Les Mistigris

Infobox Television
show_name = Les Mistigris
genre = Animated children's series
creator =
director = Eric Berthiercite web|url=http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=1876&film_id=20082019|title=Fiche film: "Les Mistigris" "Pilote"|language=French|date=June 2008|accessdate=2008-10-02|work=Annecy 2008|publisher=CITIA]
producer = Patricia Robert
writer = Valérie Baranski
Nathalie Dargent
starring =
runtime = 13 min.cite web |url=http://www.tf1pro.com/tf1pro-free/rentree2008/programmes/jeunesse/0,,-e1BSR19JRCBQUkdfU1RBVFVUIFVOVl9JRH0gezEyNjQgMCA1MTR9,00.html|title="Les Mistigris" show description|language=French|accessdate=2008-10-02|work=Rentrée 2008-09|publisher=TF1 Pro Free]
num_episodes= 52
country = FRA
company = Patoon Animation
IP4U
TF1
network = TF1
first_aired = TBA 2008

"Les Mistigris" (originally "Lulu la Peste") is an upcoming animated series slated to premiere in 2008 on France's TF1 network. It is produced by Interactive Project 4 You (IP4U) of Valenciennescite web
url=http://www.cgw.com/ME2/SiteMaps/Sites/Document.asp?DocPath=739DB58011244F459A86A90528CE13E5%7C%7C%7CPublications%3A%3AArticle%7C%7C%7CMain%2BSite%7C%7C%7C
last=Maher|first=Kathleen|title=When the Game Is Not Enough|month=April|year=2008|accessdate=2008-10-02|location=Glendale, California|work=Computer Graphics World|publisher=COP Communications, Inc] and Patoon-Animation of Paris. [cite web|url=http://www.toonboom.com/pdf/newsletters/2008/issueJune2008.pdf#page=10|title=Summer 2008 newsletter|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=Toon Boom Animation] The show, which will use cutout animation for its style, is targeted to children aged two to six. [cite web
url=http://www.toonboom.com/pdf/newsletters/2008/issueApril2008.pdf#page=6|title=April 2008 newsletter|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=Toon Boom Animation]

ynopsis

Animals of various species live happily on an untouched archipelago called the Mistigris Islands. One day, everything changes when a cat named Lulu and her aunt meet the first human ever to land on their shores: Pépin, a young shipwreck survivor.cite web|url=http://www.crrav.com/actu_comitefiction2juillet08.htm|title=Résultat du comité de lecture FICTION du 1er juillet 2008|quote=Aide à la production de série d’animation|language=French|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=Cinéma et Audiovisuel Nord-Pas de Calais (CRRAV)] cite web|url=http://www.ip4u.fr/en/audiovisuel_animation_lulu.html|title="Lulu la Peste" production site|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=Interactive Project 4 You (IP4U)]

Characters

*Lulu, a mischievous tomboy cat, and the show's heroine
*Simone, a bulldog
*Roméo, a baby elepant
*Eric, a wolf cub
*Isabelle, a giraffe
*Pépin, the boy who gets stranded on the Mistigris

Production

The 52-episode series began development at HLC Productions in 2005 under the title "Lulu la Peste", at a cost of €137,000.cite web|url=http://www.crrav.com/images/pdf/crrav_BILAN_ACTIVITE_2005.pdf#page=42|title=Rapport d'activites 2005|language=French|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=Cinéma et Audiovisuel Nord-Pas de Calais (CRRAV)] By 2008, the budget had grown to €2,931,000.

"Les Mistigris" will involve at least three crew members of another TF1 series, "The Bellflower Bunnies":
*Eric Berthier, the director of seasons 2 and 3
*Screenwriter Valérie Baranski
*Producer Patricia Robert, who in March 2008 [cite web|url=http://bilans.lesechos.fr/static/503270092-PATOON-ANIMATION.html|title=Patoon Animation company profile|language=French|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=BilansGratuits.fr] set up Patoon-Animation exclusively for the new show. [cite web|url=http://www.animation-france.fr/newsletter/18/|title=des NEWS de l'anim - N°18|date=May 2008|language=French|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=Syndicat des Producteurs de Films d'Animation (SPFA)]

A four-minute pilot was shown in June 2008 at the Annecy International Animation Festival as an official selection.

Merchandise

There will also be tie-in books based on "Les Mistigris", although further details have not been announced since early 2008.

References