Ferly and APC Kids’ Newly Launched Studio Zephyr Animation to Co-produce New Original 3D CGI Series Gone Gills

The series is an original created by Ferly, the entertainment company founded by former Rovio executives and co-creators of Angry Birds. The show will be co-produced by Canadian Yellow Animation Ltd.

Gone Gills is a 3D CGI series, which follows three prehistoric creatures as they find themselves stranded in the strangest place in the history of the world - the present!

APC Kids holds global audio-visual distribution rights to the new series, while Ferly manages global CP & gaming rights.

Zany kids comedy-adventure, Gone Gills is an original series created by entertainment company Ferly

APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of leading co-production and distribution company About Premium Content (APC), is ramping up its production activity through its recently launched studio Zephyr Animation with brand new comedy-adventure show Gone Gills.

The series is an original created by Ferly, the entertainment company founded by former Rovio executives and co-creators of Angry Birds. The show will be co-produced by Canadian Yellow Animation Ltd. Gone Gills is a 3D CGI series, which follows three prehistoric creatures as they find themselves stranded in the strangest place in the history of the world - the present!

Stuck in a tourist-trap beach resort, Lizzy, Trilo and Mo need to catch up with 200 million years of evolution. Being chased by rampaging plesiosaurs on a daily basis is now a thing of the past! Although life seems easier and they might even make a few friends, there ARE still a few - diminished - predators in present times, and a certain flamingo in particular who's determined to prove there's more than one way to skin a squishy little amphibian, or whatever those things are. Of course, he'll have his work cut out for him capturing the most elusive quarry the world has ever seen in a couple hundred million years!

The development will see Ferly’s VP Creative Joonas Rissanen and CEO Laura Nevanlinna as well as Yellow Animation’s President Ulla Junell team up with Zephyr Animation’s Chief Creative Officer David Sauerwein and Lionel Marty, Managing Director of APC Kids. APC Kids holds global audio-visual distribution rights to the new series, while Ferly manages global CP & gaming rights.

David Sauerwein Zephyr Animation’s Chief Creative Officer says “Gone Gills is a great new addition to our growing slate at Zephyr. It’s an exciting and hilarious series, and we are proud and happy to be working with Ferly to bring this world and the unique loveable characters to life for children and families globally.”

Joonas Rissanen VP Creative of Ferly says “Creating the world of Gone Gills has already been an unforgettable experience for us. We cannot wait to collaborate with David, Lionel and their teams and help our prehistoric creatures get used to the present day!”

APC Kids’ Zephyr Animation launched in September 2018 to develop its own projects as well as co-developing and co-producing properties with partners from around the world. With an emphasis on strong international sales potential, Zephyr shows will cover all children’s demographics from preschool shows to kids aged 6-9 and produce programming across all genres from action/adventure to comedy.

The first project out of the stable to be announced was Adoonga, an animated comedy series from South Korean studio Vooz (creators of PUCCA).

About APC Kids
APC Kids is the children’s entertainment arm of leading co-production and distribution company About Premium Content (APC). Headed by Lionel Marty, the kids’ specialist has a growing portfolio of high profile children’s and family properties including animated series KID-E-CATS, Ricky The Dinosaur, Roger, The Memories of Nanette and Zoli & Pokey. Zephyr Animation is a wholly owned division of the APC group of companies.

About Ferly
Ferly is an entertainment company specializing in storytelling through TV, film, apps, publishing and licensing. Ferly was founded in 2017 by former Rovio CEO and co-creator of Angry Birds Mikael Hed and a team of former Rovio executives. Based in LA, Helsinki and Vancouver, Ferly discovers, develops and creates original IPs with the potential to build multimedia franchises around them. Ferly’s name comes from an old English word that means wonderful, unusual and unexpected. These are the benchmarks that guide our storytelling.

Creating stories. Building worlds. Adding wonder.

About Yellow Animation
Yellow Animation is a Canadian company specializing in high quality children's and teen content for an international audience. Yellow’s team is behind many successful productions including Piggy Tales & Angry Birds Blues. Based in Vancouver, BC, Yellow is connected to a wide range of industry talent, partners, network buyers and financiers.