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m4e AG and Atlantyca IP Agency sign live action option deal for 'Me,
Mum & Mystery'
20.10.2014 / 10:00
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m4e AG and Atlantyca IP Agency sign live action option deal for "Me, Mum &
Mystery"
Höhenkirchen/Munich, 20. October 2014: The German brand management and
media company m4e AG has signed an option deal with Atlantyca IP Agency,
the branch dedicated to the sales of Atlantyca Dreamfarm's extensive
children's catalogue of IP publishing brands, for the television and
licensing rights to the successful comedy mystery book series charmingly
written by Lucia Vaccarino, "Me, Mum & Mystery".
m4e will seek to develop the book series "Me, Mum & Mystery" into a
live-action series for kids, which features a special relationship between
a mother, Linda, and her 11-year old daughter Emily, who together run an
inherited detective agency in a small unknown village. The usual sensitive
relationship between mother and daughter occurs, resulting in the oddest
couple of detectives who work together to resolve some unusual and funny
mysteries. Translation rights to the book series - which counts 8 titles so
far plus more in development - have been sold in Spanish, Catalan, Greek
and Indonesian.
"We are so excited to be working with m4e on this amusing story", says
Lucia Scott, Production Manager of Atlantyca Entertainment Spa. "With an
extensive catalogue of popular series, including "Mia and me," their
production history speaks for itself, m4e are specialist in creating
charming and entertaining content for kids. We know that there is an
enormous amount of creative potential with this book series especially with
such characters as the endearing little Emily and her distressing mom and
we are very anxious to seeing our new partner bring this property to
live-action fruition."
"We are very excited about the deal with Atlantyca and see huge potential
in the story of 'Me, Mum & Mystery' to become a fantastic live action
entertainment story for the whole family. We feel that the creative
storytelling of the books of 'Me, Mum and Mystery' easily translates into a
wonderful television story and the line-up of characters is made perfectly
for an international success." adds Hans Ulrich Stoef, CEO of m4e AG.
Höhenkirchen/Munich, 20. October 2014
m4e AG - Executive Board
Links:
www.m4e.de
www.atlantyca.com
About m4e AG:
The m4e Group, founded in 2003, is an international brand management and
media company focussing on children's and family entertainment content. m4e
AG is a leader in creation, production, distribution and marketing of
animated and live action programming. Its library of more than 2,200
episodes features some of the most recognizable brands such as Lizzie
McGuire, Mia and me(R), Tip the Mouse, Miffy, Rainbow Fish, Conni and
Something Else.
The m4e Group includes Tex-ass Textilvertriebs GmbH, Telescreen B.V., m4e
Television GmbH, the joint venture companies Lucky Punch GmbH and YEP! TV
Betriebs GmbH & Co.KG, as well as m4e Licensing & Merchandising, a full
service agency/division that represents entertainment and lifestyle brands
such as Beyblade or Little Princess.
Since July 2007, m4e AG is listed on the Entry Standard at the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (ISIN: DE000A0MSEQ3).
m4e Group - key facts:
- The full value-added chain from one source
- Library of nearly 2,200 episodes of best children and family program
- Award-winning shows in over 150 territories worldwide
- New shows in development/production: Mia and me(R) (season 2 and 3),
Tip the Mouse, Pinkeltje, Atchoo!, Wissper and many more
About Atlantyca IP Agency:
The IP Agency is a sales division, born in 2012 inside Atlantyca's
Production & Distribution department. Its goal is selling audiovisual
rights of the book series which are produced by the Publishing Contents
department and by the daughter company Atlantyca Dreamfarm.
The creative factory produces, since years, a vaste catalogue of publishing
successes, published in Italy by famous publishers such as Piemme,
DeAgostini, Fabbri and Giunti. These series are distributed worldwide by
the efficient Foreign Rights Department, which has, as clients, companies
like Scholastic, Random House and Planeta.
The know-how of the Production Department of the company and its
incomparable commercial strength mix up together in the IP Agency Division,
which evalutes, selects and sells to Producers the publishing contents
which have an audiovisual potential.
Among the most-known brands there are "Agatha Mistery", translated in 17
languages and published in the US by Penguin, "Lily Laces", the new fashion
brand for aspiring stylists, and "The Enchanted Emporium", spin off of the
famous "Ulysses Moore".
Contact
m4e AG
Investor Relations
Susan Hoffmeister
c/o CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH
Freihamer Str. 2
82166 Gräfelfing
Germany
T +49-89-89827227
E ir@m4e.de
m4e AG
Public Relations
Josef Hofer
Altlaufstr. 42
85635 Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn
Germany
T +49-8102-99453-55
E hofer@m4e.de
Twitter http://twitter.com/m4eAG
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Language: English
Company: m4e AG
Altlaufstr. 42
85635 Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn
Germany
Phone: 08102/99453-0
Fax: 08102/99453-99
E-mail: ir@m4e.de
Internet: www.m4e.de
ISIN: DE000A0MSEQ3
WKN: A0MSEQ
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Frankfurt in
Open Market (Entry Standard)
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