Chuggington tales from the rails6/24/2023 subsidiary to Herschend Entertainment Studios, the entertainment arm of Herschend Enterprises, known for Dollywood, the Harlem Globetrotters, and their first TV production, the Jim Henson/PBS co-production “ Splash and Bubbles“. But not just one certain talking train…a few others as well!Ĭhuggington, to your average fan of Thomas the Tank Engine, may look like something designed as a cheap knock-off ala Jay Jay the Jet Plane, his terrifying motion-captured face, and his equally unnerving early mail-order model episodes, but in reality, Chuggington had been created to be something more of its own thing “a better, more updated version of Thomas.” Instead of cheaply grabbing onto its success, Chuggington was going to make itself a more gender-inclusive, modern, and energized take on the concept of talking trains and run with it as far as it could! The experiment, spearheaded by the formation of Ludorum (founded by Dick Rothkopf, former Learning Curve CEO, and Rob Lawes, former CEO and COO of HIT Entertainment, both of which worked with/owned Thomas) and the power of creation through Sarah Ball (the BAFTA award-winning director/producer/head writer of the original Bob the Builder), paid off through five seasons of 146 episodes, a wide variety of merchandising and licensing, and revenue totaling to over $1 billion!Įnd card for a commercial for the short-lived Jazwares toyline.Īfter years of quietly searching for a buyer, Ludorum PLC (ready to enter liquidation as soon as possible), sold off the franchise via its Ludorum Enterprises Ltd. If you’ve been around me as long as at least a year, you’ll know that I’m a MASSIVE nerd about talking trains.
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