Basile and Melba (lost animated television pilot based on French graphic novel series; 2009)
Status: Lost
Basile and Melba is a French graphic novel series written by Mathilde Domecq and published by Glénat Editions. In September 2009, it was announced during MIPCOM that an animated adaptation was being developed as a co-production between Zagtoon[1], now known today as the studio behind Miraculous Ladybug, and Europa Glénat, a now-defunct production company founded by French filmmaker Luc Besson.[2]
A pilot for the planned television series was created for MIPCOM 2009, and was shown at the event.[3] However, the project isn't greenlighted into a full-fledged television series due to a lack of interest from any French broadcasters who wanted to purchase the rights for it.
Eventually, the project was canceled after ZAG lost the licensing rights for it and Europa-Glénat later became defunct. This resulted in the full rights for Basile and Melba to revert to Glénat.
Since then, the pilot hasn't resurfaced anywhere, online or otherwise. There isn't a lot of information about it outside of a few articles that were published in France. Nor are there any known concept art created for the pilot surfaced online nor confirmation of the people who worked on it.
Production
According to an MTV article published on October 23, 2008, it was announced that Luc Besson and his production company EuropaCorp had partnered with Glénat to launch Europa Glénat, a joint company to produce animated adaptations of Glénat's graphic novel titles.[4]
Basile and Melba was one of the few known projects originally part of Europa-Glénat's plan, which was later confirmed at MIPCOM 2009.[2] The pilot, alongside Job Academy, was created by Zagtoon and Europa-Glénat, which was shown at the event.[5] It was also confirmed to be animated by 2 Minutes.[2]
References
- ↑ Official Univergroup website Retrieved 16 October '10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ZAGTOON heads for MIP Junior with a raft of blue chip animation programs Retrieved 01 March '14
- ↑ Pilote du P'tit Cosmonaute, et autres adaptations de BD Retrieved 24 November '11
- ↑ 'Transporter' Producer Luc Besson Partners With French Comic Publisher Published 23 October '08
- ↑ Upstart French prodco Univergroup and subsid Zagtoon make debut Published 15 May '09
See also
- Job Academy (lost animated television pilot based on a French graphic novel; 2009)
- Sweet Power (lost animated French television pilot; 2009)
- Touftouf and Kenotte (lost animated French television pilot; 2010)
- Transylmaniac (lost animated French television pilot; 2009)