As Kartoon Studios prepares to launch its tackle A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, the leisure firm is including 4 new members to its crew centered on the model.
Ryan Gagerman shall be becoming a member of because the Head of World Licensing for Kartoon Studios’ Winnie the Pooh; Michael Maliani will function the Director; Sam Morrison will be a part of as Head Author; and Paul Robinson, President of Kartoon Channel! Worldwide and Head of Worldwide Gross sales, will deal with gross sales globally.
Years in the past, I had the privilege to work with Ryan Gagerman when he oversaw the worldwide rollout of Strawberry Shortcake, which generated over $5 billion {dollars} of retail gross sales underneath his management. He’s the proper government to spearhead our world shopper merchandise and retail program for this model.
Andy Heyward, Kartoon Studios Chairman and CEO
Gagerman beforehand labored in senior positions at leisure trade leaders resembling Paramount Photos, Digital Arts, and DIC Leisure. He’ll deal with constructing Kartoon Studios’ Winnie the Pooh model throughout all licensed product classes, together with toys, attire, publishing, and extra.
The animated Christmas film, at present in pre-production, shall be directed by Maliani. Morrison may even work on the manufacturing, having beforehand labored on the writing crew for Peppa Pig. Robinson at present serves because the President of Kartoon Channel! Worldwide and Head of Worldwide Gross sales, and is becoming a member of the crew to spearhead worldwide gross sales efforts.
“The crew Kartoon Studios has assembled to guide this thrilling new Winnie the Pooh is world class and is aware of precisely tips on how to make nice content material for youths, construct impactful world leisure manufacturers, and drive a world shopper merchandise enterprise,” says Steven A. Horowitz, Senior Managing Director of the Winnie the Pooh SPV and its mother or father firm, Catalyst Enterprise Companions.
The Kartoon Studios’ Winnie the Pooh animated Christmas film is about to premiere on Dec. 24 of subsequent yr on Amazon Prime Video. The premiere will be a part of the launch of the worldwide retail program.
