Cynopsis: Kids!
12/17/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, December 17, 2007, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Hey guess who really bought J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard for upwards of $4 million last week? While the handwritten/illustrated book, said to have been purchased by London-based art-deal Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, the firm was in fact doing the bidding on behalf of Amazon.com. The good news is that the money will to Rowling’s The children’s Voice charity.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Director Peter Jackson will direct at least one of the upcoming pictures in the Tintin movie trilogy, with Steven Spielberg to direct at least one of the remaining two pictures, per Variety. Jackson will team with motion-capture actor Andy Serkis (he was Gollum in Jackson’s adaptation of The lord of the Rings) to work on the DreamWorks adaptation of Tintin. While there is no official word on which role(s) Serkis will take on for the project, the general consensus according to the report is he’ll play Capt. Haddock, a volatile sea captain.
MORE KIDS STUFF
EM.Entertainment inks a long-term programming deal with digital pay-TV channels kabeleins classics and Sat. 1 comedy with ProSiebenSat.1 Group. Under the deal EM.Entertainment will provide 26 feature films from its library, including kid and family friendly titles like the Lassie movies, film adaptations of the noted German author (books, screenplays) Erich Kastner’s works such as The Flying Classroom, Lottie and Lisa, Emil and the Detectives and Anna Louise and Anton, as well as the ten-part Princess Fantaghiro series.
One of Fox International Channels‘ newest acquisitions, the toddler-targeted Baby TV, will make a 2-year journey to Asia for its own co-branded block. YoYo Baby TV will debut today on YoYo TV as a weekday show airing from 9-9:30a and 1:30-2p with more than 30 Baby TV shows to be offered commercial-free on the Taiwanese kid’s channel.
Cartoon Network premieres the full-length music video; Fall is Just Something Grown-ups Invented, based on music video for The Hive’s new song of the same name, today at 10a and 7p. The band wrote the song specifically for Cartoon Network, which in turn decided to create a music video for the song. The video will also be available via cartoonnetwork.com. Fall is Just Something Grown-ups Invented is a bonus track on The Hive’s newest release, The Black and White Album.
Bejuba! Entertainment inks a licensing deal with French kid’s network, Canal J, for it CGI animated action series Jibber Jabber (26×30). The series debuts on Canal J this holiday season. Jibber Jabber is an original YTV series, produced by Northwest Imaging & FX, Jibber Jabber Toons Ltd. production.
MARKETING/LICENSING
The Jim Henson Company has tapped Brandolution to handle the US and Canadian licensing for its new animated preschool series, Sid the Science Kid, a 40-episode series (f/k/a What’s the Big Idea?). Working with Henson, Brandolution plans to develop a line of products for a range of categories, the first of which will be available for holiday 2008, which will be followed in by a full line in 2009. Sid the Science Kid is slated to bow in September 2008 on PBS Kids; where the series has a two-year on-air commitment.
HIT Entertainment coupled together with Complete Miniature Railways (CMR) to create custom mini working replicas of Thomas the Tank (5 feet long, 22 inches wide) as well as passenger cars Annie and Clarabel (6ft long, 22 inches wide). Battery powered, the California built trains can hold a combination of adults and kids and can go 2 miles-per-hour if a kid is driving, and 4 miles-per-hour if an adult is helming. Now the part you really want to know, hold on to your paychecks, because the trains are available in different packages (e.g. other tank engines, track etc), from $28,000-46,950. But there are motion sensors in the train car eyes. Additional add-ons include sound system with the Thomas & Friends theme music.
Disney has launched its website for its upcoming feature The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, slated to open May 16, 2008. ( http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/)
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; December 1416, 2007:
I Am Legend (Warner Bros.) PG-13 Opening Weekend $76.5m
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Fox) PG Opening Weekend $45.0m
The Golden Compass (New Line) PG-13 $9.0m-2 wk total $41.0m
Enchanted (Buena Vista) PG $6.0m-4 wk total $92.3m
The Perfect Holiday (Yari Film Group) PG Opening Weekend $3.2m
Fred Claus (Warner Bros.) PG $2.3m-6 wk total $69.0m
This Christmas (Sony/Screen Gems) PG-13 $2.3m-4 wk total $46.0m
August Rush (Warner Bros.) PG $1.8m-4 wk total $28.1m
Juno (Fox Searchlight) PG-13 $1.4m-2 wk total $2.2m
Beowulf (Paramount) PG-13 $1.4m-5 wk total $79.2m
Source: Box Office Mojo
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Jetix Europe ups Nicole Morse to the new post of Marketing Director, Jetix UK, Nordic and Europe. Morse will be responsible for growing the Jetix brand in the UK and Nordic regions, building channel reach, tune-in for specific programs, and supporting multi-platform efforts. Additionally, she also continues to develop the pan-European marketing strategy for Jetix properties and events. Mores, who had been Marketing Director, Jetix Europe, will report to Boel Ferguson, Managing Director, Jetix UK and Nordic.
RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 929; K6-11 461; TWEENS 9-14 294
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 751; K6-11 461; TWEENS 9-14 387
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 511; K6-11 288; TWEENS 9-14 166
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 143; K6-11 71; TWEENS 9-14 44
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, December 13, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1088; K6-11 464; TWEENS 9-14 337
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 888; K6-11 553; TWEENS 9-14 458
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 524; K6-11 283; TWEENS 9-14 180
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 121; K6-11 49; TWEENS 9-14 29
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: : “I’m Me and You’re You”, “I Know a Chicken” and “Under a Shady Tree” are just a few of the music videos that are shown as part of Jack’s Big Music Show (Noggin). Who is the musical maven that is featured in these popular videos? LAURIE BERKNER Kudos to: Alonna Glass-WKID Inc./NY; David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; Melissa Spike-Fisher-Price/East Aurora, NY; Cat Pirrone-Nickelodeon/NY; Andrea Blain-Andrea Blain Public Relations/Skokie, IL; Alyssa Pritz-Publications International, Ltd./Lincolnwood, IL
Today’s Trivia Question: Which cartoon character called himself “the roughest, toughest hombre in the West”? ( Click here 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!
12.17.07
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