Netflix is bringing Winx Club back with a new animated series, and the first trailer has already been released! Get ready Winx Club fans old and new as our beautiful fairy girls are set to hit our screens and stores soon! Rainbow Studios has announced that a new CGI-animation series for Winx Club will be airing worldwide!
The new series is set to air on Netflix in 2025, but an official airing date is still TBA. It was speculated that a new animated series was in the works after the previously canceled Netflix show, Fate: The Winx Saga, ended.
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Italian creator of Winx Club Iginio Straffi added to the speculation when he teased the Winx Club fandom by giving hints, that he was working toward for a CGI-animated series of Winx Club to be produced. Now Rainbow Studios has come in with the confirmation we all needed, announcing that the new CGI-animated series of Winx Club will be released sometime in 2025. You can check out the new officially released clip below:
WINX CLUB IS BACK WITH A NEW ANIMATED SERIES LATER NEXT YEAR
If that was not enough good news it has also been announced that a partnership deal has been made with Playmate and Giochi Preziosi toy companies, to release a new Winx Club toy line that will be sold globally, to collaborate with the new animated series coming next year to our screens.
Playmate and Giochi Preziosi will be splitting the sales marketing and distribution of the new toy line, while Giochi Preziosi will be handling the sales and distribution around Europe and the UK, Playmates will be distributing the new toy line in North, South and Central America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, The Middle East and South Africa.
Since Winx Club made its debate back in 2004 its creator Iginio Straffi and Rainbow Studios have seen a continuous rise in their fandom for these Italian fairies making sales skyrocket and leading to its never-ending success. Due to Winx Club’s popularity, we have seen a lot of Winx Club over the past 20 years with achievements like;
8 seasons of the animated TV series that first aired its first season on Jan 28, 2004, to March 26, 2004. The final eighth season of the show was aired Apr 15, 2019, to Sep 17, 2019, consisting of over 200 episodes. In 2006 two years after Winx Club debuted, Winx Club on tour, the musical live action TV video came out directed by Eva Ruis, with scripts written by creators Iginio Straffi, Daphny Muriloff also with Rosalie Kroon, and Irene Moors.
Winx Club has three theatrical animated movies that came out alongside the animated TV series in the following order; Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007), Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (2010), and Winx Club: The Mystery of The Abyss (2014). The TV series and movies then lead to another two animated spin offs; Winx Club; World of Winx that run from 2016-2017 consisting of 26 episodes and Pop Pixie which aired 1 season in 2011 made up of 54 episodes.
In Jan 2021 Netflix aired the first season of Fate: The Winx Saga, the first non-animated series for Winx Club fairy’s, being aimed at the older fans of the Winx Club setting the age certificate at 15 and making the genre a darker fantasy. The show did produce a second season that followed in 2022, however in Nov 2022 it was announced that the series was canceled. It was speculated that it was the cost of the show that led to its cancellation.
Winx Club has expanded past TV and Film making sure they released multiple video games for their fandom to enjoy on; PC, PlayStation and Nintendo. Releasing Winx Club games of different genres like Dance Dance Revolution, Quest games, Rock Star games and more. The first game was produced by Powerhead Games and based on the first season of the animated TV series that debuted in 2004.
Winx Club franchise also produced toys for its fans over the years, with its first toy line produced by Mattel in 2004. The dolls included their own accessories including light-up wings (except Icy’s doll) that lit up when turned on, the dolls included a season 1 promo for the animated series. The toy line consisted of 7 characters from the show; Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, Sky and Icy.
The new doll line that will be distributed by Playmates and Giochi Preziosi will be designed based on the new CGI-animated series coming next year to Netflix. The toy line will consist of fashion dolls, role play toys, accessories and playsets, all inspired by our favourite magical fairy girl’s.
Winx Club has certainly kept up with its content and merchandise for its fandom and we are not disappointed, Winx Club celebrated its twentieth birthday this Jan and is celebrating again with this new exciting era for the Winx Club franchise. The creator of the magical Italian fairy, Iginio Straffi had the following comment on this next step for his creation:
“The Winx are returning stronger than ever, and I am grateful to collaborate with Netflix once again, the ideal partner to bring any IP to global audiences. It’s a thrill to work with our long-time friends and partners Giochi Preziosi and Playmates, and to create the best Winx toys ever for all our fans. I am also very excited that the collaboration with these esteemed partners will ensure a bright future for a powerful Winx comeback both on screen and at retail.”
– Winx Club creator Iginio Straffi
Valeria Gulli, International Marketing Manager at Rainbow Studios made the following comment on the new CGI-animated series for Winx Club added the following:
“The series will be created for original fans to enjoy while also giving new fans a chance to discover the world of Winx. Most importantly, the new series will stay true to certain themes that made the original series popular among viewers. As such, fans can expect to see the same multi-cultural, diverse set of powerful women leading the action in high fashion. We recently realized that the boys and girls from 20 years ago are still fans of Winx today. We realized this is the moment to not only concentrate on young girls but also this audience of 20 to 25-year-olds.”
– Valeria Gulli, International Marketing Manager at Rainbow Studios
What is the new season all about? Rainbow Studios commented “We will rediscover the journey of Bloom, a teenage girl from Earth who finds out she is a fairy with extraordinary powers. As she enrols in the Alfea College for Fairies, Bloom will form the Winx Club with her new friends, embarking on fairy adventures across magical dimensions. Let’s get ready to fly.”
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So, get ready Winx fans old and new as creator Iginio Straffi and Rainbow Studios is going to take us on a new animated journey for our beloved fairies. Not long now until we will see our beloved girls grace our screens once again. I guess dreams do come true Winx fandom!
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SOURCE: Rainbow Studios
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