Nick renews Chipmunks with Canuck nets

Nickelodeon and broadcasters in Canada have ordered a fifth season of Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks.

Nickelodeon has taken the 52×11′ new episodes for its international channels, including the US but excluding Brazil.

Meanwhile, Télé-Québec and Family Channel have taken rights in French- and English-speaking Canada respectively.

The deal means the series is now guaranteed to be on-air with new episodes until at least 2022.

It will be produced by Bagdasarian Productions in collaboration with Technicolor Animation Productions, with production set to begin in France later this year. Paris-based PGS Entertainment distributes the series internationally.

Creator Janice Karman and her husband Ross Bagdasarian are the owners of the Chipmunks franchise and producers of both the 1980s version of the TV series and the four Chipmunk movies.