Superprod Group is a French independent audiovisual production company that was founded in October 2010 by former Gaumont Animation executives Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner that develops, produces, and distributes animated & live-action series and films under their division and subsidiaries. Their main animation production division that is part of the group was Superprod Animation who produce traditional, CGI and hybrid projects.
History Superprod Group was founded in October 2010 when it was originally established as an animation production studio after former Alphanim (now Gaumont Animation) CEOs and executives Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner had depatured Alphanim after it was acquired by film & television production and distribution company Gaumont two years before in 2008.
On May 7, 2013, Superprod Animation entered the distribution business by teaming up with investment firm Axone Invest to launch Superprod's own in-house international distribution division dedicated to distributing animation and live-action content named Superights Family Entertainment with Superprod's founders Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner managing Superprod's new distribution sales division alongside former M6 head of children's programming Morgann Favennec joining Superights as their head director of sales & acquisitions.
In September 2015, Superprod Animation expanded outside of their Paris-based animation studio by opening an animation production studio based in Angoulême to expand their animation production activities.
By July 2017, Superprod Group launched its digital arm named Superprod Digital and had appointed former Cyber Group Studios exec Carole Brin to head up Superprod's digital unit Superprod Digital as its chief digital officer of the newly created digital arm as Superprod Digital.
In February 2018, Superprod Group entered the American animation production market by establishing an US office based in Los Angeles to expand their international outfit with Superprod's former CFO Louise de Staël heading their new animation office
In June 2018, two years after Superprod Group acquired CGI animation production company Vanilla Seed, Superprod Group rebranded its Angoulême-based animation studio Vanilla Seed to Superprod Studio, reflecting their parent company's name for the rebranded Angoulême animation studio with the studio will handle all of Superprod's CGI productions. Three months later in September of that year, Superprod Group signed a three-year co-production partnership with recently-launch German animation studio Atmosphere Media to produce a state of six animated series and would be animated at Superprod's Angouleme-based Superprod Studio (renamed from Vanilla Seed three months prior) and at Atmosphere Media's Belgian studio Digital Graphics. Superprod and German animation studio Atmosphere Media would handle French and German-speaking rights with the former's distribution arm Superights handling international sales & distribution to them in other countries excluding Belgium. The two series were released part of Superprod's partnership with Atmosphere Media were That's Joey! (renamed from Joker Joe) and Anna & Friends (renamed from Anna & Frog).
In February 2021, Superprod Group announced that they've taken a majority stake in Milan-based Italian animation studio Red Monk Studio, marking Superprod's entry into the Italian animation production business with Red Monk Studio continued operating as a separate label from Superprod alongside its founders Lucia Geraldine Scott and Corrado Diodà which remained CEOs of the acquired company with former international sales manager of Superprod's division Superights Pedro Citaristi became managing director of Red Monk as part of the acquisition.
In late-September 2022, Superprod Group acquired New York-based American international production company The Co-Production Company to booster their American development and production activities with its founder Doug Schwalbe became president of Superprod's new American division Superprod US alongside former Cartoon Network executive Tatiana Krokar became the vice president of Superprod's American division.
In January 2023, Superprod Group announced that they've opened a new animation building in that same location as their expansion to its Angoulême-based production studio division Superprod Studio and their own Angoulême-based animation production studio along with the company developing their new pipeline deplay named 'Pipeline Flow' becoming the first European animation studio to use it & the first French animation studio to develop a fully integrated pipeline based on Pixar's USD technology.
In December 2023, Superprod Group launched the 360 degree CSR policy division named Superprod Impact with a focus that aims its commitment to eco-responsibility to the French animation ecosystem that is provided by the France 2030 investment.
In April 2024, Superprod Group acquired Luxembourgish animation production studios Melusine Productions and Studio 352 (who had previously produced Song of the Sea with Superprod) to strengthen their animation production activities and their ability to produce and finance their animated series & feature films, marking Superprod's expansion into the Luxembourg production activities with Melusine founder Stephan Roelants continuing to work with Melusine under Superprod.
Two months later in June of that same year following Superprod's acquisition of Luxembourg animation productions studios Melusine Productions and Studio 352, Superprod announced their entry into the British production activities by teaming up with former Netflix EMEA & Nickelodeon International executive Alexi Wheeler who was attending the French 2024 Annecy International Animated Film Festival at that time to launch a UK-based live-action & animation production subsidiary named Wheel In Motion, giving Superprod a British production subsidiary with the new subsidiary will focus on its live-action and animated projects.
In October 2024, Superprod Group acquired a majority stake in French animation company Watch Next Media. Watch Next Media remained under the leadership of its founder and CEO, Philippe Alessandri, while joining Superprod Group's portfolio of animation studios and production companies. Under the agreement, the company also gained access to Superprod's CGI animation expertise, financing capabilities, and production network.
In November 2024, Superprod Group had partnered with London-based British rights & international media company Coolabi to develop and produce a CGI animated series based on Adam Blade's successful fantasy book series entitled Beast Quest which were originally published by Orchard Books in the United Kingdom, Superprod Group will produced the upcoming CGI-animated series Beast Quest through its in-house Paris and Angoulême-based animation production studios under the Superprod Animation division in its country of France alongside Superprod's three production companies which were British company Wheel in Motion (marking its first production from Superprod's British arm Wheel in Motion), its American financial & production unit The Co-Production Company (which Superprod had brought in 2021) and its Rome-based Italian animation production unit Red Monk Studio while Coolabi's production arm Coolabi Productions will co-produce.
In February 2025 following Superprod Group's partnership with Watch Next Media back in October 2024 four months ago, Superprod Group under their distribution subsidiary Superights Kids & Family and Watch Next Media through its distribution arm Kids First Distribution announced a strategic merger of their own distribution catalogues and digital channels with Watch Next Media's production catalogue joining the catalogue of Superprod's own distribution subsidiary Superights became the biggest international distributor of children's programs as Watch Next's distribution subsidiary Kids First Distribution was renamed to Kids First Digital now focusing on their digital publishing activities with Superights will distribute Watch Next Media's future productions.
Divisions & subsidiaries
Superprod Animation Filmography Title Years Network Notes Kila & Bob 2007–2015 Canal + co-production with Submarine (Netherlands) The New Adventures of Lassie 2014–2020 Sophie la Girafe 2015 Geronimo Stilton (season 3) 2016–2017 M6/France 5Rai 2 & Rai Gulp (Italy) inherited from MoonScoopco-production with Atlantyca Entertainment and Rai Fiction Pat the Dog 2017–2021 Helen's Little School 2017 co-production with Muse Entertainment The Adventures of Paddington 2019–2025 Go! Go! Cory Carson 2020–2021 Netflix co-production with Kuku Studio and VTech Anna & Friends 2022–23 France 5 That's Joey 2022–2023 M6 Batwheels 2022–present HBO Max & Cartoon Network Spirit Rangers 2022–2024 Netflix Ghee Happy 2022–2023 Lego Friends: The Next Chapter 2023–present YouTube Supa Team 4 2023 Netflix The New Adventures of the Triplets 2024 France 5 co-production with Federation Kids & Family, Quad and Yann Zenou Entertainment Harrison & Me 2025–present France 3 co-production with Vivement Lundi Underdog and the Canine Defenders Gulli & M6Rai Gulp (Italy) Miffy & Friends Frnck TBA France 3 Based on the hit comic series by Olivier Bocquet and Brice Cossu Vet Academy TF1 co-production with Red Monk Studio Dinospital TBA Heroic FootballAsterix: the Kingdom of NubiaSequel to Asterix: The Secret of the Magic PotionToto the Ninja CatCo-production with Studio Canal
Red Monk Studio Red Monk Studio is a Milan-based animation production company founded in 2017 and became part of Superprod Group in 2020, specializing in 2D, 3D, and cut-out animation for children and adults as well as producing live-action programming for children and family entertainment
Productions Title Years Network Notes Home Sweet Home 2023 Rai GulpFamily Channel (Canada)ARD (Germany CBBC (United Kingdom)HBO Max (United States) co-production with First Generation FilmsLego Friends: The Next Chapter 2023–present YouTube Service work for Superprod Animation, The Lego Group and Passion picturesNew Adventures of the Triplets 2024 France 5 Service work for Superprod Animation PiriPenguins 2025–present Rai YoyoCBeebies (United Kingdom)PBS Kids (United States, upcoming) co-production with Eaglet Films, Rai Kids, Banijay Kids & Family Distribution and PBS Distribution Harrison and Me 2025–present France 3 Service work for Superprod Animation Underdog and the Canine Defenders Rai GulpGulli & M6 (France) co-production with Superprod Animation, and DeAPlaneta EntertainmentA reboot of the 1960s series by W. Watts Biggers Vet Academy TBA Rai GulpTF1 co-production with Superprod Animation Cyrano NetflixFrance Television co-production with Melusine Productions and Nolita Cinema Saddle Club Rai GulpFrance 5 (France)ZDF (Germany) co-production with ZDF Studios and Frog Box
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