French Studio Magical Society Launches UK Arm Helmed By ‘Saving Mr Banks’ Producer Paul Trijbits
deadline.comAton Soumache and Joann Sfar’s French studio Magical Society has launched a UK arm helmed by Saving Mr Banks producer Paul Trijbits, whose drama indie FilmWave has shuttered after a decade.
Magical Society UK has landed a debut commission – the BBC’s AA Dhand adaptation Virdee, which was announced at last month’s Edinburgh TV Festival and will be produced by crime sub-label Magical North.
Trijbits is running Magical Society UK with JJ Lousberg, a former Focus and Universal exec. Magical Society UK is operating as a JV with Paris-based Magical Society and will forge kids, animation and drama projects both TV and film.
The French operation was opened in 2020 by comic book artist and filmmaker Sfar (Le Chat du Rabin, Monster’s Shrink, Mr Crocodile), and French animation producer Soumache, who was behind Netflix’s current most-watched animation feature, Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, and is the honorary chairman and a shareholder of Mediawan Kids & Family.
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