Cynopsis: Kids!
11.30.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, November 30, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Walt Disney Animation Studios taps writer/director Jennifer Lee – she was one of the screenwriters on the studio’s Wreck-It-Ralph – to join already named director Chris Buck, as director on its new animated feature film Frozen, which releases November 27, 2013. The comedy features the voices of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. Currently in production, Frozen is set in a kingdom caught in an eternal winter and follows Anna, a fearless optimist, who teams with mountain man Kristoff and his reindeer pal Sven as they go in search of Anna’s sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, to get her to end her icy spell. Lee’s big screen adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is being produced by Troika Pictures. She also has an original screenplay in development with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, and her original script Lucid Dreams was optioned by Wolfgang Peterson’s Radiant Productions. Buck previously co-directed Disney’s Tarzan and Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up, as well as working on other animated pictures such as The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under and Pocahontas. Frozen is being produced by Peter Del Vecho, and will feature original songs by Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (In Transit).

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LICENSING

Lawless Entertainment inks a new license deal with watch designer/manufacturer Montrichard Limited on behalf of The Little Prince. Under the agreement, Montrichard will develop an exclusive line of watches for kids featuring art from The Little Prince, which will be available in English-speaking territories in the US, Mexico and Canada. Author Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince was initially published in 1943. Montrichard also creates watches based on Marvel, Garfield and Disney.

Lisle Licensing appoints new sub-agents for Little Monsters as it rolls a global licensing and merchandising program for the 20-year-old property. Lisle will work in partnership with the newly appointed agencies across Europe, Russia, South America, Asian Territories and Australasia. Those new agency partners that will handle licensing and merchandising efforts for Little Monsters include: Gaffney Global Licensing for Australia and New Zealand; Exim Licensing across Latin America; PJB Brands will manage Greece and Cyprus; Brand Extensions will handle Russia and CIS; Enjoy will manage efforts in Spain and Portugal; and Retro Development in Asian Territories. A new Little Monsters TV series is currently in development and slated for launch in early 2014.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Scholastic unveils new publishing plans for a new book from The Hunger Games trilogy author Suzanne Collins, as well as paperback editions of some of her previous books. Scholastic will publish Year of the Jungle, Collins’s autobiographical picture book featuring illustrations by her longtime friend James Proimos, on September 10, 2013. Year of the Jungle is based on the year Collins’s father served in Vietnam. Scholastic also is also set to publish the trade paperback edition of Catching Fire, the second book in Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy, on June 4, 2013, as well as re-packaged paperback editions of her five-book series The Underland Chronicles (originally published between 2003-7) in summer 2013. Lionsgate will the release the second Hunger Games movie, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, on November 22, 2013, followed by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II on November 21, 2014 and November 20, 2015, respectively.

The Hub will reveal the name of the newborn puppy on a new episode of the animated series Pound Puppies this Saturday, December 1 at 9a. The episode, entitled Pound Preemies, features the new puppy name voted on by fans.  The day also features new episodes of Dan Vs. at 4p, featuring a guest appearance by Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bring It On), and R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series at 6p, featuring guest appearances by Vincent Martella (the voice of Phineas Flynn on Phineas and Ferb, Everybody Hates Chris) and Quinn Lord (Trick ‘r Treat, The Possession).

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC TV) acquires The Collective‘s hybrid TV series Annoying Orange. The new broadcast TV deal was brokered on behalf of The Collective by Stella Projects who jointly represent with Gaffney Global Licensing the Annoying Orange brand in Australia and New Zealand. Annoying Orange is slated to premiere in early 2013 on ABC3 (Australia), a K6-15 targeted digital channel. The first season of Annoying Orange is currently airing on Cartoon Network in the US. The ABC TV deal comes on the heels of The Collective’s recent announcement that HIP (Henson Independent Properties), The Jim Henson Company’s third party licensing banner, which will serve as the exclusive global distributor of the broadcast series and will be looking also for home entertainment and digital partners.

Turner Broadcasting‘s preschool-targeted Cartoonito channel will launch in the Philippines this Saturday, December 1 on SKYcable (channel 125), as part of its Metropack. The channel is also available a la carte via SKYcable Select. The initial programming for Cartoonito will include series such as My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Baby Looney Tunes, The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, and Care Bears: Adventures in Care-A-Lot. In 2013 the programming line-up will welcome LazyTown and Make Way for Noddy. The channel’s corresponding website (www.cartoonitoasia.com) offers programming information, videos, songs, games, activities and competitions. Cartoonito is operated and distributed in Asia Pacific by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, a unit of Time Warner.

BabyTV, Fox International’s baby/toddler/parent aimed 24 hour commercial free channel, debuts its new Learning Games for Kids app for the iPhone and iPad. Learning Games for Kids app can be downloaded exclusively for 45 days from Apple’s App Store. Following this period of time, the app will then become available on Google Play. Featuring characters from BabyTV’s new series Hippa Hippa Hey, the new app focuses early learning educational games and activities that focus on concepts such as colors, numeracy, matching & sorting, and early language development. The standard version of the Learning Games app is free, with the enhanced version, which offers five games and 100+ levels, available for $2.99.

SeaWorld debuts its first mobile game, Turtle Trek, which is available free for iPhone and iPad. Turtle Trek, which takes its name from the new attraction at SeaWorld Orlando, releases under a new partnership between SeaWorld and Sleepy Giant. The new game was created by the Sleepy Giant’s publishing label Flying Grom. In Turtle Trek, players guide an adventurous sea turtle on a mission to make its way across the beach and into the water to find friends, along the way encountering various challenges. Players can also collect various treasures and virtual stickers throughout the game with the help of Shamu the killer whale and Nyah the green sea turtle. While the basic game is free, there is also premium content available for purchase  a portion of which will be donated to the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 6am-6am, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON+:           K2-11 871; K6-11 372; TWEENS 9-14 221
DISNEY CHANNEL:         K2-11 825; K6-11 453; TWEENS 9-14 378
CARTOON NETWORK**: K2-11 416; K6-11 263; TWEENS 9-14 215
DISNEY XD:                 K2-11 152; K6-11 122; TWEENS 9-14 113
NICKTOONS:                K2-11   45; K6-11   32; TWEENS 9-14   31
+Nickelodeon Total Day: Mon-Wed 7a-8p; Thurs-Fri 7a-9p; Sat 6a-10p; Sun 6a-8p
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 9p-6a
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data.

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Friday’s Fun Fact: The third most-used language in the United States is American Sign Language.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who resides in the city of Bikini Bottom? SpongeBob SquarePants. Kudos to: Arline Wall-Reeves International, Inc/NJ; Jane Pook/NYC; Jacki Zix-RR/NYC; Mara Anastas-Simon & Schuster/NYC; Heather R. Floore-CW33-KDAF-TV/Dallas; Tom Boyd-WGN-TV/ Chicago; Barb Throm-Smart Media Partners/St. Louis; Pat Brady-CESD/LA; Sabrina Sparlin-CESD/LA.

Today’s Trivia Question: Finish the lyric: You’ll laugh so hard your sides will ache,
your heart will go pitter pat… (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)

Later — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
11.30.12

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