Taffy Entertainment, the worldwide distribution, brand management, and entertainment company, has closed its first broadcast presales deal for the new animated kids’ TV series “Geronimo Stilton” with Radio-Canada. The animated series, now in production, is produced by Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop Productions, in association with Mike Young Productions. The new show, based on the popular children’s chapter book series of the same name, is scheduled to air during the 2009-2010 season.

“The Geronimo Stilton books are loved by kids in Canada and around the world, so we wanted to bring this wonderful new TV series to our young audience,” said Cécile Bellemare, Director, Youth, Family and Lifestyle Programming for Radio-Canada. “We anticipate Geronimo and his friends will be welcomed in homes across the country for many years to come.”

Atlantyca Entertainment is the original rights holder of the Geronimo Stilton brand and all of its character spinoffs. The Geronimo Stilton books are published worldwide and are available in over 30 languages, including Italian, where they are published by Edizioni Piemme [Mondadori Group]; in English, published in the United States by Scholastic; in French, by Albin Michel Jeunesse; and in Spanish by Editorial Planeta.