Premium Live Action Tween Series ‘Spellbound’ Set by ‘Find Me in Paris’ Creators, Producers (EXCLUSIVE)

Scheduled to commence production this summer in Paris, moving later to Brussels, “Spellbound” is created by Jill Girling and Lori Mather (“Ride”), the same original executive produces and showrunners of “Find Me in Paris.”

Renaud Mathieu serves as line producer, a position he also held on “Emily in Paris.”Series lead director is Alexander Jacob (“Theodosia,” “4 O’clock Club,” “Hollyoaks”). Directors include Annie Bradley (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Expanse”), as well as Robert Burke (“Find Me in Paris,” “Free Rein”).

Federation Kids & Family, a sales arm of Cottonwood Media parent Federation Entertainment, will partner with ZDF Studios, the commercial subsidiary of German public broadcaster ZDF, to handle worldwide sales.

Running to three seasons from its bow in 2018, “Find Me in Paris” has been broadcast in 130 territories with the soundtracks registering 18 million streams for 2020/2021 and its YouTube channel recording 46.1 million views through February 2022..

“Spellbound” is once more set at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Its protagonist is several years younger, however: the feisty 15-year-old Cece Parker Jones, played by newcomer Hailey Melody Romain, and while retaining a mix of fantasy and the theme of find