Thunderbird Entertainment Group has confirmed new sales and partnerships for its original animated series Mermicorno: Starfall (pictured) from its animation studio Atomic Cartoons in partnership with tokidoki.

The 26 x 22-minute series has been acquired by Treehouse, StackTV and Teletoon+ for Canada, Pop in the U.K., and Cartoon Network in Latin America and Southest Asia, in addition to the previously announced acquisition from Max for the U.S. The deals were handled by Thunderbird Distribution.

Meanwhile, Thunderbird Brands has appointed Nelvana as the licensing agent for Mermicorno: Starfall in Canada, covering all major categories outside of toys and publishing.

The series is based on the tokidoki characters, and follows a group of Mermicornos as they work together to protect the ocean from evil.

CandourPictures

Toronto’s CandourPictures has optioned film rights to the novel All the Lovely Pieces, about a woman whose past relationship comes back to haunt her. The psychological thriller is written by USA Today bestselling author and screenwriter Jennifer Snow (writing as J.M. Winchester), who is adapting the screenplay.

Snow has written more than 40 novels and produced 12 rom-coms for television. Credits include holiday films for UPTV, Hallmark, QVC+ and BET+.

Candour is a boutique production company specializing in a curated slate of TV movies and feature films, led by co-founders and producers Myles Milne and Rebecca Lamarche. The company will be taking the project to Cannes for this year’s Marché du Film in search of financing and distribution partners.

Boat Rocker Media

Boat Rocker is handling global distribution for the Ireland-Australia copro series Mix Tape, commissioned by Australian channel Binge. The series will go into production in Sydney and Ireland later this year, with actors Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess attached to star.

Mix Tape is a decades-spanning love story written by Jo Spain and based on the novel of the same name by Jane Sanderson. It is produced by Subotica and Aquarius Films in association with Boat Rocker for the Foxtel Group.

The series is financed by Foxtel in association with Screen Australia and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, with additional support from the Finnish Impact Film Fund and Screen NSW’s Made in NSW Fund. Boat Rocker’s David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Nick Nantell and Erik Pack are among the executive producers.

63 Lights

L.A.-based sales agency Dept. H has signed as the international sales agent for writer-director-producer Jeremy Larter’s film Who’s Yer Father?, and is repping the film at the Cannes Film Festival this week.

The feature was released in Canada last year by distributor levelFILM and is produced by P.E.I.-based 63 Lights, with Jenna MacMillan and Jason Arsenault producing alongside Larter. It follows a private investigator looking into the sale of black-market lobster in a small town on P.E.I.

With files from Brendan Christie

Image courtesy of Thunderbird Entertainment Group