ATLANTYCA ENTERTAINMENT AND MOONSCOOP JOIN TOGETHER AGAIN TO PRODUCE THE SEASON TWO OF THE ANIMATED

GERONIMO STILTON

For Immediate Release:

(Cannes, France) (April the 13^th, 2010)-- Production and distribution partners Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop are partnering again to produce the second season of ,animated series, Geronimo Stilton. Twenty-six new episodes will be produced for delivery fall 2011, deal was signed jointly by Claudia Mazzucco, CEO, Atlantyca Entertainment and Christophe Di Sabatino, Group Executive Chairman, Moonscoop.

Based on the popular children’s chapter book series of the same name, Geronimo Stilton,  the animated series centers on the life and adventures of the famous Geronimo Stilton - head of a veritable media empire, erudite mouse, and klutz extraordinaire.

Geronimo Stilton premiered worldwide in September 2009 on Italy’s Rai 2 channel where it ranked as the #1 show. On Nickelodeon in the Netherlands, the animated series held the #2 position (Eurodata--21 Sept to 27 Nov).  In Spain, the series ranked #3 on Cartoon Network and garnered a 15% market share among kids 4-7 on Minimax in Hungary and Romania. The top rated Geronimo Stilton episode on RTP2 in Portugal was enjoyed by 345,000 viewers and the series achieved a peak of a 45% share in the 4-14 year-old target demo.

“The success we achieved with the first season of the animated series underscores the universal appeal of the delightfully adventurous Geronimo Stilton character and will serve as a strong foundation for an even wider audience with the debut of season two,” said Caterina Vacchi, Senior Manager and Executive Producer, Atlantyca Entertainment.

“We are thrilled to be going back into production on this endearing property and look forward to further establishing Geronimo Stilton’s position as an evergreen brand around the globe with entertaining new episode that continue the comical exploits of this wonderful character,” said Nicolas Atlan executive producer and CEO Moonscoop, LLC, Los Angeles..

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Media Contacts:

Atlantyca Entertainment:  Sabrina Propper, RPiPR, +1 (818) 515-5798 -- spropper.rpipr@gmail.com

Moonscoop: Blueprint PR: Aimee Norman, + 44 (0) 2083416171 - aimee@blueprintpr.co.uk

About Atlantyca Entertainment:

Atlantyca Entertainment was established in September 2006, by leading Italian publishing entrepreneur and creator Pietro Marietti who with Elisabetta Dami, produced one of today's most successful junior publishing sensations, the celebrated kids book series Geronimo Stilton. A cross media entertainment company with production, licensing, publishing and a foreign  rights  sales divisions, Atlantyca Entertainment seeks co-production partners (and to acquire third party properties) to produce content for TV, movies, books and multi-media. The company, along with co-production partner Moonscoop, recently completed the production of the new animated series Geronimo Stilton which saw its European premiere in fall 2009.

Atlantyca’s foreign rights sales departments, the licensor of the Geronimo Stilton book series that is responsible for seeking new business opportunities for the books and all of its character spin-off franchises, has secured 1300 deals with publishers such as Random House US, Scholastic US, Planeta, Sun Ya, and 21^st Century Publishing House . The publishing department aims to create, develop and produce loosely based book series based on new and popular animated series, and is currently developing novels for Moonscoop’s Code Lyoko, Dive Olly Dive and Hero 108. Atlantyca Entertainment is responsible for the sales of foreign rights for Piemme children’s books and properties, and through a dedicated foreign rights sales division has secured 1700 translation deals with 50 leading publishers around the world.

The company’s licensing division manages the international licensing initiatives for the Geronimo Stilton brand and is the appointed Italian licensing agent for Moonscoop’s Code Lyoko, Growing Up Creepie and Dive Olly Dive. The division recently became the Italian licensing agent Le Petit Prince, and FitzRoy Media’s Funny Face icon animated fruit characters. Atlantyca is a co-production partner and distributor (Italy only) for Dive Olly Dive (Season II) animated series. www.atlantyca.com

About Moonscoop

Moonscoop is a leading worldwide production, distribution, brand management and entertainment company, focused on producing original projects and building brands with international appeal and longevity.

Its rights library combines many of the most successful programs and best-loved animated creations in the global television market and includes over 3,000 half-hours of programming airing in more than 160 territories worldwide. Key brands include "Code Lyoko," "Fantastic Four," "Titeuf" (Tootuff), "Pet Alien," “Dive Olly Dive!” and "Casper" which are licensed in markets around the world. Moonscoop’s production slate currently includes new series “Geronimo Stilton”, “Hero:108”, “Twisted Whiskers” and “Chloe’s Closet”.

Moonscoop was established with the merger of France Animation and Antefilms Production and the subsequent stake of a majority share in US-based Mike Young Productions and Taffy Entertainment, which all now fall under the Moonscoop label. Moonscoop employs over 350 people worldwide.