Bidaya Media has inked a take care of unbiased IP creator and full-service youngsters’ franchise firm Epic Story Media Inc. (ESM) to behave because the content material and licensing agent for the brand new 2D animated sequence, The Adventures of Mansour: Age of AI.
The sequence will be a part of ESM’s rising portfolio of franchises within the upcoming MIPTV occasion in Cannes, France, and shall be represented going ahead all through the upcoming licensing and content material distribution boards. ESM will characterize the brand new sequence globally (excluding MENA and China) with the goal of securing broadcast rights throughout a number of linear and streaming platforms as a part of Bidaya’s efforts to globally promote the sequence.
The rebooted sequence will construct on the success of the unique Mansour sequence, which at present has greater than two billion views on YouTube with greater than 25 million distinctive viewers. The action-adventure sequence, developed and produced by Bidaya in English and Arabic, covers common points and themes that talk to the present technology of youngsters worldwide. The present playfully addresses the advantages and challenges of synthetic intelligence, the steadiness between using and overreliance on expertise, local weather change points and the complexity of social interplay within the digital age.
“Mansour has captured the creativeness of youngsters throughout the MENA area in a robust manner. We’re impressed to construct on this success with the manufacturing of the brand new season of Mansour and by partnering with Epic to attain international attain and encourage a brand new technology of youngsters all over the world,” mentioned Nabil El Jisr, CEO, Bidaya Media. “As a uniquely entertaining present that harnesses constructive, common values, Mansour addresses the most important influences affecting kids’s lives and has the potential to create a constructive influence for future generations.”
Ken Faier, President of ESM, added, “We’re extraordinarily excited to begin this partnership with one of many high manufacturing corporations within the Center East and assist ship compelling tales that match our dedication to variety and discovering cultural and genuine content material, relatable for a worldwide viewers. We’re proud to work with Bidaya Media and to carry Mansour to our distinctive slate that we’ll be presenting at MIPTV. As with all our initiatives, we love properties which have these distinctive components that may ship an expansive 360 expertise. Mansour: Age of AI has a lot to supply followers who need to delve deeper into their favourite characters and tales, and we stay up for exploring this over the approaching years with Bidaya.”
Bidaya plans to supply 4 seasons of Age of AI, of which the primary 26 episodes shall be prepared for Q3 2023.
The hero of the present is Mansour, a 12-year-old tech-wiz, who upgrades his sister’s favourite robotic gerbil plushie toy, Mr. Blinky, with some high-end chips and algorithms he pulls collectively. However to his horror, Mansour’s creation goes into overdrive downloading all the things the technologically superior world of Salam Metropolis has to supply reworking him right into a loopy, mischievous digital shapeshifter, intent on sabotaging Mansour and his world.
Over 93 episodes of the unique Mansour sequence had been produced and initially focused an under-served viewers of Arabic talking kids, aged 6-12.
