Vancouver's Brightlight Pictures has teamed with Great Western Entertainment in Australia on the sci-fi series Stormworld. GWE has brought together production, investment and broadcast partners from Canada, Singapore and Down Under to get the kids- and family-aimed live-action off the ground, and will copro 26 half-hours with Brightlight and Singapore's TheatreRed under the WiKKid.tv brand.

The series heads into production in January, with principal photography being carried out in Perth, Singapore, Vancouver and the remote Kimberley coast in Australia's North West. Daro Film Distribution of Monaco is handling worldwide distribution, and the firm has already sealed presales to broadcasters in Ireland, Romania and Hungary. A MIPTV 2009 launch is in the works.