Nov. 5, 2020
Latin American sales specialist Spiral International has secured a pan-regional deal with Disney Channel Latin America for the live action series, Holly Hobbie. The new music-driven series is produced by Aircraft Pictures and Holly Hobbie brand owner Cloudco Entertainment in association with Wexworks Media and includes two seasons of 10 episodes each.
First introduced in 1967, Holly Hobbie™ is recognized worldwide as the bonneted “Blue Girl” in paintings and illustration. Since then, the Holly Hobbie brand has grown into books, crafts and toy lines, and now, into a live-action series, accumulating more than 50 years of fans and $1 billion in worldwide licensed product sales.
The new live-action series, produced by showrunner Sarah Glinski (“Degrassi: Next Class”, “Degrassi: The Next Generation”) stars Ruby Jay as the aspirational, modern-day 13-year-old singer/songwriter.
The show follows Holly, a 13-year-old aspiring singer/songwriter from a small town who dreams about saving the world someday. Additionally, Holly Hobbie features original pop songs throughout both seasons that are also distributed by Warner Music globally.
“It is an absolute pleasure to be working with team at Disney Latin America on Holly Hobbie,” said Zasha Robles, Managing Director at Spiral International. Holly Hobbie was first released on Hulu in the US, and now this compelling tween show is bilingual, finding a home on another Disney platform, this time speaking in both Spanish and Portuguese.
“We look forward to seeing the series build a fanbase across the region,” Robles said.
Ian Lambur, EVP, Content Strategy & Co-Productions at Cloudco Entertainment, added: “Holly Hobbie is a top-tier music-driven series that not surprisingly has attracted huge kid, tween and family viewership around the globe. We are delighted to share our inspiring series with a new audience in Latin America via this partnership with Disney Channel and Disney+.”
Holly Hobbie became available on Disney Channel Latin America on October 30th.
The deal was put together by Spiral International, a content company based in Miami, Florida. It focuses on distribution, intellectual property development and production. Spiral is a subsidiary of Etcétera Group that has 45 years of experience and regional offices in the Americas and Europe. Spiral produced the International Emmy Award winner Falco, a series of police crime dramas directed by Ernesto Contreras.