Line #24 Creator/RainbowSrl


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2	Rainbow S.r.l. is an Italian studio founded by Iginio Straffi. [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Viacom]], the company that owns Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, became a co-owner of the studio in 2011. It is best known for its animated shows ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' and ''WesternAnimation/HuntikSecretsAndSeekers'', as well as its comic series ''ComicBook/MayaFox''. In more recent years, the studio has branched out to theatrical films (''WesternAnimation/GladiatorsOfRome'') and live-action shows (''Series/Club57'').
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4	Straffi, an animator and comic book artist, founded Rainbow in 1995 as an "underfunded animation service". For its first few years, Rainbow provided animation services for other companies, and it wasn't until 1999 that Straffi finally secured enough money to try out an original animation: ''Tommy and Oscar''. In 2006, Iginio Straffi opened a second studio in Rome for 3D computer-animated projects.
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6	In 2011, Viacom, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s parent company, purchased 30% of the studio for 62 million euros. This paved the way for many collaborations between the studio and the network; Rainbow would become the licensing agent for Nickelodeon's properties (including ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}'') across Italy.
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8	In 2013, Rainbow went through a financial setback. Rainbow's ''WesternAnimation/GladiatorsOfRome'' [[BoxOfficeBomb bombed at the worldwide box office]], earning less than €9 million against a €40 million production budget. Including advertising costs, the budget was upwards of ''€70 million'', [[https://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizie/tempo_libero/12_ottobre_14/iginio-straffi-winx-gladiatori-di-roma-2112253464387.shtml according to Straffi.]] By the end of 2013, Viacom Italia had lost 15.8 million euros as a direct result of their co-ownership of Rainbow. The studio wrapped up TheNewTens by co-producing ''Series/Club57'' with Nickelodeon.
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10	In 2023, Iginio Straffi retook full ownership of the studio.
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13	!!Productions from the studio:
14	[[index]]
15	* ''Tommy and Oscar''
16	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Prezzemolo}}''
17	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''
18	** ''Recap/WinxClubTheSecretOfTheLostKingdom''
19	** ''Recap/WinxClub3DMagicalAdventure''
20	** ''Recap/WinxClubTheMysteryOfTheAbyss''
21	* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterAllergy'' (co-produced with Futurikon, Rai Fiction, ZDF and M6)
22	* ''ComicBook/MayaFox''
23	* ''WesternAnimation/HuntikSecretsAndSeekers''
24	* ''WesternAnimation/PopPixie'' (loosely based on side characters from ''Winx Club'' but otherwise considered a completely seperate show}
25	* ''WesternAnimation/MiaAndMe'' (co-produced Seasons 1 and 2 with [=M4E=] and Hahn Film)
26	* ''The Dark Side of the Sun''
27	* ''WesternAnimation/GladiatorsOfRome''
28	* "Crazy Block" (Nickelodeon Animation Studio pilot)
29	* ''WesternAnimation/RegalAcademy''
30	* ''Series/MaggieAndBiancaFashionFriends''
31	* ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx''
32	* ''Series/Club57''
33	* ''WesternAnimation/FortyFourCats''
34	* ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga''
35	* ''Summer & Todd: Happy Farmers''
36	* ''Pinocchio and Friends''
37	Rainbow productions that never materialized included "[[https://thisisitaly.panorama.it/peopletop-stories/mr-winx-my-dream-in-3d/ a cartoon for adults ... along the lines of ''The Simpsons'']]" and a ''Maya Fox'' spin-off movie.
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39	[[/index]]
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