It was announced today that Samantha Barks, who stars as Zoe in Telegael’s live action and animation series Groove High, has been chosen to play Eponine in Academy Award ™ winning director Tom Hooper’s big-screen adaptation of famed stage musical Les Misérables. Samantha will star alongside other acclaimed actors including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne [...]

Telegael is set to co-produce a second season of the pre-school series Chloe’s Closet in conjunction with Paris-based Moonscoop, German children’s broadcaster KI.KA and Kids Workout Factory (KWOF) in Benelux. The second series of Chloe’s Closet comprises 52X11-minute episodes and follows on from the successful first series which was broadcast in the UK by ITV/CITV. [...]

Zoogon Production “Frank O’Farrell: The Shadow of Busby” has been nominated for a 2012 IFTA in the Best Sports Category.

Telegael Co-Production My Phone Genie airs on ITV1 on Sundays and CITV on Wednesdays

Moonscoop has named Golden Bear the master toy licensee for its preschool series Chloe’s Closet →

Australian television network the Seven Network has picked up Anima Estudios, SLR Productions, Home Plate Entertainment and Telegael’s new series Teenage Fairytale Dropouts for broadcast in 2013 →

Formula Fun Entertainment (FFE), the UK production and rights management company, has announced that it has partnered with Telegael in Ireland and DQ Entertainment (DQE) in India to coproduce a new CGI animated pre-school series based on the award-winning property, Franco and Formula Fun™ →

Nicktoons US has greenlit “Wild Grinders,” an original animated series inspired by pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek. Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders shingle is partnering with Home Plate Entertainment, Telegael, Moonscoop, Agogo Corporation and Copernicus Studios on the production, which will be preceded by a number of shorts and other original multi-platform digital content launching this fall →

The headlines about the Irish economy may be doom and gloom but there is a magical side to it if you look closely at some of its exports →

Turner Broadcasting Italy has acquired the preschool series Dive Olly Dive! (104 X 11 minute episodes). The deal, which covers both pay and free TV, will see seasons one and two of the 3D CGI underwater adventure series debut on Turner Broadcasting’s Boomerang channel commencing in June 2011 →