Superprod Group
{{Short description|French production company}}
{{Rough translation|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Superprod Group
| founded = {{Start date and age|2010}}
| founders = {{Plainlist|
- Clément Calvet
- Jérémie Fajner
}}
| hq_location_city = Paris, Angoulême
| hq_location_country = France
| key_people = {{Plainlist|
- Clément Calvet (President & CEO)
- Jérémie Fajner (Managing Director)
}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| divisions = {{Plainlist|
- Superprod Animation
- Superprod Drama
- Superprod Films
- Superprod Impact
}}
| subsid = {{Plainlist|
- 440HZ Music
- Melusine Productions
- Red Monk Studio
- Superights Kids & Family
- The Co-Produciton Company
- Watch Next Media
- Wheel in Motion
}}
| website = {{URL|www.superprod.net/en}}
}}
Superprod Group is a French independent audiovisual production company that was founded in 2010 that develops, produces, and distributes animated & live action series and films under their division and subsidiaries. Their main animation production division that is part of the group was Superprod Animation who produce traditional, CGI and hybrid projects.
History
Superprod Group was founded in 2010 originally as an animation production studio after former Alphanim (now Gaumont Animation) CEOs and executives Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner had left Alphanim after it was acquired by film & television production and distribution company Gaumont two years before.
On May 7, 2013, Superprod Animation entered the distribution business by teaming up with investment firm Axone Invest to launch Superprod's own in-house international distribution division dedicated to distributing animation and live-action content named Superights Family Entertainment with Superprod's founders Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner managing Superprod's new distribution sales division alongside former M6 head of children's programming Morgann Favennec joining Superights as their head director of sales & acquisitions.{{cite web|title=Favennec leaves M6 for new distributor Superights Family Entertainment|url=https://kidscreen.com/2013/05/06/favennec-leaves-m6-for-new-distributor-superights-family-entertainment/|website=Kidscreen|first=Gary|last=Rusak|date=May 6, 2013}}{{cite web|title=M6 exec joins new distributor|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/m6-exec-joins-new-distributor/|website=C21Media|first=Nico|last=Franks|date=May 7, 2013}}
In September 2015, Superprod Animation expanded outside of their Paris-based animation studio by opening an animation production studio based in Angoulême to expand their animation production activities.{{cite web|title=French TV Animation: Major Hike in French Public Support Mechanisms in 2016|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/french-tv-animation-increase-french-incentives-tv-2016-1201795874/|website=Variety|first=Martin|last=Dale|date=June 14, 2016}}
In February 2018, Superprod Group entered the American animation production market by establishing an US office based in Los Angeles to expand their international outfit with Superprod's former CFO Louise de Staël heading their new animation office{{cite web|title=Superprod Opens L.A. Office Headed by Louise de Staël|url=https://www.awn.com/news/superprod-opens-la-office-headed-louise-de-sta-l|website=Animation World Network|date=February 7, 2018}}
In June 2018 two years after Superprod Group acquired CGI animation production company Vanilla Seed, Superprod Group rebranded its Angoulême-based animation studio Vanilla Seed to Superprod Studio, reflecting their parent company's name for the rebranded Angoulême animation studio with the studio will handle all of Superprod's CGI productions.{{cite web|title=Superprod replants Vanilla Seed|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/superprod-replants-vanilla-seed/|website=C21Media|first=Nico|last=Franks|date=June 13, 2018}}
In February 2021, Superprod Group announced that they've taken a majority stake in Milan-based Italian animation studio Red Monk Studio, marking Superprod's entry into the Italian animation production business with Red Monk Studio continued operating as a separate label from Superprod alongside its founders Lucia Geraldine Scott and Corrado Diodà which remained CEOs of the acquired company with former international sales manager of Superprod's division Superights Pedro Citaristi became managing director of Red Monk as part of the acquisition.{{cite web|title=French Animation Studio Superprod Buys Italy's Red Monk Studio (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/superprod-buys-red-monk-studio-1234904810/|website=Variety|first=Nick|last=Vivarelli|date=February 10, 2021}}
In late-September 2022, Superprod Group acquired New York-based American international production company The Co-Production Company to booster their American development and production activities with its founder Doug Schwalbe became president of Superprod's new American division Superprod US alongside former Cartoon Network executive Tatiana Krokar became the vice president of Superprod's American division.{{cite web|title=France's Superprod Buys The Co-Production Company; Doug Schwalbe Is President, Former Cartoon Network Exec Tatiana Krokar VP, Of Superprod US|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/frances-superprod-the-co-production-company-doug-schwalbe-cartoon-network-tatiana-krokar-1235130121/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Jill|last=Goldsmith|date=September 29, 2022}}
In January 2023, Superprod Group announced that they've opened a new animation building in that same location as their expansion to its Angoulême-based production studio division Superprod Studio and their own Angoulême-based animation production studio along with the company developing their new pipeline deplay named 'Pipeline Flow' becoming the first European animation studio to use it based on Pixar's USD technology.{{cite web|title=Superprod Dreams Big with Angoulême Studio Expansion|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/superprod-dreams-big-angoul-me-studio-expansion|website=Animation World Network|date=January 5, 2023}}
In December 2023, Superprod Group launched the 360 degree CSR policy division named Superprod Impact with a focus that aims its commitment to eco-responsibility to the French animation ecosystem that is provided by the France 2030 investment.{{cite web|title=Superprod Unveils 'Impact' Corporate Responsibility Policy|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/12/superprod-unveils-impact-corporate-responsibility-policy/|website=Animation Magazine|date=December 7, 2023}}
In April 2024, Superprod Group acquired Luxembourgish animation production studios Melusine Productions and Studio 352 (who had previously produced Song of the Sea with Superprod) to strengthen their animation production activities and their ability to produce and finance their animated series & feature films, marking Superprod's expansion into the Luxembourg production activities with Melusine founder Stephan Roelants continuing to lead Melusine under Superprod.{{cite web|title=France's Superprod Group Acquires Luxembourg's Studio 352/Mélusine Productions|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/04/frances-superprod-group-acquires-luxembourgs-studio-352-melusine-productions/|website=Animation Magazine|date=April 2, 2024}}
Two months later in June of that same year following Superprod's acquisition of Luxembourg animation productions studios Melusine Productions and Studio 352, Superprod announced their entry into the British production activities by teaming up with former Netflix EMEA & Nickelodeon International executive Alexi Wheeler who was attending the French 2024 Annecy International Animated Film Festival at that time to launch a UK-based live-action & animation production subsidiary named Wheel In Motion, giving Superprod a British production subsidiary with the new subsidiary will focus on its live-action and animated projects.{{cite web|title=Alexi Wheeler launches a new studio under Superprod's umbrella|url=https://kidscreen.com/2024/06/10/alexi-wheeler-launches-a-new-studio-under-superprods-umbrella/|first=Ryan|last=Tuchow|website=Kidscreen|date=June 10, 2024}}
In February 2025 following Superprod Group's partnership with Watch Next Media back in October 2024 four months ago, Superprod Group under their distribution subsidiary Superights Kids & Family and Watch Next Media through its distribution arm Kids First Distribution announced a strategic merger of their own distribution catalogues and digital channels with Watch Next Media's production catalogue joining the catalogue of Superprod's own distribution subsidiary Superights became the biggest international distributor of children's programs as Watch Next's distribution subsidiary Kids First Distribution was renamed to Kids First Digital now focusing on their digital publishing activities with Superights will distribute Watch Next Media's future productions.{{cite web|title=Superprod Group and Kids First Merge to Expand Their Children's Programming Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/superprod-group-watch-next-kids-first-catalog-merger-1236296436/|website=Variety|first=Jamie|last=Lang|date=February 4, 2025}}
Filmography
=TV series=
==Red Monk Studio==
==Watch Next Media==
=Films=
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|url=https://www.superprod.net}}
{{Animation industry in France}}
Category:French animation studios
Category:Mass media companies established in 2010