Cartoon Saloon secures raft of deals for Puffin Rock, My Father’s Dragon and its Irish Folklore Trilogy

Cartoon Saloon Brand Development has secured raft of licensing deals for My Father’s Dragon, the Irish Folklore Trilogy and its new Puffin Rock movie, Puffin Rock and The New Friends.

With the film’s focus on the natural world, Cartoon Saloon has teamed up with eco-design manufacturer GreenRe for a line of sustainable stationery products with distribution across North America, the UK and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand.

Elsewhere, Snuggly Figs is on board for eco-friendly and socially responsible children’s clothing for North America an educational board game will arrive from Value Add Games for the European Union. A new expanded range of sustainable plush will also be available for the release featuring the new characters

“With Puffin Rock and The New Friends, which just debuted at the Cannes Film Festival Market with WestEnd Film, we are delighted to have signed our first licensing partners for apparel and products that will allow new and old fans alike to extend their engagement with the movie,” said Brian Tyrrell, General Manager of Cartoon Saloon Brand Development.

“As we head into Licensing Expo, we’re excited to have such high-quality partners on board across our brands, and we look forward to sharing further information there on our evergreen properties with our current and potential partners.”

Elsewhere, for My Father’s Dragon, Cartoon Saloon has signed global deals with Titan Comics for a graphic novel and Abrams Books for The Art of My Fathers Dragon. Value Add Games and GreenRe are also on board for the same products and territories as Puffin Rock and the New Friends. Also available is a new range of My Father’s Dragon recycled plush featuring the main characters Boris, Elmer, Tiger and Pikas.

For The Irish Folklore Trilogy – made up of WolfWalkers, Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells – the studio has signed GreenRe for sustainable stationary products.

Additionally, Cartoon Saloon Brand Development will showcase its new brand, Silly Sundays to potential partners at Licensing Expo, with toys, publishing, apparel and accessories the focus. Silly Sundays is set to deliver in late 2023 through 2024 with 78 x 7’ episodes for broadcast on Cartoonito in the US, Latin America and EMEA .