Cynopsis: Kids!
12/21/11

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 21, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing.

Scholastic furthers its multi-platform publishing initiative with the worldwide launch of Infinity Ring, an alternate-history time travel series targeted to Kids/Tweens 8-12.  The Infinity Ring will be penned by a team of six authors and will feature an interactive Hystorian’s Guide map, and an immersive online game experience where readers will travel back in time to fix the “Great Breaks” in history.  Infinity Ring will launch simultaneously in September 2012 in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, with Book 1: A Mutiny in Time, written by bestselling author James Dashner (The Maze Runner), who also outlined the program’s overall story arc.  The next books will written by noted authors including Carrie Ryan (Book 2; November 2012), Lisa McMann (Book 3; February 2013), Matt de la Pena (Book 4; June 2013), Matthew J. Kirby (Book 5; September 2013), and Jennifer A. Nielsen (Book 6; December 2013).  The last book in the Infinity Ring series will also be written by Dashner (Book 7; March 2014).  Each book in the series will be packaged with a unique Hystorian’s Guide, a collectible map that includes a special code to unlock exclusive content in the Infinity Ring online game (www.infinityring.com, the site is currently under construction).  The online game, available on the web, smartphones, iOS and Android tablets, features a virtual world, where players can interact with other characters, and explore key events in history alongside Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, and other figures featured in the books.  Scholastic launched its first multi-platform publishing effort, The 39 Clues (www.the39clues.com) in 2008.  The 39 Clues franchise includes an integrated combination of book, collectible cards, and an online game.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Disney EMEA gives the go ahead on a new CG animated preschool series, The Happy Hugglemonsters (52×11), which will launch on Disney Junior from fall 2012 in 150 countries.  Developed and produced by Dublin-based Brown Bag Films, the series is based on the book I’m A Happy Hugglewug by Irish author/illustrator Niamh Sharkey, and published by Walker Books.  The new series will feature the illustration style used in the book.  The Happy Hugglemonsters follows Henry, a five-year-old monster going through the daily ups and downs of growing up as the middle child in a happy, slightly wacky close-knit family with three siblings, including his older brother Cobby, slightly older sister Summer, and baby brother Ivor.  Directed by Norton Virgien (Rugrats, Doc McStuffins), the series head writer is Sascha Paladino (Wonder Pets, Ni-Hao Kai-Lan) and is produced by Gillian Higgins (Doc McStuffins, The Octonauts).  The Happy Hugglemonsters was developed with support from the Irish Film Board.

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Columbia Records and Nickelodeon will release iCarly  iSoundtrack II  Music From And Inspired By The Hit TV Show on January 24, 2012, but via an iTunes pre-sale fans can purchase the new soundtrack now.  Executive produced by Dr. Luke (P!nk, Avril Lavigne ) and iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove (Carly), the album features music from popular live-action TV series as well as tracks inspired by iCarly from artists like Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Taio Cruz.  The release also features two new and original Miranda Cosgrove songs, Million Dollars and All Kinds Of Wrong, penned by Max Martin (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys), and a remix of the series’ theme song, Leave It All To Me, by Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell, and Cosgrove’s single Dancing Crazy.  Finally, The whole iCarly cast gets together for their rendition of Diddy-Dirty Money’s Coming Home.  The first iCarly soundtrack has sold 1.5+ million singles worldwide.

Nickelodeon teams with LeapFrog Enterprises to distribute downloadable content through LeapFrog’s (www.leapfrog.com) new digital App Center.  Beginning this month, content from Nickelodeon’s animated and educational preschool series, SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi, will be available for purchase via the App Center, which is accessible via the LeapFrog Connect Application.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Get ready, Nickelodeon will debut the second season of its telenovela-style series, House of Anubis, on Monday, January 9, at 7p.  The new season includes 45 new half-hour episodes, which will debut Monday-Friday at 7p on Nickelodeon.  The new season introduces several new characters including series regular Eddie, a self-styled punk bad boy from America, played by Burkely Duffield.  Duffield is also set to star as the dim-witted stepbrother in Nickelodeon’s upcoming new Cinderella inspired original TV movie, Rags, which will premiere in 2012.  Fans can also head over to iTunes where they can download all of season one of the series for free from now through January 10, 2012.   Nick.com is currently featuring full episodes and show clips from season one, character journal entries, sneak peek photos from season two, and quizzes, among other things.  And, viewers can also submit their own fiction stories on the House of Anubis message board (www.nick.com/shows/house-of-anubis?navid=characterNav). Beginning January 9, fan stories will be highlighted on the website each week.

Amberwood Entertainment is announces that tvokids (Ontario) is set to launch Rob the Robot online on January 9, 2012 at tvokids.com (www.tvokids.com).  Based on the CGI animated series Rob the Robot the online offerings will feature several interactive games and activities (e.g. puzzles, matching games, coloring pages, and Spot the Difference) featuring the characters and situations from the science and technology themed series.  Commissioned by tvokids, TVOntario’s (TVO) kid-targeted programming block, Rob the Robot Online is a co-production between One Animation and Amberwood Entertainment, with participation from the MDA, the CMF, and the Shaw Rocket Fund.  eOne Family is the global distributor for the series, outside of Asia, which is being handled by One Animation.

Speaking of The 39 Clues – don’t forget – Scholastic recently announced the expansion of The 39 Clues franchise into the digital arena, which will see the launch of The 39 Clues: Rapid Fire (www.the39clues.com/rapidfire), a series of seven original eBook short stories to be released on seven consecutive days from this weekend, December 25-31, 2011.

Kidz Bop is teaming up with Hot Chelle Rae (they won the American Music Awards’ Sprint Favorite New Artist this year) to collaborate on a special version of their single, I Like It Like That, off their new album, Whatever.  This special version of the Kidz Bop Kids singing along with Hot Chelle Rae on I Like It Like That will be available for digital download beginning Tuesday, January 17, 2012 to coincide with the release of Kidz Bop 21.  Additionally, Hot Chelle Rae is inviting kids/tweens everywhere to create their own version of the pop hit by entering the I Like It Like That Super Contest (www.kidzbop.com/contests/hotchellerae/-I-Like-It-Like-That-Super-Contest) by uploading a performance video now through January 4, 2012 on KidzBop.com.

Head over to the Cynopsis: Kids !magination Awards to enter your preschool, kid and tween targeted TV series, TV movies, and websites, apps and games, and the marketing, public relations and advertising campaigns, which support that content, for our first annual awards program.  To enter the Cynopsis: Kids !magination Awards your kid-targeted content or support campaign must have taken place (in part or in full) between October 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011.  We look forward to seeing your entry and honoring the winners at the June 2012 Awards ceremony in New York City.

Program Call:  Cynopsis Media will be producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers on Thursday, January 19, 2012, the week before NATPE Market and Conference 2012 opens at the Fontainebleau Resort, Miami Beach.  If your company is an official exhibitor at NATPE 2012, please send us only the following info for your top 5 shows:  title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e. series, special, movie, etc.), genre (comedy, drama, lifestyle, etc.) and your terms (barter, cash, etc.) as well as your company’s stand/booth location.  To be included in this free and highly-read special edition, please send your submission to Lisa Ball at: [email protected] no later than Thursday, January 12, 2012. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lisa (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).

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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What was Peter Potamus’ usual mode of transportation? Hot Air Balloon. Kudos to: Keith Manzella-Eastwest, MG/NYC; Andy Krinner-aNb Media/NYC; Sherrie Brooks-TBS, Inc/Atlanta; Russ Camlet-NBCU/NY.

Today’s Trivia Question: In what US city was Mr. Rogers produced? (Email [email protected] 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!
12.21.11

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