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Cynopsis: Kids!

01/22/08

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 22, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.

When all is said and done, who will be the Democratic and Republican US presidential candidates? If you ask kids, the answer is Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, according to the results of Nickelodeon’s first Kids’ Primary Election.  Voting took place January 13-18, following Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: The Kids’ Primary.  Nickelodeon received almost 80,000 votes in the kids’ primary election, with Obama receiving 46% of the Democratic vote and McCain taking 24% of the Republican vote.  The Kids’ Primary Election is part of Nickelodeon’s Kids Pick The President campaign (nick.com/kpp/).

Namco Bandai Holdings Co. has acquired a third (33.4%) stake in Tsuburaya Productions Co., a special effects company best known for its work on the TV series Ultraman, from its parent company TYO Inc., in a deal valued at $8.5 million, per Dow Jones.  Under the deal, Bandai also picks up the exclusive multi-year rights to produce Ultraman toys and merchandise and Tsuburaya’s other properties.

DreamWorks SKG has completed a deal with Tatweer, a Dubai state-owned property developer, to build a DreamWorks Animation theme park (about 115 acres) that will live within the Dubailand theme park (which is about 280 square miles).  As you might imagine the DreamWorks area will feature a Shrek themed ride as well as others based on its properties.  Additional deals set for the park include those with Marvel Comics and Nickelodeon.  In fall 2007 Warner Bros. inked a similar deal with Tatweer, but for a theme park in Abu Dhabi. 

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Ellen Page (Juno) will star in the movie Whip It!  Adapted from Shauna Cross’ young adult novel, Derby Girl (Henry Holt), the movie also marks actress Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut.  Slated to begin shooting in Texas this summer, the story revolves around Bliss, an indie-rock adoring, dyed-hair teen who wants out of her stereotypical Texas town, filled with cheerleaders and beauty queens (including her Mom).  Bliss makes her way to Austin where she joins a roller derby team and learns a thing or two about life and love.  FYI, Cross is a real roller derby gal; she goes by the name Maggie Mayhem.

MORE KIDS STUFF

9 Story Entertainment makes its first foray into direct to video production as it picks up the rights to produce an animated feature version of kid’s/young-adult author Joan Clark’s book, The Hand of Robin Squires.  9 Story will develop and produce the project with kid’s TV veteran, Peter Moss.

PorchLight Entertainment acquires the worldwide rights to the live-action series AJ’s Time Travelers (40×30), which aired on Fox Kids Network’s.  Additionally, PorchLight has acquired the movie The Secrets of Pine Cove, not for younger kids, which it has subsequently signed deals for with TF1 (France) and Antenas 3 (Spain).

The second season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse comes to Canada with its premiere on Playhouse Disney, from February 10, at 9a.

MARKETING/LICENSING

BBC Worldwide’s live events group unveils plans to launch its new 30-week kids/family tour, CBeebies at the Theatre – Let’s Play, that will make its way throughout the UK making stops at 45 venues, beginning March 28, in Dartford. The show features CBeebies characters including, PC Plum, Jenny Jumble, Postman Pat and Jess, Boo, Bill & Ben, the Jakers and the Koala Brothers, with Polluto looking to foil the fun.

Decode Entertainment has its first apparel deal for its preschool property Franny’s Feet, as Rocket Licensing, the licensing agent for the property, completes a UK deal with Cooneen (pajamas, nightshirts, waling sleepers, dressing gowns, underwear).  Franny’s Feet airs in the UK on Five’s preschool block Milkshake, and on PBS Kids here in the US, where the show is a Decode production in association with Thirteen/WNET New York.  Additionally, beginning this month Penguin Group (USA) is set to launch Franny’s Feet storybooks, readers, sticker books, a series of novelty books (e.g. board books, lift-the-flap etc), while this year will also see Simon & Schuster introducing color and activity books and kits based on the property.

If you happen to be traveling through a train station in the UK today and see a Paddington bear with a tag reading “Please Look After this Bear,” take it home and care for him.  To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Paddington Bear, today BBC Radio 4 is placing 50 Paddington bears in prominent places in train stations around the UK.  On March 1, author Michael Morpurgo will talk to folks about how they came to look after their bear.  Additionally, a Paddington creator Michael Bond will talk how he came to write his book A Bear Called Paddington (1958).

STONE SOUP

Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend, January 18-21, 2008:
Cloverfield (Paramount) PG-13                                Opening Weekend $46.0m
27 Dresses (Fox) PG-13                                          Opening Weekend $27.3m
The Bucket List (Warner Bros.) PG-13                      $16.1m-4 wk total $43.7m
Juno (Fox Searchlight) PG-13                                  $12.0m-7 wk total $87.1m
First Sunday (Sony / Screen Gems) PG-13               $9.4m-2 wk total $30.1m
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Buena Vista) PG $9.4m-5 wk total $199.2m
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Fox) PG                           $6.9m-6 wk total $198.6m
Mad Money (Overture Films) PG-13                          Opening Weekend $9.2m
I Am Legend (Warner Bros.) PG-13                          $5.7m-6 wk total $248.3m
One Missed Call (Warner Bros.) PG-13                      $3.4m-3 wk total $25.0m
Source: Box Office Mojo

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Zinkia, the Spain-based animation company, appoints Fernando de Miguel as CEO.  Charged with growing the company, he will be responsible for implementing new operational and business structures and building on existing franchises (e.g. Pocoyo, Shuriken School) and moving forward on TV projects in development (e.g. Mola Noguru), as well as developing a video game production division.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, January 17, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1049; K6-11 481; TWEENS 9-14 351
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   832; K6-11 556; TWEENS 9-14 438
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   541; K6-11 317; TWEENS 9-14 221
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   132; K6-11   63; TWEENS 9-14   31
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: In what cartoon is Kip the Kangaroo voiced by Nancy Cartwright who later became the voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons? SHIRT TALES  Kudos to:  Kimberly Keeley-Safety4Kids/Stamford, CT; Brooke Carrie-Balihoo/Boise, ID; Heather Henry-Parker-Disney TV/Burbank

Today’s Trivia Question: The title character on which cartoon had a girlfriend named Sonya?  ( 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!
01.22.08

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