Paw Patrol Creator Joins Workforce to Convey Leprechaun Folklore to International Audiences

The creator of youngsters’s TV exhibits Paw Patrol and Bob The Builder has joined the workforce behind a brand new model geared toward bringing centuries of Irish folklore to a world digital viewers.

Keith Chapman grew to become an government producer at Carlichauns Leisure forward of the launch of the CG animated kids’s collection.

Aimed toward kids aged 4 to seven, the collection will observe a bunch of Carlingford elves, or Carlichauns, as they embark on adventures to grant kids’s needs.

The Carlichaun journey everywhere in the world through a magical portal beneath Carlingford, on the east coast of Eire.

The model launched on St. Patrick’s Day this yr.

Work continues on the animated collection, which will probably be created utilizing gaming know-how and produced in Eire.

The idea is the brainchild of youngsters’s tv veteran Tim Patterson, whose 42-year profession spans the BBC, Disney and Nickelodeon, in addition to Kevin Woods, who has devoted his life to preserving and celebrating the myths and legends of Carlingford and the Cooley Peninsula.

The corporate making the collection has simply closed a seed funding spherical and secured matching funding from Enterprise Eire’s Excessive Potential Begin-up program.

Managing director Niall Watters mentioned: “We’re additionally having encouraging conversations with some main US gamers who actually see the potential of the challenge.

“St. Patrick’s Day is a colossal celebration in America and now, due to the Carlichauns, we’ve a automobile that makes the occasion much more inclusive for kids and household, which in flip creates a brand new and particular bond for the youthful era.

“Keith is on board as government producer and model ambassador, which is an incredible enhance.”

The creator of Paw Patrol mentioned he thought the animated collection would have some enchantment in the US.

Mr Chapman mentioned: “The genius of the Carlichauns animated collection is the simplicity of the concept of ​​pals occurring adventures collectively.

“Up to now the whole lot has been actually constructive and I can’t wait to see the place this journey takes us.”

Donnchadh Cullinan, Enterprise Eire, mentioned: “Carlichauns is a superb instance of the cutting-edge storytelling and animation presently rising from Eire.

“The Carlichauns journey collection has international enchantment and, coupled with the most recent advances in CG animation led by a workforce of specialists, it’s poised for future progress.”

Mr Watters added: “The know-how we use is usually the area of video games corporations, however it’s extremely versatile, environment friendly and able to delivering unprecedented ranges of element in animation.

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“The rendering course of can be considerably decreased, which means our animation collection is extra environmentally pleasant, which is vital to us as sustainability is a recurring theme within the animation collection.”

A collection of digital books has additionally been launched. The primary version sees the Carlichauns saving a cat for a kid in New York whereas the second will probably be primarily based on a particular St. Patrick’s Day want.

An present augmented actuality app, launched this yr throughout Eire, has now been rolled out in Los Angeles, with extra areas to be added together with Knoxville, Tennessee and Melbourne.