Serious Kids scoop up distribution rights for ‘The Ghastly Ghoul’
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Award-winning London-based production company Lupus Films and much-lauded Dublin-based Dream Logic Animation Studios have announced that boutique distribution company Serious Kids has picked up the rights to distribute their Sky Kids Original Halloween animated special The Ghastly Ghoul (1×30”).
The Ghastly Ghoul (Image via Sky)
Landing on Sky Kids in the UK and ROI from October 7th and later on KiKA in Germany, the spooky seasonal special about the relationship between a monster who doesn’t believe in himself and a young girl who longs for friendship, features the voices of Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Christopher Robin, His Dark Materials), Ardal O’Hanlon (Derry Girls, Father Ted), Aisling Doyle (Mr Malcom’s List) and Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, The Alienist).
A timeless story of friendship, facing fears and self-belief, The Ghastly Ghoul follows the ghostly antics of Gary – a cute and fluffy monster who doesn’t believe in himself – and Beatrix – a young girl who is struggling with her own fears around the holiday. When Gary leaves Halloween Town to come to Earth for a glorious night of Halloween mischief, he decides to disguise himself as the much scarier Ghastly Ghoul. But when he misses his gateway back home and gets trapped in the human world, he forms a friendship with science-mad Beatrix. Together they help inspire a sense of self-belief in one another and try to find a way to get Gary home again in a Halloween night filled with magic and adventure.
We are very excited to announce that Serious Kids will be handling the distribution for The Ghastly Ghoul. We hope its beautiful animation, charming story and universal themes – combined with the timeless magic and fun of Halloween – will be a big seasonal hit with audiences around the world for many years to come.
-Ruth Fielding, co-founder Lupus Films
We are really looking forward to working with Serious Kids and can’t wait to see the response to The Ghastly Ghoul once it airs. A massive thank you to all our funders for making this Halloween Special happen, our co-producer Lupus Films and finally, to a wonderful team who worked so hard to get this really beautiful animation made.
-Brian Willis, Dream Logic
Lupus Films and Dream Logic are at the top of their game with The Ghastly Ghoul which is a really colourful CGI family holiday comedy despite the title! With production nearing completion, we have already had a lot of early interest based on the promo and we can’t wait to launch it at MIPCOM Junior.
-Genevieve Dexter, Serious Kids
Written by Emma Hogan and directed by Kealan O’Rourke and Maurizio Parimbelli with assistant director Corinne Ladeinde, The Ghastly Ghoul is produced by Brian Willis and Stephen Smith and executive produced by Ruth Fielding and Camilla Deakin. It is a Dream Logic Animation Studios and Lupus Films Production in association with Sky, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, KiKA of ARD/ZDF Germany, with the support of the Creative Europe Programme MEDIA of the European Union and the UK Global Screen Fund – financed by the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI.
Serious Kids will be at Mipcom on Stand R7. D32