3net Picks Up Tiny Island’s 3D series “Dream Defenders” For U.S. Broadcasting

Tiny Island Productions, Singapore’s leading Stereoscopic-3D CG animation production company and 3net, the 24/7 3D Network from Sony, Discovery and Imax announced today a deal which grants 3net 3D broadcast, home video, publishing and merchandising rights in the United States to Tiny Island’s Dream Defenders.

David Kwok, CEO, Tiny Island Productions, commented: “We are honored to have the opportunity to work with 3net to launch the stereoscopic version of our series in the US.”

Tom Cosgrove, President & CEO of 3net, commented: “This marks an important step in furthering our commitment to bring ground-breaking, family-friendly 3D content to our audience.”

Zane and Zoey, twins and rivals are the Dream Defenders (26x30min eps) – the last line of defense between the Real World and the nightmare creatures of the Dreamworlds. Controlled by the evil Icela, ruler of Dreamworld, the nightmares have come to life and are threatening to break through and take control. Only Zane and Zoey, and their supercomputer Zeus, stand in Icela’s way.

The series is based on original concepts by Tiny Island Productions and produced at the Singapore – based studio. The writing team is supervised by industry veterans Eric and Julia Lewald, who have been showrunners together or individually on 14 series, including X-Men: The Animated Series and Young Hercules. The series will debut on 3net in October 2011.