Deals in Brief – June 25, 2024

Book adaptation powerhouse Trustbridge Global Media has hired a licensing agent, and bRAND-WARD signs new publishing and theme park merch partners for Molang.
June 25, 2024
  • Trustbridge Global Media has contracted Licensing Street to manage its consumer products business in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The agency will represent Trustbridge publishers including Walker Books, Candlewick Press, Holiday House and Peachtree, as well as Trustbridge Entertainment, which is busy setting up book-based screen adaptations with partners such as Brown Bag Films, Mercury Filmworks and Spanish-language broadcaster Cisneros Kids.

  • Molang’s (pictured) UK licensing agent bRAND-WARD has secured deals with publisher Helen Exley London for English-language books worldwide (excluding Japan and Korea) and wholesale distributor PMS International, which will bring the brand to theme parks and festivals in the UK, Ireland and MENA.

  • LEONINE Studios has picked up exclusive TV rights to a film catalogue belonging to German distributor MFA+. The deal covers existing titles and future theatrical releases in all German-speaking European territories. Among the movies MFA+ represents areĀ  family adventure doc Checker Tobi and the Journey to the Flying Rivers (which sold 1.2 million tickets in theaters), Qvisten Animation’s kids film So Awesome! and Speckles: The Adventures of a Dinosaur from South Korea’s Dream Search C&C.

  • Fauna Entertainment has signed on as the Turkish licensing agent for US video game publisher tinyBuild’s popular Hello Neighbor title, which has been downloaded more than 100 million times on mobile. A series of companion books published by Scholastic for kids ages 10 and up have also sold upwards of five million copies.

 

 

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