Novel Entertainment presents the feature film "Horrid Henry's Gross Day Out"
Novel Entertainment presents its brand new special animated film Horrid Henry's Gross Day Out, which will air in the UK on 17 September. Netflix has also acquired worldwide VOD rights for the 65-minute action-adventure film that will be released globally later this year.
This new original movie under the Netflix brand follows the successful launch of an animated special Horrid Henry's Wild Weekend on Netflix UK in June this year.
Horrid Henry's Gross Day Out is written and produced by Novel's Lucinda Whiteley and produced by Mike Watts, with Gary Andrews as animation director, Jim Andrews as editor, while the music is composed by Lester Barnes. The special features the same voice cast as the award-winning TV series and also welcomes new characters created by Whiteley, in the form of Gross Class Zero superheroes, along with the evil Emperor of Evil and his twins Darius and Drusilla Drek.
Gross Class Zero, widely known for being Henry's most beloved show ever. It features five “Grossers” who lead double lives as students at the Stand Up School and as top-secret agents. Under the watchful eye of their teacher, Miss Nesta Clutterbuck, they work their way through their mission to save the Known Universe, with a unique combination of common sense, no-nonsense know-how, and sheer grossness.
“We are thrilled with Netflix's continued support for Horrid Henry, who has a legion of fans both in the UK and internationally,” said Watts, co-founder of Novel Ent. “We can't wait to show Henry in this longer form content that allows us to expand his world and adventures even further. This is the first in a series of one-hour Horrid Henry specials. "
Whiteley explains: “As always, Henry has his entire Saturday planned: lying on the sofa watching consecutive episodes of his favorite superhero TV show, while babysitter Martin is lost in a world of his own. But even the best plans can go wrong, and Henry will soon find himself fighting alongside the Grossers, to stop the Dreks from taking over the known (and unknown) universe. When Peter and Margaret get involved, the pressure builds as they run to chase the bad guys out before Mom gets back from the shops! "
In addition to the new animated specials, Novel has a number of newly created content, produced under the banner of Horrid Henry Unlocked and designed to provide a familiar and reassuring environment for fans, especially during the current crisis.
In addition to the recently launched Horrid Henry podcast, new material produced since the start of the pandemic includes Horrid Homework, a children's daily activity program available for free on Henry's website, and more than 150 songs, videos, behind-the-scenes content and interviews. just created. , broadcast live on Henry's YouTube channel. Content includes a bespoke back-to-school playlist created with Oxfordshire Kindness Wave and Oxfordshire Virtual School and a series of short films that help raise awareness about the NSPCC's Childline service.
At the end of August Novel created the first virtual Summer of Slime festival; this involved a combination of live entertainment and exclusive offers and interactions on Henry's social media channels, with an accompanying free activity book. Partners included StartRite, Learning Resources, Jaques Games, Deckchair Adventures, and Grass and Air.
The novel was nominated four times for BAFTAs. Horrid Henry is one of the biggest children's animation shows ever in the UK. The fifth season is currently airing in the UK and Novel is in pre-production for a sixth series. The brand is at the heart of a successful licensing and merchandising program and also includes extensions for film, theater, radio and online streaming.
Season 5 is currently airing on Netflix UK and Nickelodeon and Nicktoons UK and Ireland. A total of 250 episodes are now available, with recent sales including MBC (Middle East), Alati International (Russia), Atlantic Digital Networks (Canada), TG4 (Ireland), Amazon Prime Video (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), P&P (Bosnia), Produkcija (Slovenia), Kids Network (Latvia, Estonia) and United Arab Emirates (UAE and Middle East). Renewals include Turner Broadcasting System (Asia Pacific), Mediacorp (Singapore), POP TV (Slovenia), E-Vision (Middle East), Asiana (Korea) and Netflix (United States, Canada, France, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Belgium).
The deal with Netflix was entered into with the Novel and VOD distributor The Movie Partnership.
