels dedicated to Woody
Woodpecker. The channels launched a year ago.
In addition, a 13-minute documentary has been created to
complement the new cartoons, "Bird Gone Wild: The Woody
Woodpecker Story." The doc goes behind the scenes with
the makers of the new toons and takes a look back at the
origins of the crazy bird. The documentary will also be
available on the YouTube channels in December.
"When we launched Woody Woodpecker on YouTube in 2017,
the channels immediately resonated and the dedicated
Portuguese channel for Brazil was a breakout hit; we knew
there was a unique opportunity to do more with this
favorite, classic character," commented Rob Bell, EVP,
International New Media, NBCUniversal Global Distribution.
The Brazilian channel has attracted more than two million
subscribers and the Spanish channel more than 700,000, Bell
said.
Given this success, "coupled with extremely high engagement
and watch time," Bell said, "it was clear there was an
appetite to build upon the strength of the existing IP and
a strategic opportunity for us to create original content."
Viewers of the Woody Woodpecker YouTube channels can
already access hundreds of videos, including the classic
Woody adventures created by Walter Lantz Productions from
1940-1972, and the modern seasons created after 1999.
"Woody Woodpecker is my favorite impish trickster," said
Zamm. "It was an incredible honor to take a legacy character
like this and create a whole new series of cartoons for him
to star in. And it was also great to be able to include many
of Walter Lantz's other beloved characters."
<https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/woody-woodpecker-new-series-to-launch-on-youtube-1203035320/>