Cynopsis: Kids

Cynopsis: Kids!07/07/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 7, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom, is launching a new in-house animation division, aptly titled Paramount Animation, which initially plans to release one title per year beginning with its first feature film set for release in […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/06/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 6, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  That’s gonna be one big bunny! Production has begun on the new stop-motion animated, preschool/family aimed feature film Miffy the Movie, which is based on Dutch author/illustrator Dick Bruna’s popular white rabbit Miffy character and the […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/05/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 5, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  Cartoon Network Latin America acquires YooHoo & Friends (52×11) animated eco-adventure series from by LA-based Toonzone Studios and financed by ADC Licensing.  Cartoon Network Latin America plans to begin airing the series in 2012.  YooHoo & […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/01/11 Good morning. It’s Friday, July 1, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  Nickelodeon US commissions a second season of the live-action mystery/adventure series House of Anubis.   Set to begin production on 45×30 new episodes this month in Liverpool, England, the new season will rollout in a daily Monday-Friday […]

Cynopsis: Kids!06/30/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 30, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  Music and movie industry icons T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart, Cold Mountain) and Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man) sign on to collaborate on the music score for Lionsgate‘s feature film adaptation of The Hunger Games, […]

Cynopsis: Kids!06/29/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 29, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  Tribune Broadcasting inks a three-year pact with Longneedle Entertainment (Animal Atlas, Safari Tracks), under which Longneedle will produce FCC compliant E/I (educational/informational) series for broadcast on Tribune stations beginning fall 2012.  The deal calls for Longneedle […]

Cynopsis: Kids!06/28/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 28, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  A win for video game companies and video game retailers.  The US Supreme Court officially ruled yesterday to overturn a California law banning the sale and/or rental of violent video games to minors.  The Supreme Court […]

Cynopsis: Kids!06/27/11 Good morning. It’s Monday, June 27, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  A new generation gets a whiff. Dimension Films will release director Robert Rodriguez‘s newest Spy Kids movie, Spy Kids: All The Time In The World in 4D with Aromascope.  Just like the great John Waters’ did […]

Cynopsis: Kids!06/24/11 Good morning. It’s Friday, June 24, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  J.K. Rowling unveiled her new digital Potter project Pottermore.com ( www.pottermore.com ), a new free Harry Potter book series-centric interactive website, at a press conference in London and an announcement on YouTube and Sony.com yesterday.  […]

Cynopsis: Kids!06/23/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 23, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.  TeenNick will premiere 11th season of Degrassi, its second in the daily telenovela-style format, with an hour-long special with guest star Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP) on Monday, July 18, at 9p.  The new season episodes […]