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First Look: Mirka Andolfo’s ‘Sweet Paprika’ animated series gets poster and stills

Sweet Paprika has been compared to Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Sex And The City, with a twist of The Devil Wears Prada.

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After announcing Sweet Paprika in July, Mirka Andolfo’s upcoming animated series and now comic book at Image Comics has looked quite enticing. Today, we’ve got our first look at the animated series and also the news that the series is partnering with executive producer Erik Barmack and his production firm, Wild Sheep Content.

“Erik has been a pioneer in global storytelling, introducing the most vital international voices to the biggest audiences,” Andolfo said in a press release sent to AIPT. “It’s an honor to have him collaborate on Sweet Paprika.” Don’t miss our interview with Andolfo about Sweet Paprika.

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What is Sweet Paprika about?

Paprika, a young woman of Italian origins living in New York, is a workaholic: success has sucked up her life, making her forget the importance of time for herself and for her loved ones. To bring havoc in her life will be Dill, a naive and handsome boy with an “angelic” otherworldly attitude, who will push the young woman to question herself and help her regain confidence in herself and in men. Their totally opposite characters and lifestyles will give life to fun and irresistible stories, seasoned with a pinch of eroticism.

Sweet Paprika Poster

Check out the animated stills below.

Barmack is known for his work at Netflix for 8 years, as well as spearheading The Witcher, as well as executive producing shows like DarkSacred Games, and more.

The Sweet Paprika comic series is set to release in July 2021. For more on the animated project read the official press release below.

November 17, 2020 (Turin, Italy)—Internationally renowned comic creator Mirka Andolfo (Mercy, Unnatural) has partnered with executive producer Erik Barmack and his production firm, Wild Sheep Content, for Sweet Paprika, Andolfo’s debut animated series. Barmack joins Sweet Paprika following an eight-year run at Netflix where, among other positions, he served as the Vice President, Head of International Originals, where he spearheaded the development of series including The Witcher from Poland and the United States, La Casa de Papel from Spain, The Rain from Denmark, Dark from Germany, and Sacred Games from India, among others. Barmack has continued his mission of developing esteemed international programming through his own firm, Wild Sheep Content, which he founded in May 2019. The company has secured a number of high-profile projects since its inception, including the animated collaboration with French African artist Nicholle Kobi, Queens, as well as the live-action adaptation of the bestselling Yakuza video game series with Sega and 1212 Entertainment. To date, Wild Sheep Content has secured 12 projects into development with platforms, studios, and third party financiers.

“Mirka has the rare ability to enchant readers across the globe, and I couldn’t be more excited to help adapt her vision from page to screen with Sweet Paprika,” Barmack said. “It’s a charming, relevant, and hilarious foray into romantic comedy, and a project I couldn’t resist.”

Announced last July, Sweet Paprika is an original idea from Andolfo that revolves around the erotic misadventures of a career-driven woman—Paprika—who reluctantly engages a charming, if immature, delivery boy named Dill. Consumed by her job at a major New York City publisher, Paprika learns to balance her own needs as she embarks on a frustrating, passionate romance with Dill. In October, Andolfo announced that she will also write and draw a Sweet Paprika comic book series, published by Image Comics beginning in July 2021, with Edizioni Star Comics releasing in Italy and Éditions Glénat in France. Arancia Studio is producing both the book and the animated project, with Grey Ladder Productions aiding the latter.

“Erik has been a pioneer in global storytelling, introducing the most vital international voices to the biggest audiences,” Andolfo said. “It’s an honor to have him collaborate on Sweet Paprika.”

Gabriele Pennacchioli, who received a 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Supervising Director on Netflix’s Love Death + Robots, will serve as Director. Pennacchioli has 25 years of experience in animated features, working on such films as Shark Tale, Shrek the Third, Kung Fu Panda, and How To Train Your Dragon, among others.

For more on SWEET PAPRIKA visit www.mirkaandolfo.com

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