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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Child and young adult classical music enthusiasts, resin your bows. Opera singer Placido Domingo is working with Fulwell 73, co-producer of The Late Late Show With James Corden, to reboot Hungarian classical music format Virtuosos in the US and UK. Airing on Hungary channel MTVA since 2014, series sees kids and young adults judged for playing classical pieces and movie themes. Show is produced by Mariann Peller; Domingo has become a shareholder in Virtuosos Holdings. “The Virtuosos talent show and activities that surround it are a wonderful addition to the world of classical music, the encouragement of young musical talent and broadening the appeal of classical music,” he said.
PBS Kids announced two new animated series at its annual meeting. Social studies series Let’s Go Luna! will premiere Wednesday, November 21, and action-adventure comedy Molly of Denali will debut in summer 2019. Luna follows the adventures of three friends as they traverse the globe with their parents’ traveling performance troupe. At each stop, Luna the Moon, voiced by Judy Greer, guides them as they get to know the local region and its people. It’s exec produced by 9 Story’s Vince Commisso and by series creator and showrunner Joe Murray. Molly follows the adventures of a feisty 10-year-old Alaska Native girl and is the first nationally distributed children’s series in the US to feature an Alaska Native lead character.
The second season of animated Sunny Bunnies is headed to Disney in the US, thanks to a deal between London-based Media I.M. for the hit Belarus preschool series. The Sunny Bunnies are five beaming balls that can appear anywhere there is a source of light, from sunshine to moonlight. They’ll also be appearing in the UK; Sky Kids picked up season 2 rights for the Sky Kids app in the UK and Ireland, among other new deals.
Hulu picked up supernatural series Light as a Feather from AwesomenessTV and Wattpad Studios in a straight-to-series deal. Zoe Aarsen’s like-titled thriller novel is a Wattpad favorite with more than 2.9 million reads. The story follows five teen girls as they deal with the supernatural fallout stemming from what they thought was an innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” The first Wattpad story to be picked up by Hulu, the 10-ep series will start production in June.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
Raven’s Home will remain at home on Disney Channel. Season 2 of the Raven-Symone-starring sequel will premiere with a week of four new episodes, Monday, June 25-Thursday, June 28 at 9:30a. Following debut week, new eps will premiere throughout the summer on Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30a. Among season two top lines: A musical ep with original songs and dance numbers choreographed by Will “Willdabeast” Adams and directed by Paul Hoen (Zombies, Camp Rock 2, Let It Shine).
COMING UP
Nick will air a 30-minute PAW Patrol special, Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Royal Kitties, on Friday, July 6, at noon. Action picks up after the Royal Kitties are kidnapped on their way to Adventure Bay, and Ryder needs all the pups to help Chase investigate this case.
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DIGITAL DATA
Craftsy this week debuts of the first-ever Masterchef Junior cooking course, “Jasmine’s Delightful Desserts,” featuring season 5 winner of the Fox reality series, Jasmine Stewart, who shares the secrets behind creating her favorite desserts. The course will be available exclusively for members of Craftsy Unlimited, Craftsy’s video subscription service.
May is Month of Making at YouTube Kids. Through May 31, kids and tweens can learn how to piece together a robot, learn about coding, create arts and crafts, and much more via in-app tutorials. The app also features new playlists, including one from Kari Byron (Mythbusters) and GoldieBlox showing kids how to make stuff, and a Peppa Pig playlist celebrating Month of Making… Additionally, Jimmy Fallon compiled a playlist of videos he enjoys watching with his family for YT Kids.
AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Oscar winner Sam Rockwell and Grammy winner Chance the Rapper joined the cast of DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls 2. The first Trolls animated film brought in $346.8 million worldwide. They’ll lend voice talents along with the original cast, and record songs for the sequel’s soundtrack.
A Jurassic switch-up is in store at Universal Studios Hollywood. The park’s original Jurassic Park ride will close Sept. 2 after a 22-year run, and be replaced by the updated Jurassic World Ride.
Sarah Silverman is the newest reader for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Emmy-nominated children’s literacy program Storyline Online (storylineonline.net). Silverman reads A Tale of Two Beasts, written and illustrated by Fiona Roberton and published by Kane Miller Books. The story is told in two parts, first from the point of view of a little girl and then from the POV of a little beast who meet each other in the deep, dark woods.
AT&T and Reese Witherspoon’s studio Hello Sunshine are collaborating with Fresh Films, a nonprofit that helps teach teens filmmaking, on an offering for select teen girls. Applicants chosen will get the chance to come to the AT&T Hello Sunshine Filmmaker Lab in LA this summer and rotate through key filmmaking positions from camera and editing to sound and costume, while being mentored by professionals from Fresh Films, AT&T and Hello Sunshine.
Answer to Last Week’s Trivia Question: What was the name of the Brady family’s dog, who was hit by a car in season 1 of The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)? Tiger. Kudos to: Brad Stern-OPERR Technologies/Flushing, NY; Julie Stowell-Gracenote, A Nielsen Company/Queensbury, NY; Rick Wiener-Allebach Communications; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX; Tom Boyd-WGN-TV/Chicago; Heather Floore-KUSA/KTVD/Denver; Peter Steckelman-Tennis Channel/Santa Monica; David Westberg-SAG/AFTRA Federal Credit Union; Burbank
Today’s Trivia Question: Name two of the three teams featured on Scooby’s Laff-A-Lympics (1977-79)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: A limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.).?
Kids Show Anagram: Nah Huge Hint Tour (Email [email protected]; first respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)
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