Cynopsis: Kids!
08/17/06
Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 17, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
Fox’s upcoming Fantastic Four movie will now be called Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, so says the website Superhero Hype. The movie is slated for release on June 15, 2007. Up until now the movie was being called Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer.
DreamWorks unveiled plans to bring Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeny Todd to the big screen. The movie, which will be a co-production with Warner Bros., will be directed by Tim Burton and will star Johnny Depp, in the title role.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Nick Jr. will premiere its new preschool animated series, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (26 x 30 min), simultaneously on Nick Jr. and Noggin on Monday, August 28 with back-to-back episodes from 11a-12p. Following its debut the show will air weekdays on Nick Jr. at 11:30a. Created by Bob Boyle, the series follows the adventures of a little guy named Wubbzy and his two pals Widget and Walden. Widget’s voice is provided by Lara Jill Miller. At the end of each episode, the themes of the day are reinforced in a segment where characters speak directly into the camera to preschoolers viewers at home, followed by an original music video. The series is a Bolder Media for Boys and Girls Production in association with IDT/Film Roman. Leading up to the series premiere the following sneak peak opportunities are/will be available:
- This week Nick Jr. Video, a broadband video service on Nickjr.com, begins streaming the Tale of Tails, a 10 min story from the series. Additionally, the story debuted on The Wubbcast, a video podcast.
- From Monday, August 21, Tale of Tails and a behind-the-scenes special, will be available on Comcast’s VOD service as part of Comcast Kids’ Month.
- Beginning in September, VOD windows of episodes of the series will available on Comcast, Charter, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS and Cox.
With Nickelodeon now four months into its Let’s Just Play Go Healthy Challenge initiative, the network will check in with the four kids it has been following on Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 8:30p. These kids, with the help of adult advisors, have been working hard to make their lives healthier. This year’s campaign will culminate on Nickelodeon’s third annual Worldwide Day of Play on Saturday, September 30. The Let’s Just Play Go Healthy Challenge is a joint effort between Nickelodeon and The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association.
Toon Disney’s Jetix programming block on weekdays will see the premiere of several new shows and marathon programming events next month. Yin Yang Yo! premieres on Toon Disney with a 12-hour marathon on Labor Day September 4, 6a-12m, and on following day the series moves into its regular weeknight 7:30p timeslot. Anime series Pucca joins Jetix in its US premiere on Monday September 18, 7p, and then moves to its regular time period on Monday, September 25 at 8:30p. Additionally, the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures takes the weeknight 7p slot from September 5. Jetix will air Power Rangers Extreme Red marathon, showcasing Red Ranger centric episodes on Sunday, September 10, 7-10p. As you know, as of September 1, 2006 Jetix will air only on Toon Disney.
Channel One, the provider of news content in middle school and high school classrooms, has launched Channel One Livewire, a 24-hour broadband video channel. Following the trend of user created content, Channel One is encouraging students to submit their own footage, reports and the like. In addition, Livewire will provide streaming content including the in-school newscasts, both new and archived stories, as well as expanded footage and interviews, original editorial items, interactive graphics, web-exclusive content, polls, quizzes and users can also create and manage personal playlists of stories.
Juniper Partners Acquisition Corp. will acquire the privately-held company, Firestone Communications, Inc. which owns and manages ¡Sorpresa!, a children’s TV network and digital company targeting Hispanic youth. The deal will be final in fourth quarter, and once completed, Juniper will change its name to Juniper Content Corporation. ¡Sorpresa! is the first 24-hour network dedicated to Hispanic children ages two to 17 years old, with content ranging from educational, sports and live-action animation. Stuart B. Rekant will continue in his role as Juniper’s Chairman/CEO, and will become CEO, Firestone and Leonard Firestone, who had been Firestone’s Chairman and CEO, will now serve as its President and COO.
AOL has acquired GameDaily, a web-based independent video game publication, from Gigex, Inc. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the agreement, AOL will acquire both the GameDaily consumer website (http://www.gamedaily.com) and newsletter. GameDaily will be housed within the AOL Games network, and will paired with more current content and community features on the AOL Video Games site (http://www.aol.com/videogames). Additionally, AOL Video Games editorial team with be integrated into the GameDaily staff to establish a new editorial team. The GameDaily Biz newsletter team will also operate under the newly combined AOL Video Games-GameDaily editorial team. Additionally, certain GameDaily content partnership agreements will be transitioned to AOL.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Sid Ganis has been re-elected as President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for his second consecutive term, this week by the organization’s Board of Governors. Ganis has served as a governor representing the Public Relations Branch for 20 years. In 1969 he established Out of the Blue…Entertainment, which is housed on the Sony lot. Previously, Ganis served as Vice Chairman/Columbia Pictures, President/Worldwide Marketing, Columbia/Tri-Star Motion Picture Companies, President/Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures and as SVP, Lucasfilm, Ltd.
In addition, other new and returning elected Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officials include: Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor and past Academy president, was re-elected as First VP; Arthur Hamilton will serve another term as VP/Music Branch governor; Sound Branch governor Donald C. Rogers is re-upped as VP; Actors Branch governor Tom Hanks was elected treasurer; and Actors Branch governor Kathy Bates was re-elected secretary.
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Toonami Jetstream, Cartoon Network’s new broadband service, has seen 9.5+ million video streams with an average of 725,000+ unique visitors since the Cartoon Network and VIZ Media co-venture launched four weeks ago. An extension of Cartoon Network’s Saturday night Toonami action/adventure programming block, Toonami Jetstream offers on-demand, full streaming episodes of anime and action series including: Naruto, Samurai Jack and Megas XLR as well as Hikaru no Go, MÄR and The Prince of Tennis (the latter shows do not currently air on TV in the US). New episodes will be added weekly to the site, with the previous episodes available for a short time via the archive. Toonami Jetstream is advertiser supported. (http://ToonamiJetstream.com)
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Yesterday in Cynopsis Kids we listed 5 of the actors who served as Captains on Star Trek’s USS Enterprise. There actually is a sixth we did not mention. Who is it? APPARENTLY THERE ARE 7 – STEPHEN COLLINS PLAYED CAPTAIN/COMMANDER WILLARD DECKER AND JEFFREY HUNTER was COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER PIKE Kudos to: Julie Stowell-Tribune Media Services/Glen Falls NY; Bob Friedland-Toys R Us/NY; Matthew Jay-Steve Rotfeld Productions/Bryn Mawr, PA; Carin Greenberg/NY; Jim Foronda-Uproar/Dallas; Andy Kirk-TVN Entertainment/Burbank; Dan Evans-DE3/Burbank
Today’s Trivia Question: On the show Bob the Builder, what is the wall paper design in his house? (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 Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis Kids!
08.17.06
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