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MIPTV: ‘The Governator’ Nears Sales In Key Territories

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 7:56pm PDTTags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Governator
Nellie Andreeva

The Governator, the new 52-episode children’s animated series from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stan Lee and producer Andy Heyward unveiled on Monday at MIPTV, is closing in on sales in several countries.

Because of Schwarzenegger’s Austrian heritage, the German-speaking European countries, where the actor is extremely popular, were among the first to pick up the series. In Germany, it went to RTL2, in Austria to public broadcaster ORF and in the German-speaking part of Switzerland to SFR.

Word is producers are in talks with the BBC in the U.K., TF1 in France and Antena 3 in Spain as well as company Endemol for worldwide rights. Outside of Europe, a deal with Cartoon Latin America is being finalized, while talks are underway with Malaysian distributor Juita Viden. The producers of the series, about an superhero version of Schwarzenegger, plan to line up international sales first before taking The Governator out to U.S. networks, something expected to be done in a few weeks.

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MIPTV: ‘The Governator’s Multi-Platform Plans Include 3D Feature Film

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday April 4, 2011 @ 5:49am PDTTags: Andy Heyward, Arnold Schwarzenegger, MIPTV, Stan Lee, The Governator

Kate Bulkley is covering MIPTV at Cannes for Deadline

At a MIPTV press conference this morning, Arnold Schwarzenegger added a 3D feature film to rollout plans for his multi-platform project The Governator. The film is part of a plan that will … Read More »

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