A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CINEGROUPE
Master prankster Andy Larkin is coming back for a third season
of the hit comedy series What’s with Andy, a ratings grabber
on TELETOON, Canada and on SUPER RTL (Germany).
Now with 78 episodes available, What’s with Andy is becoming
a must-have for broadcaster courting the 8 to 12 y. o. audience.
Check it out at
www.cinegroupe.com/whatswithandyCyn opsis: Kids!
09/18/06
Good morning. It’s Monday, September 18, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
More information on DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming CG animated feature film adaptation of Jay Ward’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman, which will be directed by Rob Minkoff. Bullwinkle Studio’s Tiffany Ward (daughter of the late Jay Ward) and Classic Media’s Eric Ellenbogen will serve as Executive Producers on the movie. Long-time producing partners Jason Clark and Minkoff will oversee development, with a screenplay penned by Andrew Kurtzman. The Peabody & Sherman animated stories premiered in 1959 as part of Ward’s Rocky & Bullwinkle TV series. In each episode Peabody, a spectacle-wearing dog, took Sherman, a young spec-wearing boy, on a trip back in time to explain, humorously, an historical event or at least a version of that event, and proving that, “every dog should have a boy.”
MORE KIDS STUFF
Danger Rangers (13 eps), new animated action/adventure series focused on kid safety, is set to premiere on PBS member stations in major markets next month October 2006, coinciding with National Fire Safety month. Produced by Educational Adventures, Danger Rangers currently airs on public TV and VOD services, with accompanying DVD and book series available.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Brandgenuity, LLC. has put together a range of new licensing agreement for LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc, in an effort to expand the LeapFrog brand across multiple categories. New license deals include: Cardinal Industries (games); MasterPieces (puzzles); Learning Horizons (educational supplements including workbooks); Scholastic (books); Sassy (infant and developmental products); Kids Headquarters (apparel). The first products are available in stores now.
Nickelodeon and Activision Value Publishing, Inc. have entered into a distribution agreement, under which Activision will be the exclusive distributor of three new Nick Jr. PC CD-ROM titles, Dora The Explorer, The Backyardigans and Go, Diego, Go! The three titles will be released in later this month.
The LEGO Group has inked a third party licensing deal with HiTechnic to develop/manufacture/market hardware accessories for the new LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotic toolset. LEGO is looking at this partnership, a first for the company, to underline its commitment to community driven innovation and open-source development. Under the deal, HiTechnic will develop accessory sensors compatible with NXT in look, style and function, and that will integrate with its software. The first of the sensors, a digital compass sensor that offers a magnetic heading for navigation and orientation of NXT robots, is slated for release later this month and will be followed later this year by an RGB color sensor, which will allow robots to identify and respond to specific colors.
VIZ Fiction, an imprint of VIZ Media, will publish three new novels three new original novels this fall 2006. Based on the anime and manga properties Rurouni Kenshin and Naruto will be release in October and November respectively. The third title will be based on Be With You, a best-selling novel in Japan, and will publish in November 2006.
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; September 1517, 2006:
Gridiron Gang (Sony/Columbia) PG-13 Opening Weekend $15.0m
Everyone’s Hero (Fox) G Opening Weekend $6.2m
The Covenant (Sony/Screen Gems) PG-13 $4.7m-2 wk total $15.7m
Invincible (Buena Vista) PG $3.9m-4 wk total $50.9m
The Illusionist (Yari Film Group Releasing) PG-13 $3.8m-5 wk total $23.3m
The Wicker Man (Warner Bros.) PG-13 $2.1m-3 wk total $20.7m
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Sony/Columbia) PG-13 $2.0m-7 wk total $145.0m
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (Paramount) PG $1.6m-7 wk total $69.1m
Accepted (Universal) PG-13 $1.4m-5 wk total $34.1m
Step Up (Buena Vista) PG-13 $1.3m-6 wk total $63.6m
Source: Box Office Mojo
Tomorrow, September 19, 2006, is the annual International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Don’t laugh; it isn’t a joke. We here at this house take all things pirate related very seriously. The official, one and only, International Talk Like A Pirate Day website will offer all the explanations ye will ever need ( http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html ). See I’m sliding already. If the folks at Disney are paying attention, that third pirate movie of yers might just walk-the-plank on such a day. Aye, until the ‘morrow matey.
Did anyone out there truly think that Janet Jackson’s career ended with her appearance at the half time show at the 2004 Super Bowl? Well, it didn’t. Her new single, Call on Me, a duet with singer Nelly, off of Jackson’s upcoming album 20 Y.O. has taken the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, which is based on a combination of radio airplay and sales. The song is Jackson’s 15th number one song and the 30th top 10 single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In addition, Ms. Jackson will be on lots of TV talk shows and will grace the cover of magazines including W, FHM, Giant, Ebony and Billboard throughout the month. 20 Y.O. will be released on September 26, 2006.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman, AOL and President, of its Audience business, will retire from his day-to-day management post this January 1, 2007. Following that date Leonsis will remain Vice Chairman of the company serving as a strategist with a focus on the movement of the company to a web services business, he will report Chairman and CEO Jonathan F. Miller. At the same time, Leonsis, who joined AOL in 1993, will pursue his other interests including sports ownership, film-making, philanthropy, and venture-capital investing. Nanking, a documentary feature produced by Leonsis, is to bow in 2007 release. He is a majority owner of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals, and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics. He is also a minority shareholder in the NBA’s Washington Wizards, in the Verizon Center, and in the Washington, D.C. Ticketmaster franchise. The Leonsis Foundation, Leonsis supports organizations including Hoop Dreams, Best Buddies, YouthAIDS, See Forever Foundation, and Venture Philanthropy Partners.
PepsiCo Board of Directors has named Indra K. Nooyi as its new CEO. She will she take on her new role, effective October 1, 2006. Current Chairman and, CEO Steve Reinemund announced at the end of last week that he will retire in May 2007, after 22 years with the company. Reinemund will serve as PepsiCo’s Executive Chairman and will continue to serve on the board of directors until May, 2007. Nooyi’s current responsibilities as President and CFO, will be divided between Richard Goodman, CFO of PepsiCo International, becomes CFO and Hugh F. Johnston, currently SVP/Transformation, moves up to the newly created position of EVP/Operations and will add Global Procurement and Information Technology to his oversight. Both Goodman and Johnston will report to Nooyi.
Answer to Friday’s Trivia Question: This company’s mascot is little more than the product itself, donned with cap and cane, as designed by a child in 1916, and for his design he was paid a whopping $5. The mascot is still in use today. Who or what is it? MR. PEANUT. Kudos to: Bret Rice–Comcast Spotlight/Pittsburgh; Adam Idelson-Never Idle Inc/NYC; Christine Ferrara-WSBK/Boston; Cassel Kroll-Lexicomm Group/NY; Rachel Capata-Kauff MCClain & McGuire/LA; Kevin Miller-New Wave Entertainment/Burbank; Josh Fisher-Brandissimo/LA; Justin Meadows-Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group/Burbank; Mary Warner-Sullivan Entertainment Inc./Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: She worked along side of Mary Ingalls running the school for the blind. Who was she? ( 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!
09.18.06
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