NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Cookie Jar Entertainment will introduce its new original 2D animated series Magi Nation this week at NATPE. In addition, Magi Nation has been picked up for air in the US on Kids WB! and in Canada on the CBC. The series revolves around 15-year-old Tony Jones, who is magically transported into Magi Nation, a world that is beyond imagination that was created millennia ago by the Magi, a powerful race.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Toon Disney will run The Great Toon Weekend as of Saturday, January 27. Each Saturday and Sunday the channel will offer viewers animation, animation and more animation, beginning with Toon Disney’s Big Movie Show, followed by five hours of back to back episodes of Aladdin, Timon & Pumbaa, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, The Emperor’s New School, and Lilo & Stitch.
BabyFirstTV, the subscription-based cable and satellite channel, is set to premiere Shushybye Dreams (26×7′) daily, beginning during 1Q 2007. Targeted to infants/babies/toddlers and parents, the series is produced by The Shushybye Company in association BabyFirstTV. The series is designed to help families create, as well as become part of, the nightly bedtime routine.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX returns to Cartoon Network’s weekday afternoon Miguzi block, beginning today January 16, at 4:30, with episodes from season II.
Tennis great Serena Williams will lend her voice to Queen Athena on an episode of Warner Bros. Animation’s Loonatics Unleashed, which is set to air Saturday, February 17 at 8a, during the Kids’ WB! block on The CW. The series is executive produced by Sander Schwartz and produced by Ron Myrick.
In other Cookie Jar Entertainment news ?
- Licensed Spider Riders to Kids WB!, which will premiere the series on January 20, 2007.
- Cartoon Network and Boomerang Latin America has acquired the animated series Gerald McBoing Boing and Postcards From Buster, as well as a second season of Johnny Test, from Cookie Jar Entertainment. All three series will premiere on Cartoon Network and Boomerang Latin America in 2007.
Spanish producer BRB Internacional has announced a second season run of its Bernard series as well as a theatrical feature film going into production. The 52-episode show’s first season has already been sold in over 60 countries.
Casting Note: Who Wants To Be A Superhero? has been green lit for a second season on Sci Fi Channel, starring Stan Lee as your host. The network is holding local auditions for the reality series in association with WrestleMania’s annual Fan Axxess Tour, which kicked off this past weekend. If you’d like to be a superhero, check out www.whowantstobeasuperhero.com for all the vital info. Who Wants To Be A Superhero? is a production of Nash Entertainment, in association with Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, Inc.
MARKETING/LICENSING
WizKids Inc., has partnered with Diamond Comic Distributor and Alliance Game Distributor, which will serve as WizKids’ distributor throughout the hobby and game community in the US and Canada, including game stores and comic shops. WizKids goals in switching from distributing its own products to outside distributor Diamond and Alliance, are to improve manufacturing, develop better promotions and marketing efforts, protect its brands and develop a closer relationship with its retailers and customers and respond to their comments and requests.
Nickelodeon and MumboJumbo, a developer/publisher of online games, have entered into a partnership to develop and publish three new casual games this year. The first game title under the deal is Charlotte’s Web: Word Rescue, which was released in conjunction with the new Charlotte’s Web feature from Nickelodeon Movies, Walden Media/Paramount movie. MumboJumbo will also create games based on Nickelodeon’s Neopets as well as its animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Charlotte’s Web: Word Rescue is available on MumboJumbo’s network of online game portals, including MumboJumbo.com and on NickArcade.com. The Avatar and Neopets themed-games will be released in 2Q 2007.
Digital Music Group, Inc., a content owner and global digital distributor of indy music and video catalogs, has completed a number of long-term video content deals, including comedy, poker, classic and kids, which will be marketed as part of its DMGI Network channels. Kids targeted content included among the new deals are as follows: Two Baby Know It All: Animals and ABCs and Colors & 123s; Molly and Roni’s Dance Party featuring Jamie Lee Curtis and Adam Baldwin; and Magical Musical Express; Other non kid specific titles include Hopalong Cassidy (52×60′), 13 feature-length movies adapted from the Zane Grey series; Sports/edge footage from XYZ catalog including of skateboarders Tony Hawk and Danny Way
The Singing Machine Company has inked a three-year licensing pact with MGA Entertainment to produce and distribute a new line of electronic products based on MGA’s Bratz franchise. Products to be featured under the deal include DVD players, combo TV/DVDs, boom boxes, mini radios and sunglass radios, some of which were shown-off at CES last week. Under a previous deal The Singing Machine introduced a Bratz line of musical instruments and karaoke products in summer 2006.
Vivendi Games Mobile has simultaneously released a new mobile game Eragon: The Dragon Rider, based on Fox movie Eragon. The Eragon mobile game is already available on mobile operators across Europe. Published by Vivendi Games Mobile, the Sierra publishing unit of Vivendi Games launched Eragon as a cross-platform game, available for consoles (PS2, XBOX-360, PSP (PlayStation Portable System), Nintendo DS, Nintendo Game Boy Advance) and PC.
Kids aboard Emirates Airline longer inbound and outbound flights to Dubai will each receive a Querk toy from Simba Toys, beginning this month. A plush toy, the Querk is a travel-loving animal that can take on the appearance of any animal and through the magic of costuming. Kids on Emirates will receive a Querk in fabric bag featuring one of five costumes, Delhi the Elephant, Paris the Rabbit, Salaam the Lion, Sydney the Koala or Yorkie the Eagle.
STONE SOUP
Taking a page from real life popular women NASCAR drivers, Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher and Janet Guthrie, among others, Betty Cooper, as in Betty from the Archie Comics. Okay, but why you ask? Because in the new Archie Comic #572 available next week, Betty must get behind the wheel of the racecar sponsored by Mr. Lodge, when his regular driver and pit crew are lured away. No worries, where goes Betty so goes the rest of the Riverdale gang, they’ll be her pit crew.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Michael Ghosh has been upped to Director/Advertising Sales, Jetix UK. In his new role Ghosh will head up the commercial sales unit, as well as working with Jetix Europe’s sales division. He will report to Boel Ferguson, Managing Director, Jetix UK. Ghosh joined Jetix UK in 2002; prior to that he was Sales Group Head, Channel 4 and Group Head, ITV’s TSMS.
Jetix Europe N.V. has appointed Marc Buhaj, SVP/Programming, Jetix Europe; he will take official join the company at April 2, 2007. He will report to Paul Taylor, CEO, Jetix Europe. Buhaj was VP/Programming and Scheduling, Cartoon Network and Boomerang US. Previously he worked for Turner Entertainment Networks Asia in Hong Kong overseeing scheduling, commissioning and acquisitions for Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Pogo feeds in Asia-Pacific.
Steve Singer has been appointed VP/Licensing, Nintendo of America. He takes over the licensing reins from for Juana Tingdale, who will retire this March, after 22 years with Nintendo. Singer joined the company in 1999, most recently as VP and GM, Latin America, a position he took on in July 2006. Taking over for Singer is Melissa Wright, who has been upped to Director and GM, Latin America. Wright will head the division’s strategic direction and she will continue to work with Nintendo in Japan to expand the company’s business in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The licensing division oversees all licensing efforts with publishers and developers creating software and accessory products for Nintendo’s DS and Wii.
Answer to Friday’s trivia question: What two characters from High School Musical were fraternal twins? RYAN AND SHARPAY Kudos to: Terry Taylor-Disney-ABC Kids Networks/NY; Hank Bordowitz-Bordowitz Media Werx/Suffern NY; Rachel Ferm-Simon & Schuster/NY; Juli Lennett-The NPD Group, Inc/Port Washington NY; Cameron Ross-Kelly, Scott & Madison/Chicago; Rachel de Azevedo Coleman-Two Little Hands Productions Signing Time/Salt lake City UT; Bruce Carter-Texas Instruments/Dallas; Kelly Syers-Program Partners/Venice CA; Helena Gomes-9 Story Entertainment Inc/Toronto; Jodi Brown-Astral Television Networks, The Family Channel Inc/Toronto
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Later — Gwen
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