In December 2011, Chorion sold the Mr. Men brand and its associated merchandise business to Japan's Sanrio The Agatha Christie estate was sold to Acorn Media Group, the Noddy and Olivia properties to DreamWorks Classics (formerly Classic Media, now a subsidiary of DreamWorks Animation which would be acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016), The Rosemary Wells estate to Nelvana, and the Dennis Wheatley, Margery Allingham, Nicolas Freeling and Edmund Crispin estates to The Rights House and PFD. The estate of Enid Blyton, including The Famous Five series but excluding Noddy was sold to Hachette UK in March 2012.