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Cynopsis: Kids!
04/03/06
Good morning. It’s Monday, April 3, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
Estimates, Shmestimates! In its first weekend Ice Age: The Meltdown surpassed all Fox guesstimates with an opening weekend total of $70.5 million. The film officially opened on March 31st, which makes it the single largest March opener since the original Ice Age movie, which opened with $46.3 million in 2002. It was also the biggest weekend opener thus far this year. Once the final box office numbers are in later today, we’ll find out if Ice Age: The Meltdown tied or bested The Incredibles ($70.5 million) as the second best animated movie debut release in history after Shrek 2, which is the #1 animated movie with $108 million in its debut weekend.
In other news, Fox Searchlight has dubbed its new teen/young-adult centric movie group Fox Atomic. In announcing the name of the new division, finally, Fox also unveiled a list of projects in active development, including: 28 Weeks Later, the sequels to 28 Days; The Comeback, a parody of the inspirational sports movie genre; Revenge of the Nerds, getting an update from the 1980’s; the sorority based comedy Unaffiliated; and Jason Reitman’s next comedy project
25 million kids voted for their favorites in 16 categories in the Nickelodeon’s 19th Annual Kids Choice Awards, handed out Saturday night at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion. To answer your next question, Robin Williams was the big celebrity who got slimed this year, and then he surprised host Jack Black getting him right back, and then turned on the audience. Justin Timberlake regained his king of burping crown from the previous winner Hugh Jackman, and Pink performed her new song Stupid Girls, you know the one with the video that makes fun of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and so on.
The winners include: Movie: Harry Potter and the Goble of Fire Movie Actress: Lindsay Lohan Movie Actor: Will Smith Voice in an animated movie: Chris Rock Music Group: Green Day TV Show: Drake & Josh TV Actress: Jamie Lynn Spears TV Actor: Drake Bell Cartoon: SpongeBob SquarePants Video Game: Madagascar: Operation PenguinStarz Entertainment Group LLC has renewed its affiliation agreement with Echostar Communications Corp. The multi-year renewal provides for carriage of SEG programming services on Echostar’s DISH Network. Terms of the deal were not announced.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Yes Virginia, there really will be a Simpsons Movie. For many it was holiday in March when they went to see Ice Age: The Meltdown last weekend. Attached to the top of the movie … drum roll please … a teaser for Fox’s The Simpsons Movie. Oh, make that D’oh, there was also a trailer for the Garfield movie too. The Simpsons teaser is a spoof on Superman that resolves on our hero Homer sitting on the sofa with a voiceover announcing the movie will be released July 27, 2007. And no worries, The Simpsons Movie is being produced in 2D!
Paramount has acquired the rights to H.I.V.E., based on the soon-to-be-published young-adult UK novel of the same name by Mark Walden. H.I.V.E., which stands for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, is the school where the best and brightest are trained to be the cleverest and nastiest of villains. Bloomsbury will publish the book in the UK this fall, with the publishing rights for the rest of the world heading to auction.
MORE KIDS STUFF
The Korea Culture & Content Agency (KOCCA) heads to MIPTV this week where it will highlight several animated properties:
- Ocon Inc.’s Dibo the Gift Dragon (52 x 11 min), a 3D animated preschool series;
- FFANGO Entertainment’s Tales of Greenery (26 x 15 min), a mixed puppet/stop-motion animated preschool series; and
- Sunwoo Entertainment’s Mix Master (39 x 22 min), a comedy for K7-11 that blends 2D/3D animation.
Other Korean animation studios and their respective properties also attending the convention under the KOCCA umbrella include: Barunson Co., Ltd’s comedy/action/adventure Maskman; Toy Media’s educational series Little Philosopher; and Western Macaroni from Sieun Design Co., Ltd, which is about to sign a co-production deal for the series with CNR Kids Entertainment.
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; March 30-Apr 1, 2006:
Ice Age: The Meltdown (Fox) PG Opening weekend $70.5m
ATL (Warner Bros.) PG-13 Opening weekend $12.5m
Failure to Launch (Paramount) PG-13 $6.6m-4 wk total $73.2m
Stay Alive (Buena Vista) PG-13 $4.6m-2 wk total $17.3m
She’s the Man (DreamWorks) PG-13 $4.6m-3 wk total $26.8m
The Shaggy Dog (Buena Vista) PG $3.5m-4 wk total $53.8m
Larry/Cable Guy/Health Inspector (Lions Gate) PG-13 $3.2m-2 wk total $11.5m
Eight Below (Buena Vista) PG $1.0m-7 wk total $79.2m
16 Blocks (Warner Bros.) PG-13 $725,000-5 wk total $35.5m
Deep Sea 3-D (IMAX) (Warner Bros.) G $514,000-5 wk total $4.5m
Source: Box Office Mojo
As part of a new partnership, Noggin and First Book will launch Get Ready to Read an early literacy effort with an event at Border’s Book Store at the Time Warner Center this Thursday, April 6, 2006 (10a) in NYC. With the support of celebrities including Jon Stewart, Alex Baldwin and Joan Allen among others, Noggin will introduce the Speed Read Challenge for charity and pledge books to local preschools. Author/creator Jim Jinkins will be on hand to read one of his Pinky Dinky Doo books; the series based on the books debuts on the network, Monday, April 10 at 12p.
MARKETING/LICENSING
BBC Magazines has slated the release of the first issue of Doctor Who Adventures for May 4, 2006 to coincide with the debut of new episodes. The biweekly magazine is targeted to K6-12 and will feature comic strips, fact file about Dr. Who and Co., as well as behind the scenes news, interviews, puzzles, competitions.
MGA Entertainment has release the Soda Pop Girls of Yummi-Land, a new series of six scented dolls and their pets. The dolls and their respective pets and accessories (hair brush, purse, flavored lip gloss etc.) come in a collectable bottle in a 2-pack soda bottle carrier. There are also playsets available. MGA Entertainment are the folks behind the Bratz doll line.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Warner Music Group Corp. has appointed Mel Fox as VP/Corporate Communications, Warner Music International. Fox, who will be based in London, will report to Patrick Vien, WMI’s Chairman/CEO, and Will Tanous, SVP/Corporate Communications, WMG. In her new post Fox will oversee all communications for WMI and its affiliates and licensees operating in 50+ countries, including media relations and internal communications. Most recently, Ms. Fox was VP/Communications, MTV Networks, UK and Ireland.
Answer to Friday’s trivia question: If you were to visit this home, you would have to go outside to use the telephone because it was located on the telephone pole. Whose home was this? THE DOUGLAS’ HOME/GREEN ACRES Kudos to: Mark Krause-WXMI/Grand Rapids MI; Julie Stowell-Tribune Media Services/Glenn Falls NY; Chris Fagan-Mr. Entertainment/NY; Mindy Bloom-Ronald McDonald House/Winston Salem NC; Rosemary Cunningham-MMT/Chicago; Stefanie Tier Friedman-Top Tier Licensing/Agoura Hills CA; Steve Leblang-FX Network; Matt Stevens-Script Partners/Burbank
Today’s Trivia Question: In the orphanage this kid started the rumor that the milk was spoiled? Who was he? (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 Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis Kids!
04.03.06 – 3:42a
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