Marathon Taking SPIES From TV to Theaters

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008
Source: Hollywood Reporter

A big screen treatment for the television series Totally Spies! is currently in development, says the Hollywood Reporter. French production shingle Marathon Media and Studio 37, the film arm of French telecom Orange, will bring the Beverly Hills teenagers-turned-secret agents series to the theaters sometime in summer 2009. According to the press release, the film will be a mixture of traditional animation and 3-D.

Plot Concept: Based on the TV series about three teenage girls from Beverly Hills who accidentally become international secret agents, the film will explain what the series has yet to address, namely how the heroines became secret agents to begin with.

"It's 'Clueless' meets 'James Bond,' " Marathon Media CEO and general manager David Michel said. "We didn't want to just make a long episode of the series. Our job is to make a good film for fans and also show parents they won't be bored."

The TV series "Totally Spies!" is on air in more than 166 territories and is the top-rated TV toon in France on TF1. With five seasons and more than 130 episodes under its belt, "Spies!" ranks among the top five highest-rated children's programs in the world.