Emmy Award-winning couple draws up plans for animation hub in Dundalk Denise and Francis Fitzpatrick created the children’s series Jakers. Their latest venture, Futurum, which is planning a hub in Louth, is making a series about a baby polar bear delivered by mistake to Ireland 26th February, 2021 Paddles, a new animation created by Futurum, tells the story of a polar bear cub accidentally delivered by the stork to Ireland The Irish creators of Jakers, the Emmy-winning CGI children’s series, are back in business with a new animation house that has already picked up a distribution deal in South Korea.