Cynopsis: Kids!
11/26/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, November 26, 2007, and this is your first early morning.
Sorpresa network, the Spanish-language kid’s network that is part of Juniper Content Corporation, plans to re-brand its TV network and digital community in early 2008. With the new look comes a new tag line, El Mundo que Imaginas, or in English, The World You Imagine. According to the network’s research with K6-11, who report watching Spanish-language TV with their families, the new messaging reflects kid’s desire to be connected to their world, while also supporting their parents desire for their kids to maintain Spanish language skills. The re-brand will coincide with Sorpresa’s new programming effort, and is being helmed by the creative agency Bonsai3.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Disney Channel Worldwide’s Global Original Programming division inks deals with Coolabi and Blue-Zoo Productions to develop two new kid’s series in the UK:
- The Shaila Show (working title) is a live-action/animated comedy from Coolabi that revolves around Shaila, a girl who problem solves in her “alternate reality”, where Shaila hosts her own talk show.
- From Blue-Zoo Productions is Clever Clogs (working title), a tween-targeted animated comedy that follows the adventures of Milly, a normal girl in a very abnormal family. The series is penned by Bob Baker (Wallis and Gromit) and directed by Oliver Hyatt.
Lending their voices to Disney and Bruckheimer Films’ previously announced combo live-action and CG animated movie version of G-Force are actors Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi and Tracy Morgan, per The Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, on the live action side the action/adventure/comedy stars Will Arnett and Bill Nighy have also been signed. Also featured in G-Force are Zach Galifianakis, Jack Conley, Kelli Garner and Gabriel Casseus. Making his feature film directed debut is Hoyt Yeatman, best known as a visual effects maestro who work includes everything from ET, Gremlins and Mighty Joe Young (1998) and more recently Sky High and Underdog. Currently in production, G-Force is slated for release in May 2009.
Warner Bros. Japan has begun production on a live-action version of the manga Subaru. The co-Japanese and Chinese movie is based on Masahito Soda’s Subaru, a multi-part manga series, which follows the adventures of a would-be ballerina and her brother. The movie is slated for release across Asia in 2009, with plans for the US unclear as of now.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Parthenon Entertainment has inked a deal with Germany’s ARD for the first season of the kid’s BBC drama Roman Mysteries (10×30 HD), with an option for the second. Scheduled to launch in Germany in 2008, Roman Mysteries will air on ARD on Saturday and Sunday mornings, as well as on KI.KA, co-owned by ARD and ZDF, on Saturday afternoon. A BBC commission, Roman Mysteries is produced by the UK’s The Little Entertainment Group. The agreement was brokered by Telepool GMbH.
Decode Enterprises sells a raft of programming throughout Asia:
- Disney Channel India picks up live-action tween-targeted series The Latest Buzz (39×22) and Naturally Sadie (65×22), as well as the CGI animated series Urban Vermin (26×22).
- In Thailand, True Visions acquires two preschool-aimed series, the mixed motion capture/CG animated show Bob On the GO! (26×22), produced by Halifax Film, and the animated series Franny’s Feet (39×22).
- ATV Hong Kong takes the first season (13 episodes) of the preschool program Super Why (65×22) and the live-action series My Spy Family (26×22), the latter is targeted to K6-14.
Austrian broadcaster, Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) inked a five-year license deal with EM.Entertainment for the exclusive free-TV rights within Austria for the K6-11-targeted series, Staines Down Drains (26×30) (in German, Fleckgeflutscht) and F.T.P.D. Fairytale Police Department (26×30) (F.T.P.D. Die Marchenpolizei).
Additional post-MIPCOM sales for Imira Entertainment (f/k/a Icon Animation) across Spain and Portugal including:
- Imira teams with ZDF Enterprises in a deal that sees pubcaster RTVE acquire Wicked Science (52×26) for TV2 and Clan TV, and The Lost Treasure of Fiji (13×26) for Clan TV, both series are from Australian producer Jonathan M. Shiff and are co-produced by ZDF, ZDF Enterprises and Network Ten.
- Ozie Boo, Learn To Live Together (52×2) has been picked up by Disney Channel Spain for Playhouse Disney Channel. The animated series of shorts features penguins, and is produced by Cyber Group Animation.
- In Portugal Imira has completed a deal with RTP for Millimages’ Pitt & Kantrop (39×26), as well as DVD deals for Lola & Virginia with LNK and 64 Zoo Lane, also from Millimages, with Prisvideo.
- Jetix Chic!, a girl-aimed magazine (circulation 100,000+ in Spain), has inked to include the property Lola & Virginia in each monthly issue. The series airs in Spain on RTVE, TV3, ETB as well as Disney Channel Spain.
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; November 23-25, 2007:
Enchanted (Buena Vista) PG $35.3m- 1 wk total $50.0m
This Christmas (Sony/Screen Gems) PG-13 $18.6m-1 wk total $27.1m
Beowulf (Paramount) PG-13 $16.2m-2 wk total $56.4m
Bee Movie (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG $12.0m-4 wk total $112.1m
Fred Claus (Warner Bros.) PG $10.7m-3 wk total $53.1m
August Rush (Warner Bros.) PG $9.4m-1 wk total $13.3m
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (Fox) G $8.0m-2 wk total $22.3m
Dan in Real Life (Buena Vista) PG-13 $3.3m-5 wk total $42.4m
Bella (Roadside Attractions) PG-13 $792,000-5 wk total $6.3m
The Game Plan (Buena Vista) PG $351,000-9 wk total $88.1m
Source: Box Office Mojo
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Disney Channel Worldwide’s recently launched UK-based Global Original Programming unit is growing to support the new development/production projects: David Freedman has been named Sr. Development Manager and Baljeet Rai has been named as Sr. Manager/Production.
- Freedman will oversee the development and production of long form animated and live action series. A creator/producer/director, Freedman has toiled for Jetix, CiTV and Nickelodeon.
- Rai will manage animated series production, and has previously created and produced a number of animations for the BBC and a CGI series for Carlton Television.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: The Krofft Supershow was a late 70’s Saturday morning children’s variety show. One of the featured characters was Electra Woman. Who was her partner? DYNA GIRL Kudos to: Sean Broedow-USA Network/NY; Sherrie Brooks-TBS/ Inc/Atlanta; Michele Meyer-Tribune Entertainment/NY; Elizabeth Lascoutx–Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC/NY; Kurtis Humfeld-KMSP/WFTC/Eden Prairie, MN; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Steven Weisbaum-Saint Johns Health Center/Santa Monica, CA; Joel Metzger-Bell Tower Productions/LA; Stefanie Tier Friedman-Top Tier Licensing/Agoura Hills, CA; Justin Meadows-Disney/ABC Television Group/Burbank; Jennifer Tucker-Corus Kids/Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: On what show would you find the animated characters Widget and Walden? ( 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!
11.26.07
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