Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment (RHCSE) has agreed a development deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) to co-produce and distribute two new shows for television, based on original RHCB stories.
RHCSE is a joint venture between Random House Children’s Books (RHCB) and Komixx Entertainment, a Komixx Media Group company.
The titles included in the venture are Fish Head Steve (from the Jamie Smart comic strip originally published in the David Fickling Comic) and The Amazing Adventures of Charlie Small by Nick Ward.
The two shows will be jointly produced and financed by RHCSE and FME, with FME taking on worldwide distribution, licensing and home entertainment rights. The initial focus for both properties will be for television broadcast, with scope to develop into additional areas including games and toys.
Fish Head Steve is described as a surreal comedy-soap about everyday events in Spumville where, in a flash, the heads of the townsfolk have been mysteriously swapped for household objects and family pets. The series The Amazing Adventures of Charlie Small by Nick Ward features the exciting life of Charlie Small as he travels through time and space.
Philippa Dickinson, RHCB m.d., said: “We are delighted that compelling storytelling from authors Jamie Smart and Nick Ward, combined with the David Fickling Books and DFC editorial expertise, has now created an opportunity for these wonderful characters to reach an even wider audience.”