A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NICKTOONS NETWORK
The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival is back for its 5th year.
- · Daily animated shorts on-air and online all October long.
- · Thousands of entries.
- · Catch all the winning shorts on October 30th!
- · A 2-day event in Los Angeles, CA at the Nick Animation studio Oct.3-4th with Marvel Comic Legend Stan Lee.
- · Grand prize $30,000 Nickelodeon Development Award.
- · New partnerships with LEGO, addictinggames.com and mtvU.
Cynopsis: Kids!
09/30/08
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 30, 2008, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios ink a distribution agreement under which Paramount will distribute Marvel’s next five self-produced feature films worldwide. The deal, an extension of the original pact between the two forged by Paramount’s CEO and Chairman Brad Grey, includes theatrical distribution in foreign territories previously serviced by Marvel through local distribution entities (Japan, Germany, France, Spain and Australia/New Zealand). The live-action movies included as part of this deal include Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010), Thor (July 16, 2010), The First Avenger: Captain America (May 6, 2011), and The Avengers (July 16, 2011. The distribution deal also includes Iron Man 3. The only exception in to the new deal is that Telemunchen will distribute Iron Man 2 in Germany, according to the terms of a previous agreement it had with Marvel.
International content distributor Entertainment One (E1) will acquire Canada’s DHX Media, the latter of which owns production companies Decode Entertainment, Halifax Films and Studio B Productions, in a deal valued at US $66 million. Moving forward (following the approval of shareholders) the combined businesses will operate under the E1 company name, with Darren Throop, currently CEO/E1 appointed as CEO of the enlarged group. Key senior management of DHX will remain at DHX, which will form part of the TV division of the merged companies, headed by Patrice Theroux, E1’s President/Filmed Entertainment. DHX is primarily an international producer/distributor of kid’s programming and interactive content with a library of some 2,200 hours of content. E1, which also owns the US-based Koch Entertainment, has operations in the US, UK, Canada, Holland and Belgium.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Varsity Pictures has begun production in LA on the new Disney Channel comedy Sonny with a Chance, which stars Demi Lovato (Camp Rock) as a Midwestern teen who moves to LA when she is cast in a sketch comedy series. Scheduled to launch in early 2009 on Disney Channel US, Sonny with a Chance will then begin rolling out on Disney Channels worldwide. Nancy McKeon (Facts of Life) will play the recurring role as Sonny’s mom.
Director/actor Kenneth Branagh is reportedly in negotiations to direct a live-action movie adaptation of Thor for Marvel Studios, per Variety. Based on the Marvel Comics series, Thor is currently slated for release on June 16, 2010, and will be distributed by Paramount (see top item).
MORE KIDS STUFF
Nickelodeon debuts the third season of its series The Naked Brothers Band with a special 1-hour movie titled Mystery Girl, Saturday, October 18, at 8:30p. In addition to Nat and Alex Wolff (the brothers), the movie features special guest Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly). The premiere episode includes the debut of the band’s new songs Blueberry Cotton, Face in the Hall, and Scary World. The new season will also feature celebrity appearances including Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Bedingfield, David Attell, and David Desrosiers (Simple Plan), Simon Kirke (Bad Company, Tobin Esperance (Papa Roach), Leon Thomas and Victoria Justice. Justice is the star of the network’s upcoming TV movie Spectacular.
Chorion‘s broadcast partners have signed on for a second season of the animated sketch-comedy series The Mr. Men Show. So, plans are underway to produce an additional 52×11 episodes of the series (for a total of 104×11), which will be available in 2009. Joining the existing characters in season two are several new faces including Little Miss Magic and Little Miss Giggles as well as the jetpack-wearing Little Miss Daredevil. The Mr. Men Show debuted earlier this year on Cartoon Network US and Five in the UK, followed by France 5, ABC Australia and HOP! (Israel). The series will bow later this year on Tiji France. Recently signed deals for the first series include those with YTV (Canada), Mediacorp (Singapore) and KTV (South Africa). The series is based on the Mr. Men and Little Miss books created by Roger Hargreaves.
Galleon Holdings, producer/distributor of multiplatform entertainment properties, signs a co-production pact with Malaysian producer Nafalia Corporation to launch a local Malaysian version of Galleon’s teen/family reality series Super Soccer Star on government owned pub-caster Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) in primetime. Galleon and work with Nafalia and RTM to produce the 13 episodes of the series which is slated to bow on RTM in January 2009. Chelsea Football Club is the global sports partner for the program with The Malaysia Football Association serving as the co-sponsor for this series in Malaysia. Additionally, negotiations are underway for a second season of Super Soccer Star on Guangdong TV Sports Channel in China.
RDF Kids & Family (RDF) is set to produce a second season of the mixed live-action and animated series Big Barn Farm for the UK’s CBeebies. Additionally, RDF confirms the signing of two new ancillary publishing deals and a DVD distribution deal. Penguin Books’ imprint Ladybird Books will publish storybooks and activity books in spring 2009, while BBC Magazines plans to regularly feature Big Barn Farm in its preschool magazines CBeebies Weekly and CBeebies Animals. RDF partners with 2entertain for DVD distribution. The first DVD title, Welcome to Big Barn Farm, will be distributed by 2entertain this fall.
ITV Global Entertainment completes pre-sales for CGI animated series The Pinky & Perky Show (52×13) with YLE (Finland), TVP (Poland), KTV-MNET (South Africa), and SVT (Sweden). Announcements about further deals for the series in Australia, Greece, Cyprus and Thailand are expected following Mipcom. Set to launch on CBBC (UK) later this year, The Pinky & Perky Show is a Pinky and Perky Enterprises, Method Films and DQ Entertainment Limited co-production for CBBC and France 3. ITV DVD, part of ITV Global Ent., will launch the DVD of The Pinky & Perky Show in 2009.
The Fremantle Corporation heads to Mipcom next month where it will showcase several new program offerings, including offerings for kids and families such as: Canyon Rangers, a family-targeted feature followed by a 26×30 extreme-action family adventure series; Limo Guy (26 episodes) is a teen/young adult aimed animated sitcom that revolves a young limo driver and the folks he carts around; Power Force (26×30 or 52×15) the preschool series follows the adventures of Captain Taggle-Faz, Doc Lehro and their team from space as they explore animals, music, and art; also for kids is Anash and the Legacy of Sun-Rock (13×30) a mixed live-action/digital animated series about an aboriginal saga; new for holiday season are the animated feature Santa Vs. Claus, and the animated special The Alpha-Bots.
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MARKETING/LICENSING
Cartoon Network will feature exclusive content this October during commercial breaks from the one-hour premiere of Lucasfilm Animation’s series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, October 3 at 9p. Both Walden Media and EA will showcase their upcoming properties during the broadcast through customized promotions. During the commercials of the series debut viewers will be able to catch an exclusive game code for EA’s SimCity Creator. EA will also build awareness on CartoonNetwork .com via the Star Wars: The Clone Wars online game, banner ads etc. Walden Media will be highlighted with a exclusive 90-second preview of its new family adventure movie City of Ember, which opens wide October 10, the trailer will be supported with tune-in spots.
Target Entertainment Group will showcase the new version of the kids live-action series Emu at Brand Licensing Europe later this week. Target Entertainment Group holds the global licensing rights to the new series, which returned to CITV last year. Produced by Initial Kids, the series stars Toby Hull, son of the late Rod Hull and Emu’s original owner.
Bulldog Licensing launches the official Panini sticker book (34 pages) in the UK for the kid’s short-form TV series Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF. Additionally, The new sticker album will be given away in special issues of Toxic Magazine and The News of the World. Other recently inked licensees include Danilo (greeting cards), Aykroyds TDP (apparel), with Samrbo set to release a range of TWF branded toys for holiday 2008, and Random House releasing a TWF ‘thumb book.’ Created by Animation Collective, the US-based indie producer, more information about the property can be found at www.thumbwrestlingfederation.com .
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Andrew Ames joins Sesame Workshop as VP/Global Production. Ames is responsible for overseeing all international co-productions and special projects production, including creative, budgeting and financing, international content, management and cross-platform content efforts. He reports to Miranda Barry, EVP/Creative. Most recently, Ames was the producer of the series of specials, Save Our History, which is a component of The History Channel’s educational initiative. He also served as a producer on Reading Rainbow.
Twentieth Century Fox appoints Gary Rosenfeld as SVP/New Media Licensing. Rosenfeld will oversee Fox’s video game projects based on its property library and managing Fox Licensing & Merchandising’s game development staff, as well as growing PC online game space and new business models and partnerships in the console publishing area. Rosenfeld previously served as SVP/Business Development, THQ Inc.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On what early animated series could you find villains Harry Safari, Captain Greedy, Salt Water Daffy and Killer and Diller? THE RUFF AND REDDY SHOW (1957-1960) Kudos to: Nobody. Hmmm. How about this one …
Today’s Trivia Question: What was the name of Jaime Sommers’ bionic dog? (Email Joanne@cynopsis.com 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
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09.30.08
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