Pingu is a charming and cheeky penguin who starred in his own animated series following the titular character and his family in the South Pole. The show became a global sensation due to its playful humor and use of a unique and made up “Penguinese” language that is universally understood. Mattel is looking to bring the character back to our screens with a brand-new stop-motion 3D animated television series.
If you’re going to do stop-motion 3D animation, you want to work with the best. Mattel partners with the multi-Academy Award winning animation studio, Aardman. They are known for such projects as Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Wallace & Gromit. Aardman brings their signature humor, charm, and storytelling to Pingu.
Learn more from the description of the show below.
The new animated series will be inspired by Mattel’s loveable and mischievous young penguin who lives in the snow and ice of the South Pole. Often finding himself in tricky and comical situations, Pingu meets the challenges of life head on along with his mom, dad, little sister Pinga, and all his friends.
Pingu will be co-developed by Sarah Cox and Alan Thorpe for Aardman, and Sidney Clifton, Rob David and Melanie Shannon for Mattel Television Studios.
