EXCLUSIVE: European toon Nate is Late is returning to class. France Télévisions and Germany’s Super RTL have put a third 52-episode season into production with a budget of €7M ($7.6m).
COFIMAGE 34, SOFITVCINE 11 and CNC are co-financiers. Edouard Kuchiman and Gaultier Buiret will co-direct and Philippe Alessandri’s Watch Next Media is again attached to make the show.
The Sylvain Huchet and Peter Saisselin-created series follows two friends, Nate and Malika, who are always late to school as they get sidetracked on adventures, which their teacher never believes when they arrive.
Production on season three is underway in Europe, relocating to Watch Next’s La Factorie facilities in Paris and Lille in France and Animato in Turin, Italy.
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