By Ryan Tuchow and Sadhana Bharanidharan

• Mediatoon came out of Annecy with distribution rights to the upcoming second season of Bayard Jeunesse/Normaal Animation’s 2D-animated series Zouk (pictured) in its pocket. A new batch of episodes (52 x 11 minutes) for upper preschoolers is in production now and set to deliver in 2026. Mediatoon has also picked up digital rights to Bayard’s CG-animated preschool series Little Brown Bear. 

• HarperCollins Children’s Books UK has appointed Hachette Jeunesse as the French-language publisher of the Paddington franchise, which has a new feature called Paddington in Peru in production at Studiocanal for February 2025. Hachette will publish a range of books based on the film in France next year, including novel retellings, picture books and sticker activity books. Studiocanal owns and manages the Paddington brand through The Copyrights Group, and HarperCollins publishes the original Paddington books.