[citation needed] On October 15, 1999, BKN International split away as a stand-alone company, with it being registered in Cologne, Germany, on November 26, 1999.

[2] By that month, the company was working on projects based on Journey to the Center of the Earth (later renamed as Ultimate Book of Spells[3]) and The Invisible Man.

[5] On September 21, 2000, BKN acquired the international TV, video and merchandising rights for GoodTimes Entertainment's title library.

A project based on The Lost Continent and an original IP – The Invisible Private Eye – Detective for Hire was also planned in development.

[10] On October 6, 2001, BKN International announced the production of a new cartoon called Legend of the Dragon as a co-production with Hong Kong–based studio Animation Enterprises for a 2002 delivery.

[17] On May 27, the company announced a new television series called Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia for a Fall 2005 delivery.

[20] In January 2005, The Ali Baba project was reworked as a feature-length film, with BKN signing a deal with the Egyptian Media Production City to co-produce the movie and distribute it in the Middle East.

Alongside the already announced Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Kong: Return to the Jungle, BKN also confirmed to be producing direct-to-video material based on public domain works, which included A Christmas Carol, Robin Hood, Jungle Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Prince and the Pauper, The Three Musketeers, Gulliver's Travels, Alice in Wonderland, and The Nutcracker, as well as already-existing shows like Legend of the Dragon, Kong – The Animated Series.

[35][36] On May 15, 2008, BKN announced the production of two new films for a DVD release that year – Zorro and Scarlet Whip – Revealed!, and Dork Hunters and the Pirates of Tortuga Island.