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**Source: NMR, NHI (2Q’95 thru 1Q’07 td-(01/01/07-02/11/07, by quarter) for K2-11,
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Cynopsis: Kids!
3/12/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, March 12, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Revving his powerful mach 5 two weeks earlier than had been announced, Speed Racer, the live-action movie from Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow will be released on May 9, 2008. In addition to getting an earlier green flag here in the US, the movie will be released day-and-date in a majority of the international markets, which gets the movie into theaters before the European Soccer Championships (aka Euro 2008) begins in June 2008, in Austria and Switzerland. The shift in dates also puts Speed Racer before the slated release of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones 4 on May 16 and 21 respectively. Based on the classic Speed Racer series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, Larry and Andy Wachowski are still writing and directing the movie, with Joel Silver and his Silver Pictures producing.
DreamWorks will produce a series of live-action films based on Herge Studios’ property, The Adventures of Tintin, a young Belgian news reporter. Created as a comic strip by Georges Remi, better known as Herge, in 1929 there have been twenty-some Tintin books published in numerous languages all of which have been huge sellers. There have been any number of attempts to bring the property to the big screen perhaps it will happen this time.
The Shazam movie, based on the DC Comics property, will be penned by John August, per the Hollywood Reporter. Shazam will be directed by Peter Segal, who will also co-produce the picture along with Michael Ewing, while Chris Godsick and the lovely Michael Uslan will serve as Executive Producers on the New Line movie. Shazam is of course based on DC Comics’ Captain Marvel, the alter ego of Billy Batson, which was created in 1938 by writer Bill Parker and artist C.C. Beck.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Cartoon Network is set to premiere its first two-hour original animated movie, Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure on Friday, March 30, 2007 at 7p. Leading up to the debut of the special the network will host a mini-marathon of its series, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, from 4p. In the TV movie actor George Segal lends his voice to Horror. Warner Home Video and Cartoon Network will release Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure on DVD on April 3, 2007. Extras featured on the DVD will include the short Bully Boogie and a video with voice-actors. Created by Maxwell Atoms, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy bowed as a half-hour series on the network in June 2003.
This summer BBC will premiere new episodes of BBC One’s Saving Planet Earth, the nature/animal documentary series hosted by Sir David Attenborough and Alan Titchmarsh. The new episodes will follow celebrities on expeditions where they will learn about endangered animals and ways that everyone can make a difference to protect our environment, as well as information on various charities. Saving Planet Earth will also run on CBBC as well as on local BBC channels and on bbc.co.uk. For the CBBC seven kids will be featured as part of the series team and investigating endangered animals. The new season will culminate with a live fund-raising event. Celebrities to appear on the new Saving Planet Earth episodes includes Will Young, Graham Norton, Brian Blessed, and Tom Conti, Myleene Klass, Nick Knowles and Edith Bowman among others.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Harry Potter went postal this weekend in France, with the official introduction of a new set of 10 stamps, stamp albums and writing kits from Warner Bros. Consumer Products in collaboration with the French Postal Service, La Poste, at the annual La Fete du Timbre et de l’Ecrit 2007 (Festival of Stamps and Writing). The stamps feature Harry as well as his pals Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. You can check out how they look at http://www.fetedutimbre.com/.
March is National Nutrition Month and among the many efforts underway to educate kids and parents about making healthy eating and lifestyle choice includes actress Chandra Wilson (aka Gray’s Anatomy’s Dr. Bailey) teaming up with Sara Lee. Specifically, Wilson and Sara Lee Bread are focusing on the importance of moms learn about whole grain foods and deciphering bread labels. And you’ll not likely be surprised to find that Sara Lee recently introduced a 100% whole wheat bread, Soft & Smooth.
NCircle Entertainment has released a number of kid and family targeted DVD titles from the DIC Entertainment catalog. The first group of DVDs that NCircle will distribute as part of the three-year deal with DIC, will include ten direct-to-video titles: Sabrina The Animated Series, “Witch in Training”; Heathcliff, “Terror of the Neighborhood”; Sonic Underground, “Dr. Robotnik’s Revenge”; Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, “Into the Maelstrom”; Super Mario Bros., “Mario’s Movie Madness”; The Legend of Zelda, “Ganon’s Evil Tower”; ProStars, “Slam Dunking with the Airman”; Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, “Escape from the Garden of Evil”; Secret Garden, “The Secret Garden”; Stargate Infinity, “The Adventure Begins…” NCircle Entertainment is a division of Alliance Entertainment Corporation, which a subsidiary of Source Interlink Companies, Inc.
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; March 911, 2007:
Wild Hogs (Buena Vista) PG-13 $28m-2 wk total $77.4m
Bridge to Terabithia (Buena Vista) PG $6.9m-4 wk total $67.0m
Ghost Rider (Sony / Columbia) PG-13 $6.8m-4 wk total $104.1m
Norbit (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG-13 $4.3m-5 wk total $88.3m
Music and Lyrics (Warner Bros.) PG-13 $3.8m-4 wk total $43.8m
Breach (Universal) PG-13 $2.6m-4 wk total $29.1m
Amazing Grace (IDP) PG $2.5m-3 wk total $11.4m
The Ultimate Gift (The Bigger Picture) PG Opening Weekend $1.2m
Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls (Lionsgate) PG-13 $1.2m-4 wk total $30.0m
The Astronaut Farmer (Warner Bros.) PG $1.0m-3 wk total $9.4m
Source: Box Office Mojo
RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1035; K6-11 459; TWEENS 9-14 317
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 695; K6-11 381; TWEENS 9-14 344
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 562; K6-11 320; TWEENS 9-14 225
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 139; K6-11 61; TWEENS 9-14 39
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1052; K6-11 498; TWEENS 9-14 342
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 723; K6-11 421; TWEENS 9-14 317
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 586; K6-11 349; TWEENS 9-14 222
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 174; K6-11 79; TWEENS 9-14 36
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, March 8, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1072; K6-11 499; TWEENS 9-14 324
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 779; K6-11 411; TWEENS 9-14 364
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 520; K6-11 319; TWEENS 9-14 240
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 131; K6-11 61; TWEENS 9-14 35
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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And after many requests, Cyn opsis Weekender College Edition is coming back! We did this once before in November 2005 and it was wonderfully successful, so we’ll do it again on April 26, 2007. We will accept 350 word editorials from current college students all around the country and the world. The four most insightful, original, humorous and/or well-written pieces will be included in a future edition of Weekender , and each winning editorial will be awarded a prize of $350. College Professors, moms and dads – encourage your students to participate! All entries should be emailed no later than midnight on Friday, April 20th to me at cynthia@cynopsis.com, SUBJECT: Weekender College Edition. Students – be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted. Good luck!
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: Who is Scooby Doo’s cousin who is grey, clumsy and not the brightest pooch in the kennel? SCOOBY DUMB, not to be confused with his buddy, Scrappy Doo! Kudos to: Marc J. Beck-MLB/NY; Randy Meredith-Brighter Minds Media/Worthington OH; Joe Swaney-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; Gina Dierks-Pappas Telecasting Companies/Omaha; Michael Hawkins-PromoDoctors/Irving TX; Greg Munro-Comcast Spotlight/Denver; Jim Smith-First Data Remitco/Dallas; Kerri Huyck-KIDK/Idaho Falls ID; Steve Leblang-FX Network; Rachel Capata -Kauff McClain & McGuire LLP/LA; Rob Chatlin-FX Networks/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: Gene Hackman vied for the part of the fatherly role on what 70’s family show? ( 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!
03.12.07
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