British broadcaster Sky Kids has commissioned a 2D-animated series based on the Isadora Moon books by Harriet Muncaster.
Published by Oxford University Press, the kidlit franchise for readers ages six to nine spans 16 titles that have collectively sold four million copies globally in 36 languages since the first book was released in 2016.
Due out in 2024, Isadora Moon (52 x 11 minutes) will follow along with the titular eight-year-old—who is part fairy and part vampire—as she attends a human school. London-based Kelebek Media is producing, with Ireland’s JAM Media handling the animation.
Kelebek CEO and creative director Deborah Thorpe is the project’s producer, and Sky’s Estelle Hughes is the commissioning editor.
Exploring themes of kindness, inclusivity and empathy, this Sky Kids original joins a growing list of upcoming girl-skewing projects that blend the spooky and the sweet.
London-based CAKE is prepping a 48 x 11-minute series based on Amelia Fang, a vampiric middle-grade book series by Laura Ellen Anderson. And over in Australia, Highly Spirited and Like A Photon Creative are teaming up on a CG-animated movie based on Nathan Jurevicius’s Scarygirl IP.