Jim Henson Company Developing ‘Paul The Bear’ Kids TV Show

The Jim Henson Firm, the puppet-based manufacturing home behind Fraggle Rock and Farscape, is partnering with Summer time Camp Island creator Julia Pott and former Disney Star Raviv Ullman on Paul The Bear, a brand new youngsters sequence.

The live-action sequence a few not too long ago retired brown bear getting in contact with himself and his group is being launched to patrons at MIPCOM. Paul The Bear is created and showrun by Pott, a British animator and illustrator primarily based in Los Angeles, and Ullman, finest identified for enjoying Phil Diffy, the principle character in Disney’s Phil of the Future sequence.

The sequence can be produced by The Jim Henson Firm, with Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford serving as government producers together with Pott and Ullman. Paul The Bear, set in an English seaside city, will embody a forged of actual individuals and puppet animals and have a nonverbal lead.

The logline for the sequence from the producers reads: “Paul T. Bear is newly retired, having spent most of his life out at sea working as a long-haul fisherman, sharing his area with bears in any respect hours of the day and evening. He’s excited to lastly be on his personal — portray nonetheless lives of his favourite home goods, attending performs, and volunteering on the library. However not all issues come simple in new locations and Paul must expend some effort to discover a well-balanced life.”

Pott created and government produced six seasons of Summer time Camp Island for Cartoon Community and HBO Max. Ullman as a director and actor has TV credit with ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, HBO, MTV, Disney and Comedy Central, and is at present creating his characteristic movie debut as a author and director with Jersey Movies 2nd Avenue.

Pott is represented by UTA and Brillstein Leisure Companions. Ullman is represented by CESD Expertise Company and Imaginative and prescient Leisure.