A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DIC ENTERTAINMENT

“KEWLOPOLIS” on CBS Saturday Mornings reaches girls and boys in Fall 2007!

·  New Series Include All-New “Care Bears:  Adventures in Care-A-Lot™,” “Sushi Pack™” And “Dino Squad™”
·  “Strawberry Shortcake™” To Make Network TV Debut
·  Returning Series Include “Cake™” And “Horseland™”

For one-stop shopping of your kids TV, online and print needs,
contact DIC’s Dave Danowski at (212) 239-4437

·  Also, check out DIC’s new online cartoon community www.KEWLStudio.com (Coming Soon) and tween-targeted music & fan magazine “KEWL” www.Kewlmag.com

Cynopsis: Kids!

 

8/09/07

Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 9, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. 

Mario Lopez will host the Miss Teen USA 2007, which will air live on NBC, Friday August 24, 2007 at 8p, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.  The show will include musical performances by both Kat DeLuna and Jonas Brothers.  The Miss Universe Organization, producers of the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants, is a Donald J. Trump and NBC Universal partnership.

Toonami Jetstream, Cartoon Network’s online broadband extension of its Toonami action/adventure block and the network’s broadband partner VIZ Media, celebrates its first anniversary with a gaggle of new shows.  Shows joining Toonami Jetstream this summer and fall include One Piece (August 13), Dragon Ball Z (Sept. 10), Zoids Genesis (TBD), Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Nov. 5), while last month saw the addition of Star Wars: Clone Wars, Dragon Ball and MegaMan Star Force.

NCircle Entertainment will release the first two Trollz movies, Best Friends for Life and Magic of the Five, on DVD next Tuesday, August 14, under its digital format distribution deal with DIC Entertainment.  Each DVD includes the Trollz adventure (67 minutes) as well as bonus features.  The two Trollz movies were originally released by Warner Bros. in fall 2006.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Mattel reports that BarbieGirls.com, its new social networking and virtual world website, has exceeded 4 million registered users, with an average of 45,000 new users signing up each day.  Targeted specifically to girls, the site launched in April 2007.  The news comes as Mattel releases the Barbie Girl MP3 player (512 MB, with space for a 2GB memory card), which is shaped like a fashion doll (with snap-on fashions and accessories) and acts also as a USB key that when connected to computer will unlock additional exclusive content on BarbieGirls.com.  Next Monday, August 13, Mattel will launch the Barbie Girls website in five more languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, German as well as Portuguese.

Virtual doll site Stardoll ( www.stardoll.com ) unveiled StarPlaza, an interactive shopping mall of real fashion labels where users can go to outfit their avatars. Shoppers can buy virtual garments with Stardollars, tied to real greenbacks.

Kidz Bop 12, the newest album in the Kidz Bop series, debuts on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart at number seven.  The album is the sixth Kidz Bop release to debut in the Billboard Top 10.  Additionally, the Kidz Bop website ( www.kidzbop.com ), which re-launched last month, generated 4+ million video streams for the month of July.  The Kidz Bop World Tour launches October 12, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa and will travel to 80 markets nationwide.

Hilary Duff has teamed with Michaels Stores, Inc., to introduce her new crafts line, stuff by hilary duff DIY, which by the way is really what the line is called.  The stuff by hilary duff DIY fashion accessories and other stuff features 40+ products, including bracelets and necklaces, charms and iron-on graphics among others, all of which are inspired by the singer/actress/designer’s stuff by hilary duff sportswear collection.  Michaels stores in the US and Canada will host a free in-store demonstration of the new line on Sunday, August 26, 1-3p.  Earlier this year Michaels Stores introduced the Martha Stewart Crafts line, as part of a partnership with Martha Stewart.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will debut the Speed Racer video game, based on the live-action Speed Racer movie, first for the Wii and Nintendo DS simultaneous to the release of the movie on May 2008, and then for PlayStation 2 at the time of the DVD launch.  Developed for the Wii and PS2 by New Zealand based Sidhe Interactive, the game will feature “car-fu” action, which will represent the action style used in the movie.  To that end the movie’s writer/directors the Wachowski brothers are participating in the development process, and their collaborator John Gaeta, Co-VFX Supervisor on the movie, is also working with Sidhe and WBIE.  Speed Racer is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures production.

Imagi International Holdings has entered into a deal with Wah Shing Toys to develop and produce toys based on Imagi’s next two CG animated feature films, Gatchaman and Astro Boy.  Both based in Hong Kong, Imagi’s artists and animators will work with Wah Shing toy designers and engineers to develop products.  The toy lines are scheduled to launch simultaneously to the release of the Gatchaman and Astro Boy movies in early and late 2009 respectively.

Chapman Entertainment has inked a rash of new license deals for its preschool animated series Roary the Racing Car.  The series airs on Five’s Milkshake! and Nick Jr.

• Chapman’s new international master toy distribution agreements include those with Bandai for France, Benelux, Spain and Portugal, KE Mathiasan and Top Toys share Scandinavian rights for Sweden, Denmark and Norway, while and Amo takes Finland.  SF Norge has picked up the home entertainment rights for all of Scandinavia.
• License deals in the UK include: Gosh International (Frisbees, hoppers, balls, buckets and spades); Marks and Spencer (exclusive clothing, cards and gift wrap, and puzzles and games)

STONE SOUP

The New York Mets, Sesame Street and New Balance come together for the first Mets Shoelace Day at Shea, which takes place later today in NYC (12:10p).  The first 12,000 kids under 12 attending the Mets-Braves game will get a pair of New Balance orange and blue shoelaces. An extension of the New Balance and Sesame Workshop partnership as part of the Healthy Habits for Life program, today’s event will also provide kids with tips on eating healthy and being active.  During the game Cookie Monster, Elmo, and New Balance’s Giant Sneaker walkarounds will make their way through the stands with Mr. Met.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Susie Grondin joins Cookie Jar Entertainment as an in-house producer.  Based at the company’s Toronto headquarters, Grondin will work on several series including the new series Will & Dewitt.  She will report to Pamela Slavin, VP/Production.  Grondin has worked in the Canadian animation industry for nine years, including as a producer on Rolie Polie Olie.

Si TV is teaming up with Maria Perez-Brown and her Dorado Entertainment to develop and produce Latino youth targeted content for Si TV’s media platforms, including its linear network, broadband, VOD, and mobile.  She will report to CEO Michael Schwimmer.  Previously, Perez-Brown served as executive producer of 20th Anniversary of the Hispanic Heritage Awards, Nickelodeon’s series Taina and the Nick Jr. series Gullah Gullah Island.

Elsewhere, after four years with Si TV, Ed Leon SVP/Programming and Production is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On what TV show did the title character have a pet alligator named Elvis who lived in a small plastic pool in her room?  CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL (Starring Melissa Joan Hart -Nickelodeon) Kudos to:  Emily Mandelbaum-The N/NY; Anne Dyling-Norman Hecht Research/Syosset, NY; Jeanne Holzknecht-Animation Collective/NY; Devon Elyse Tutak-PBS/Arlington, VA; Izzy Neis-Star Farm Productions/Chicago; Shannon Estrada-Schiefer Media/Santa Ana, CA; Michele Hoebink-DIRECTV, Inc./El Segundo, CA

Today’s Trivia Question: What were the names of the 3 Chipettes on Alvin and the Chipmunks? (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!
08.09.07

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