Hot Brands: Movie & TV

From pre-school newcomers through to 70 year-old favourites, Licensing.biz takes a look at just some of the hot movie and TV properties likely to set screens alight this year. On of the 10 hottest brands is Mr Bean and Moomin

MR BEAN
2015 is set to be a huge year for Mr Bean as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this massively popular comedy brand and launch a brand new animated series. Mr Bean has kicked off 2015 with the news that a brand new sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson will be shown as part of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on Friday March 13th. February will see the launch of the new animated series on CITV, to be followed later in the year on Turner’s Boomerang channel. New products across a wide variety of sectors from publishing to gift, apparel to DVD are to be launched throughout the year with events and stunts planned to support Mr Bean’s Birthday.

MOOMIN
The Moomins are the much-loved characters from the novels of the Finnish author and artist, Tove Jansson. They were published in the mid 1950’s and have since been translated into more than 40 languages. The licensing programme has been devised to appeal to the core audience of women and has also seen the development of a range of pre-school books and other products to introduce children to Moomin’s unique qualities. May 22nd 2015 sees the UK release of the film Moomin’s on the Riviera, a hand-drawn animation feature for all ages celebrating the universal appeal of the Moomin’s.