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EXCLUSIVE: It was an online arena successful nan early 2010s and a licensing behemoth, and now Moshi Monsters is being reimagined for nan precocious 2020s.
MInd Candy, nan institution down nan brand, is moving erstwhile Netflix exec Alexi Wheeler connected a caller animated action-comedy series. The show will people Moshi Monsters‘ “full-scale comeback arsenic a multi-platform intermezo franchise,” its makers say.
Targeting a precocious 2028 launch, nan bid will reimagine nan Moshi beingness pinch “fast-paced, character-driven stories.” Producers are billing it arsenic “Teen Titans meets Gumball, and will purpose to introduc nan marque to a caller procreation of children aged 6-12 while bringing successful long-time fans.
The bid is being developed successful business pinch Wheeler’s Wheel successful Motion (WIM), nan Superprod Group-owned accumulation institution based retired of London. Since WIM’s motorboat successful 2024, it has focused connected processing animated and live-action bid for kids and family audiences, pinch Moshi Monsters amon its biggest projects to date. WIM has strategically focused connected moving pinch ample IP authorities holders, antecedently announced a co-development of Beast Quest pinch Cooabi.
“We are thrilled to beryllium bringing Moshi Monsters backmost successful a large measurement pinch this caller animated series,” said Ross MacLeod, Mind Candy CCO. “This is conscionable nan commencement of our multi-platform relaunch crossed games, toys, and more, and we can’t hold to present nan Moshi beingness to a full caller procreation while celebrating nan productivity and imagination that made it a world phenomenon.”
Wheeler added: “I americium delighted to beryllium moving pinch nan Moshi Monsters squad to reestablish specified a beloved brand. Moshi Monsters was years up of its clip successful nan integer space; nan world has now caught up and it is clip to bring this unthinkable group of characters to life for a modern audience.”
Originally launched successful 2008 arsenic an online Flash-based game, Moshi Monsters scored much than 100
million registered users worldwide, making it 1 of nan largest integer brands successful nan world successful nan early 2010s. That expanded into a important user merchandise offering, and astatine its peak, Moshi Monsters was nan number 1 licensed spot successful nan UK, trading complete $1B of unit products.
However, Adobe Flash Player closed successful 2019, meaning servers for nan celebrated crippled unopen down. The crippled was officially shutdown successful December of that year. However, a money raise successful 2025 saw improvement connected a caller crippled statesman and we’re now astatine nan constituent wherever a awesome TV bid could beryllium forthcoming.
As such, nan TV bid will forms nan centerpiece of a broader multi-platform relaunch, pinch nan caller Moshi Monsters crippled entering Early Access successful summertime 2026 up of a world motorboat successful Q3 2027. New artifact and merchandise lines are besides scheduled to motorboat successful 2028.
