Dandelooo on board for ‘Pol the Pirate Mouse’
Skwigly
Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has finalized a deal for the preschool series Pol The Pirate Mouse (13 x7’).
Pol The Pirate Mouse (Image: Dandelooo)
Pol’s life has changed a lot since she moved from the city. A whole new world is opening upand Pol is amazed at what she’s discovering in her new forest home. And what better way toexplore it, looking for treasures than with your very own crew of pirates! Pol is a pirate afterall, complete with her own eye patch… even if it is to help treat her lazy eye.
As with all good pirate crews, they are an unlikely, imperfect bunch, with personalities asvaried as their species. So, it’s not all plain sailing… especially with someone as courageousand headstrong as Pol in charge. But it’s their differences that make them such a brilliantteam, learning as much about themselves as they are about each other as they go. They might not always find a treasure, but they always head home with a new perspective ofthemselves or their world at the end of each adventure.
The deal with Dutch production company Submarine gives Dandelooo exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the 3D animation targeted at 3- to 6-year-olds. Available as a 13 x 7-minute series and a 25-minute TV special with a full new story, Pol The Pirate Mouse is currently in production and set for delivery in the second quarter of 2025.
First launched as a children’s picture book in 2019 written by Tingue Dongelmans and illustrated by Denise van Leeuwen, Pol The Pirate Mouse tells the story of how Pol came frombeing a city mouse to living in the forest, the greatest adventure playground known to man or mouse! It’s the perfect environment to let your imagination run wild, all under the guise ofbeing a pirate.
Commenting on the distribution deal, Emmanuèle Pétry, Producer & Head of International at Dandelooo, said:
We love Submarine’s shows and are thrilled and honored to be theworldwide distributor for this beautiful CGI series which portrays the bright side of quirky andimperfect characters to children in a fun and colorful way.
Submarine Producers Bruno Felix and Janneke van de Kerkhof added:
At Submarine we love creating great stories and for every project we always search for the most interesting andcaptivating look. We believe Dandelooo shares this esthetic DNA, and we are confident thatthis partnership will help introduce Pol to kids around the world.