<P> A series of geographical magazines for children was published in the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Portugal, Poland, Brazil, France, Hungary, Czech Republic, Malta, Bulgaria and Russia, called Wally's World . In each issue Wally travelled to a different country or region of the world giving the reader interesting facts . 52 issues were published from January 1997 to January 1998, when Wally's History of the World began, focusing more on history than geography . The first issue was given away free with the last issue of Wally's World . </P> <P> A 13 - episode animated series, Where's Wally?: The Animated Series, with Townsend Coleman as the voice of Wally, was produced by DiC for CBS in 1991 for the North American market under the "Waldo" name . The show was later translated for international markets--usually renaming the character to match the books of that country . The dialogue and theme song were recorded in alternative Wally versions, with the same voice cast of the original US production, in order to market the show in the UK . The distribution rights to the show are currently held by HIT Entertainment . </P> <P> A new animated series will air on Universal Kids in 2019 . </P> <P> A film based on the Where's Wally? series of books has been pursued by various studios . Nickelodeon was the one of the studios to take an interest in the idea but when the regime at Paramount (Nickelodeon's parent company) changed, the project was cancelled . In June 2009, it was announced that Universal Studios (who would later obtain ownership of the property through its 2016 acquisition of Classic Media's owner DreamWorks Animation) and Illumination Entertainment had acquired the rights to turn Where's Wally? into a live - action film, but the project was also cancelled . </P>

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