The Woodlies High Tail it to Channel Seven

The Woodlies High-Tail it to Channel Seven

Funny, fast and furry – The Woodlies are high-tailing it to the Seven Network this year. A vibrant animated series with a sense of fun and adventure, The Woodlies are nuttier than a squirrel's lunch on a mission to protect their forest from the humans and keen to get their paws on the greatest stash of food they can find… Big job when you're not much bigger than a squirrel…

Airing every Saturday at 10.00am starting May 5th 2012 to November 24 2012, The Woodlies is a 26 x 24 minute series for 6-11 year olds.

The Woodlies had its world premiere earlier this year on K.I.K.A, the number one rated children's television station in Germany, in the prime time slot of 7:00pm weekdays with over a million viewers tuning in per episode. The series has also been nominated in the -Tricks for Kids' category of this year's 19th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (May 8 – 13 2012).

'We are thrilled The Woodlies will have its local premiere on the Seven Network. The series is based on the popular novel -No Cookies for Trolls' by international author Cornelia Funke who also wrote the famous Inkheart trilogy which was adapted for the silver screen starring Brendan Fraser and Helen Mirren. We are delighted to bring to life one of her best-selling stories to the small screen in an innovative 2D/3D style," said Flying Bark Productions' Managing Director, Jim Ballantine.

Curious Nineeyes, fearless Firehead and gentle Sevenpoints are kobolds (small troll like creatures), a mischievous crew with two rules. Rule number one? Never be seen by Uglies (Woodlies call all humans uglies). Rule number 2? Never be seen by Uglies whilst stealing their food or sabotaging their weird Ugly plans. But when streetwise Mia and her nature-loving dad Wellie take over a run-down campsite nearby, they bring with them disasters in the form of clumsy campers, greedy developers and a mean cat with a real taste for Woodlies!

Think that's bad? A gang of renegade Woodlies known as the Swamp Rats, led by Whitetail and his obnoxious cronies – Foultoe and Gnarlybutt, are determined to take over the forest and all the food in it. And they're not about to let a bunch of do-gooder Tree Saps get in their way...As if that's not enough, nature itself serves up a menu of freezing blizzards, searing droughts and loads of creatures ready to make the Woodlies their next main course! So when NineEyes breaks the number one rule and becomes friends with Mia, it seems like things couldn't get any worse. Is this the end for the Woodlies? One thing's for sure... life's about to get a whole lot more interesting!

The Woodlies is a tale of tolerance and survival. The Woodlies uniquely combines traditional storytelling methods with a stylish, painterly quality of animation developed by the cream of Australia's creative talent, including the director, animation director and episodic directors who brought the world Happy Feet and Legend of the Guardians and features a predominantly Australian cast.

Produced by The Woodlies Pty Ltd with the assistance of Flying Bark Productions Pty Ltd and in association with Telegael Teoranta.
Produced with the support of the investment incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland.
Financed in association with Screen NSW

Based on the novel 'No Cookies for Troll" by Cornelia Funke, published by S. Fischer Verlag