Emmy and Caldecott-winning youngsters and household author Mo Willems (Sesame Road, Codename: Youngsters Subsequent Door, Sheep within the Large Metropolis) has teamed with longtime ally Stampede Ventures and new associate Redbird Capital Companions to launch Hidden Pigeon Firm (HPC).
HPC is a multiplatform youngsters and household content material firm that may lean on Willems’ catalog of child’s books and mental property to create content material for television, movie, digital, gaming, dwell occasions, publishing, shopper merchandise, and extra.
Hidden Pigeon Firm Particulars:
- Kathy Franklin has been appointed as CEO at HPC. She joins the corporate from Lightstorm Leisure the place she served as president of franchise improvement for almost 12 years.
- The muse of HPC is an extension of an current relationship between Willems and Stampede. However for personal funding agency Redbird, the brand new partnership represents an growth into the children and household leisure sector. In line with a launch, the corporate is backing the endeavor with a major monetary funding.
- HPC will home a brand new publishing imprint known as Particular Home, which is partnering with writer Unions Sq. & Co. to distribute a brand new adult-aimed comedy guide Be the Bus – The Misplaced & Profound Knowledge of The Pigeon, current NYT bestseller The Pigeon Will Journey the Curler Coaster!, and the upcoming guide Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
- In a launch, Willems stated: “The Hidden Pigeon Firm takes its identify from how youngsters and former youngsters delight to find The Pigeon hidden in each one in every of my books. It’s my hope to create the same little bit of shock and delight within the cloth of the whole lot we make or do. I’m thrilled to have discovered fantastic collaborative companions to make that hope a actuality.”
- Chris Bosco, Stampede Ventures’ president added: “The launch of Hidden Pigeon Firm with Redbird is our alternative to deliver the complete vary of Mo’s inventive genius into one entity crafted to develop the impression of his work. Redbird’s in depth expertise will probably be crucial in HPC’s long-term success, and we’re thrilled to have their help and partnership.”
- Redbird founder and managing associate Gerry Cardinale added: “The creation of HPC is in step with Redbird’s broader media funding thesis of buying best-in-class IP and scaling its scope of impression and commercialization. Our objective is to assist this new firm and partnership remodel the standard youngsters and household leisure panorama and the way in which audiences expertise Mo’s tales.”
Cartoon Brew’s View: Willems has greater than 30 years of expertise as a author within the youngsters and household house, each for movie and television and in books. He’s a bonafide star within the youngsters and household literature house, and HPC will definitely serve to develop his profile much more as he brings his manufacturers to new mediums.
Pictured at high: Mo Willems with The Thank You Ebook: An Elephant & Piggie Ebook
