DHX Media has signed a deal with Sony Pictures Animation to expand the film franchise based on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (by Judi Barrett, illustrated by Ronald Barrett) into television with a new adaptation. Deadline.com reported that DHX Media "will develop and produce 26, 22-minute traditionally animated small-screen episodes of the computer-generated animation feature films.... The deal also has DHX Media representing merchandising for the television series on a worldwide basis."
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has a tremendous legacy as beloved children's books and a duo of highly popular feature films, showing how great ideas can succeed across media," DXH Media president and COO Steven DeNure said. "We believe audiences both old and new are going to love this fiercely funny franchise re-imagined for the small screen."
