Cynopsis: Kids!
10/29/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, October 29, 2007, and this is your first early morning.
Director Guillermo Del Toro would mull taking the helm on a Harry Potter movie, or so he says in interviews with MTV and Coming Soon. Del Toro, who was approached to direct The Prisoner of Azkaban, said he would consider directing a HP movie, “if Warner Bros. will let him do it on his own terms.” What are those terms? Well, based on Del Toro’s directing and producing work, it won’t surprise anyone he sees the books as darker and “Dickensian,” with HP like Pip in Great Expectations, “deeper, more creaky, more corroded,” than the first two movies. In the last couple of HP movies Del Toro explains, “They seem to be getting eerie and darker … if [Warner Bros.] comes back to me, I’ll think about it.” Deathly Hallows might just be eerie, dark and creaky enough for his taste, if not just for the storyline, then the title alone.
Back here in reality, Warner Bros. inked a deal with Greg Berlanti to direct its live-action Green Lantern movie, based of course on the DC Comics character, per Variety. Known primarily for his writing and executive producing TV credits (e.g. Everwood, Dawson’s Creek, Jack & Bobby, Brothers & Sisters), Berlanti will pen the script for the movie with Brothers & Sisters writer/producer, Marc Guggenheim and Heroes co-executive producer Michael Green. Guggenheim and Green are no strangers to Marvel comic books or fans, with Guggenheim having written for Marvel comic books such as Amazing Spider-Man and Wolverine among others, and the latter for Marvel Comics including Superman/Batman, and was also a writer/producer on Smallville. Donald de Line is set to produce the picture, with Andrew Haas serving as executive producer.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Linus will be waiting again this week, just as has each year around this time for the last 41 years (gulp), when ABC airs It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 30 at 8p.
TV-Loonland has inked a slew of deals for the short form, multi-platform, CG animated series The Owl (52×1). Targeted to K6-12, Jetix has picked up The Owl in a deal covering the US, Latin America, and the Nordic territories, Japan, India and Pakistan. The pay-TV rights license has granted to Canal J (France) and Mini Mini (Poland). In Canada the series will air on free- and pay-TV on YTV and Societe Radio Canada (SRC) respectively. Free-TV rights have been picked up by VEO TV Digital (Spain), DR TV (Denmark) and the pre-school channel Canal + Cyfrowy (Poland). Additionally, Universal Family Entertainment takes the Home Video rights for Germany, while the non-exclusive mobile rights for the UK have been granted to Player X and Vivendi Mobile Entertainment taking the rights for France. Free VOD and IPTV rights have been picked up by Bonsai Channel (Italy). Last month BBC acquired The Owl to support its re-branded CBBC.
Sorpresa! expands its programming line-up with new series, including a mix of animated and live action content for a range of kid demos. The youth-centric channel lineup will feature: the newly acquired El Reto Burundis, a Mexican game show, and two new Burundis movies; the movie Enredos y Maranas, which premieres on Halloween this week; and Navidad con Angel, the holiday program is slated to air in December; Tukiti, a live-action tween/teen aimed telenovelas; and Tiny Planets, the preschool property will also join the channel lineup. Additionally, Sorpresa’s new Movie Nights effort will feature a range of classic animated movies all in Spanish, such as Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers, and The Prince and the Pauper as well the more recent Kong – Return to the Jungle among others. Over the weekend, the channel aired the special, Luz, Camara, Sorpresa, featuring the five finalists and the winner of its Sorpresa Youth Film Competition, which was a partnership with the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Starz Media’s Manga Entertainment has launched Manga.com a new streaming video website, which offers video and editorial content and product information. Video on the site features content (TV, movies, video titles) from Manga Entertainment’s anime library including Ghost in the Shell and Castle of Cagliostro among others (some content on the site is for mature audiences).
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; October 26-29, 2007:
Dan in Real Life (Buena Vista) PG-13 Opening Weekend $12.1m
The Game Plan (Buena Vista) PG $6.3m-5 wk total $77.1m
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married (Lionsgate) PG-13 $5.8m-3 wk total $47.3m
The Comebacks (Fox Atomic) PG-13 $3.5m-2 wk total $10.0m
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (Buena Vista/re-issue) PG $3.3m-2 wk total $10.0m
Across the Universe (Sony (Revolution)) PG-13 $1.7m-7 wk total $19.3m
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal) PG-13 $1.6m-3 wk total $14.0m
Bella (Roadside Attractions) PG-13 Opening Weekend $1.3m
Lars and the Real Girl (MGM) PG-13 $952,000-3 wk total $1.4m
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) PG-13 $278,000-13 wk total $226.5m
Source: Box Office Mojo
RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1117; K6-11 516; TWEENS 9-14 388
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 877; K6-11 507; TWEENS 9-14 398
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 464; K6-11 284; TWEENS 9-14 233
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 150; K6-11 72; TWEENS 9-14 51
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On the series, Zoey 101, what is the name of the most popular beverage at PCA (Pacific Coast Academy)? BLIX Kudos to: No One!
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Later — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis: Kids!
10.29.07
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