Science Channel Explores the Digital Wizards of Gentle Giant and Zoic Studios
The new episode of SCIENCE OF THE MOVIES features the work of Zoic Studios and Gentle Giant Studios:
Crafting an Action Figure: Episode Airs Thursday, June 18 at 10 PM
The new episode of SCIENCE OF THE MOVIES features the work of Zoic Studios and Gentle Giant Studios:
Crafting an Action Figure: Episode Airs Thursday, June 18 at 10 PM
Nickelodeon Asia, in an effort to boost China's animation business, will launch ChinaToon next month, per VARIETY, a one-hour branded block dedicated to local cartoons.
Two acclaimed series will kick off the block on July 5: Creative Power Entertaining's PLEASANT GOAT AND BIG BIG WOLF and Zhejiang Zhongnan Group Animation Video's MAGIC WONDERLAND. ChinaToon will be broadcast in 13 territories across Asia.
Bristol, 17 June 2009. Leading independent distributor Aardman Rights is delighted to announce the hugely successful debut of its preschool property TIMMY TIME on CBeebies.
The multi award winning animated series GRIZZLY TALES is to be re invented for Nickelodeon UK. The 26 new eleven minute episodes are based on the recent series of books written by Jamie Rix and published by Orion. The new series is to be broadcast in 2011, preceded by re runs of the 79 original episodes in 2010.
Disney Channel will present an episode of "Zeke and Luther," a new Disney XD comedy series from the team behind "Even Stevens" and starring the talented Hutch Dano, Adam Hicks, Daniel Curtis Lee and Ryan Newman, on Friday, June 19 (7:30 p.m., ET/PT), followed by an uninterrupted telecast of Walt Disney Pictures' "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
Nickelodeon's hit animated series, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (Sunday, June 14, 10 a.m. ET/PT) averaged 3.7 million total viewers (P2+) and ranked as the week's top kids' show with P2+ on all of basic cable with the repeat performance of "The Hidden/Kingdom Come". The Penguins Saturday morning play ("Little Zoo Coupe/All Choked Up", June 13, 10 a.m. ET/PT) ranked as the number-one telecast for the week with kids 2-11 (5.8/2.0 million, +23%) on broadcast and cable TV.
Officially kicking the summer television season into high gear, Cartoon Network's newest animated series TOTAL DRAMA ACTION premiered Thursday night (June 11, 9 p.m.) as the most-watched program of the day on all television-broadcast and cable-among kids 6-11, kids 9-14 and boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research.
Hong Kong, June 15, 2009 -- As part of a new output deal, Cartoon Network, the number one channel for kids in Asia Pacific, will become home to Marvel's universe of super-heroes in the region. The world's most recognizable and iconic denizens of the comic world will be powering their way onto the channel with the likes of the MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD, THE AVENGERS and THOR.
Ottawa, June 16, 2009 - Amberwood Entertainment is pleased to announce that South Africa's M-Net has acquired the new animated series ROLLBOTS. The series is set to launch September 2009 on KTV, the broadcaster's kids' network.
"KTV is the ideal home for ROLLBOTS in South Africa." said Jonathan Wiseman, Senior Vice President at Amberwood. "They have been a great broadcast partner on other properties and we are excited to be working with them once again."
(MIAMI, FL and NEW YORK, NY; June 16, 2009) -- PLAZA SESAMO's beloved new friend Abby Cadabby is spreading her fairy wings and flying over to 3, 2, 1 VAMOS!, an original half-hour preschool program premiering on June 22 on Discovery Kids Latin America. 321 VAMOS will feature segments from beloved children's shows PLAY WITH ME SESAME and GLOBAL GROVER and introduce children in Latin America to BERT AND ERNIE'S GREAT ADVENTURES, Sesame Workshop's first all claymation series.
Growing its Total Day audience for the 3rd consecutive week, this week ranked as Disney XD's most-watched week ever (includes Toon Disney) in Kids 6-14 (155,000) and Boys 6-14 (97,000), surging over year-ago levels (week of 6/9/08) by an impressive 45% (107,000) and 29% (75,000), respectively. In Total Viewers (300,000), this week was the net's 4th most-watched week of all time, increasing by a solid 13% year to year (266,000).
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's Michael Ausiello reports that Noah Wyle has been hired to headline Steven Spielberg's untitled alien-invasion pilot for TNT.
The series was announced last month at TNT's upfront presentations. The story takes place six months after evil aliens decimate mankind, while Wyle would play the leader of a group of citizens trying to take down the extra terrestrials.
London, June 15th, 2009: The Walt Disney Company today announced that it will launch Disney XD in the UK, the country's first boy-focused, girl-inclusive channel for kids aged 6 to 14. Disney XD will include a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery, accomplishment, sports, adventure, music and humour.
Disney XD programming will be differentiated by Disney-branded live-action movies, new and library animated programming and local acquisitions.
FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series. The 2009-2010 season will kick off Wednesday, Sept. 16 with the sixth season premiere of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the highly anticipated series premiere of GLEE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the biting new comedy for the underdog in all of us that features a soundtrack of hit songs from past and present.
Toronto, 15 June 2009. Leading kids and family entertainment specialist DECODE Enterprises, the distribution subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd., is attending DISCOP with over 200 hours of programming deals already signed with key broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe.
Moonscoop, the worldwide brand management and entertainment company representing properties from some of the leading animation producers across the globe, is heading to DISCOP with a raft of TV sales for its hit series already signed with key broadcasters in the region.
Comedy Central has hired Jonathan Sadowski and Keir O'Donnell to star in the pilot for the new live-action comedy GHOSTS/ALIENS, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Based on Trey Hamburger's novel, the story follows two stoners who set out to reveal the truth about supernatural creatures. The book is also being developed as a feature at Paramount Vantage. Cast also includes Rebecca Wisocky as Trey's angry single mom and Kaylee DeFer as a fellow ghost hunter.
Nickelodeon has greenlit two new animated series and order pilots for three other toons, VARIETY reports.
THUMB WRESTLING FEDERATION: TWF, the wildly popular kids' TV series, continues to wrestle its way through Latin America, announcing today that it has picked up a new team of broadcasters. TWF will be hitting the airwaves on Cadena Tres in Mexico, RedeTV! in Brazil, Telemundo in Puerto Rico, America TV in Peru, Televisora Hondurena in Honduras, Red Uno in Bolivia, and Ecuavisa in Ecuador. TWF has already found success in Latin America on Cartoon Network, where it will continue to air.
Annecy, June 10, 2009. At MIFA, Cyber Group Studios and Timoon Animation, subsidiary of Lagardere Entertainment, have inked two agreements: one relates to the coproduction of two TV animated series targeted to children aged 6 to 10, the second one refers to the international distribution and licensing of these series.
9th June 2009, Annecy -- Singapore's Scrawl Studios and France's Planet Nemo are joining forces once again to co-develop PARANORMALIA, a 52 x 11-minutes 2D-animated adventure comedy for kids 8 to 12. After SILLY BITTY BUNNY, their most recent project together, comes the tale of another furry creature but with an altogether different temperament.
Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mykelti Williamson, John Boyd, Jennifer Westfeldt and Chris Diamantopoulos have joined the cast of 24 for the series' eighth season. The Emmy Award-winning drama starring Kiefer Sutherland returns for its next astonishing day with a two-night, four-hour premiere beginning Sunday, Jan. 17 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Paris, 9 June 2009 -- THE SIMPSONS, the longest-running primetime TV series in history, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at MIPCOM 2009. In partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution which handles international distribution for the show, MIPCOM will hold a series of events to mark THE SIMPSONS global success over the past two decades.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-- (June 8, 2009) -- Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for global entertainment and media companies, has been tapped by NBC Universal's Telemundo to give the Spanish-language TV network a sophisticated new identity. The new look can be viewed at: http://www.troika.tv/work/5.134.