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Cynopsis: Kids!

09/20/10

Good morning. It’s Monday, September 20, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

In an effort to reach kids and parents with the message of energy conservation, the US Department of Energy and The Advertising Council have launched a new series of public service announcements featuring Disney’s Tinker Bell.  Created by Disney, the TV PSAs, as well as outdoor and online PSAs, are designed to encourage kids 8-10 and their families to set up ways they can reduce their electricity usage and feature scenes from the new Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue movie releasing on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD tomorrow.  The PSAs direct people to www.energy.gov/kids for tips on further energy saving ideas and information about new technology that can reduce energy consumption at home.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Warner Bros. is working on live-action feature film adaptation of Pinocchio with Dan Jinks producing the project and Bryan Fuller writing the script, per Variety.  Jinks said in an interview with the trade said that he was inspired to do this project by Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.  Italian author Carlo Collodi created the character and story in his 1880s book The Adventures of Pinocchio.

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MORE KIDS STUFF

Australia’s SLR Productions enters into a deal with Canada’s CCI Entertainment for the worldwide distribution (excluding Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia) of its preschool animated series Guess How Much I Love You  The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare (52×11).  The series is based on the popular Guess How Much I Love You  The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare picture book by author Sam McBratney and illustrator Anita Jeram, which is published by Walker Books.

Knightscove Media‘s KnightTV, a VOD network division, enters into new multi-year distribution deals with two Canadian companies, Lois & Herb Walker and Microtainment for further content for its Kidmazing network.  Under the deal with the Walker Library, KnightTV gets edutainment series Tell-A-Tale-Town, Surf’s Up! Let’s Cook!, and Hands Up! Hands On!  While the Microtainment library will offer the puppet series Bizou.  Kidmazing is currently carried via Cox, Charter, AT&T, Shaw and US satellite service Dish, available to 9.5 million households.

Abu Dhabi’s twofour54 completes a US broadcast deal with preschool-aimed digital cable channel Sprout to air its mixed CGI animated/live-action series Driver Dan’s Story Train.  Sprout will debut the first 52 episodes of the series from November 2010, with a commitment to acquire further episodes.  twofour54 has also created a new interactive, dual language website for Driver Dan’s Story Train ( www.driverdansstorytrain.com), in English and Arabic.  Additionally, Macmillan Children’s Book releases the first Driver Dan’s Story Train books in the UK this month in English and Arabic.  Produced under a partnership between twofour54 ibtikar and 3Line Media, Driver Dan’s Story Train is designed to introduce preschoolers to books and storytelling and encouraging “story play,” which launches this month.  The Arabic version of Driver Dan is produced by animation partner Blink Studios.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Classic Media lines up partners for the fall 2011 consumer products rollout for its preschool CGI animated property Guess With Jess, including Fisher-Price (toys), Nelvana Enterprises Treehouse Presents (home entertainment), and licensing agency The Licensing Shop.  As the master toy partner, Fisher-Price will debut its Guess with Jess line in Canada in fall 2011, while Treehouse Presents will distribute series DVDs.  The Licensing Shop will represent licensing for the series in Canada.  Guess with Jess is co-produced by Nelvana, and airs in Canada daily on Treehouse and twice weekly on Tele-Quebec in French as Joue avec Jess.

Istanbul-based Hakan Canta inks a licensing deal with Marvel to produce and release a range of products based on Marvel’s Spider-Sense Spiderman and Iron Man.  The new lines will feature back-to-school products (stationery, bags, pencil cases, lunch bags, backpacks) as well as accessory products (e.g. wallets, fashion bags, CD bags and umbrellas).  Hakan Canta’s products are set to be available at retail across Turkey, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.  Additionally, Hakan Canta will release a line of branded products based on The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series.

The WotWots animated series enters into a deal with TV brand LG to feature the property.  Under the agreement, which runs now through August 31, 2011, the WotWots will be featured on LG TVs in LG Global retail stores and the IFA and CES consumer electronics show.  Produced by Pukeko Picture, a partnership between Richard Taylor and martin Baynton, and made at Taylor’s Weta Workshop, the WotWots already airs in New Zealand on TV2 and TVNZ6, in Australia on ABC1 and ABC2, in Canada on Treehouse, and will debut in the US next month on The Hub.

Rocket Licensing has been tapped to represent Princess Pearl, a new preschool-targeted series of six books from noted author/illustrator Emma Thomson.  Rocket will showcase the property at Brand Licensing Europe, where it will be looking for partners to create products for girls 2-7 and women 18-40.  Hodder Children’s Books will publish the books in fall 2011, The Princess Pearl stories follow the adventure of a little girl who discovers a new identity in a secret under water world.  Thomson has illustrated 130+ books that have been released worldwide.  Thomson may be best known for her Felicity Wishes books, which has a major licensing program.

A new Strawberry Shortcake themed McDonald’s Happy Meal and Mighty Kids Meal is available in North America now through October 14, 2010.  Under a deal between Cookie Jar Entertainment, the worldwide licensing agent for the property, and American Greetings Properties, kids can get one of six Strawberry Shortcake characters with the purchase of each Happy Meal or Mighty Kids Meal.  This promotion is one of several that help celebrate Strawberry Shortcake’s 30the anniversary this fall, other include the launch of the animated series Berry Bitty Adventures on The Hub, the new movie The Glimmerberry Ball, released by Fox Home Entertainment and debuting at Kidtoons in movie theaters nationwide, new activities on StrawberryShortcake.com ( www.strawberryshortcake.com), and a special edition Strawberry Shortcake 1980 collector’s doll set.

STONE SOUP

Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; September 17-19, 2010:
Easy A (Sony/Screen Gems) PG-13            Opening Weekend $18.2m
Devil (Universal) PG-13                             Opening Weekend $12.6m
Alpha and Omega (Lionsgate) PG               Opening Weekend $9.2m
Takers (Sony/Screen Gems) PG-13            $3.0m-4 wk total $52.3m
Inception (Warner Bros.) PG-13                 $2.0m-10 wk total $285.2m
The Other Guys (Sony/Columbia) PG-13     $2.0m-7 wk total $115.4m
Eat Pray Love (Sony/Columbia) PG-13        $1.7m-6 wk total $77.7m
The Last Exorcism (Lionsgate) PG-13          $1.3m-4 wk total $40.2m
Nanny McPhee Returns (Universal) PG        $984,560-5 wk total $27.6m
The Switch (Miramax) PG-13                      $926,000-5 wk total $26.6m
Source: Rentrak ( www.rentrak.com )

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Doug Adolphson is named VP/Sales, Douglas Company, a New Hampshire-based maker of plush toys.  A 25-year veteran of the plush and gift industry, Adolphson has held executive and sales positions with a range of companies including Russ Berrie, Gund, Crazy Mountain and Manual Woodworkers and Weavers.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, September 16, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 922; K6-11 360; TWEENS 9-14 247
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 869; K6-11 488; TWEENS 9-14 348
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 493; K6-11 294; TWEENS 9-14 210
DISNEY XD:               K2-11 144; K6-11   97; TWEENS 9-14   79
NICKTOONS:              K2-11 102; K6-11   78; TWEENS 9-14   57
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia:   His real name was Barry Allen, but his secret identity was what? THE FLASH  Kudos to:  David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; John Grossman-Cartoon Network/NY; EJ Offurum-truTV/NY; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Renee Rochman-Santa Barbara; Kimberly Luce-Lifetime Television Networks/LA; Tod Visdal/Seattle

Today’s Trivia Question:  This signal was projected into the night sky with a search light … what signal was it, and who sent it?  (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 Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
gwen @cynopsis.com
09.20.10

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