Saturday, September 27, 2014

Nick Jr. Africa To Premiere "Wanda and the Alien" Soon After Channels Launch

Nickelodeon Africa has announced on their brand-new Nick Jr. website the exciting Nickelodeon International News that Nick Jr. Africa, Nickelodeon Africa's brand-new localised version of Nickelodeon's popular preschool channel, will start to premiere and show the brand-new animated preschool series "Wanda and the Alien" soon after the channel launches on DStv‎ channel 307 on Tuesday 30th September 2014!


Friends come in all shapes and sizes. Based on the books by best selling author Sue Hendra, "Wanda and the Alien" is a pre-school animated series about wonder and unconditional friendship. When a young and scared alien crashes with his space rocket into the woods, little rabbit Wanda's world becomes even more interesting and exciting. After a few moments of hesitation, they are now the best friends in the universe.


The Alien has a unique gift that makes him very special: he can freeze a moment in time so that you can see the magical details in it from different points of view. Even a splash in the water can become special if you can catch it and wear it like a crown! Combining an enchanting story with the best 2D animation, every episode sees the two characters exploring the beauty and the wonders of Wanda's charming forest and the Alien's incredible and funny planet, while highlighting the importance of values such as friendship, trust and kindness. Follow Wanda and the little Alien as they discover things out of their worlds!


"Wanda and the Alien" (52 x 10 minutes) is co-produced by UK-based Random House and Komixx Entertainment.


Nickelodeon acquired the rights to Random House Children's Screen Entertainment's "Wanda and the Alien" under a global deal (excluding the US) with London-based distributor CAKE in 2013 that will see the new animated preschool series head to more than 70 Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels around the world (Nickelodeon International). The Nickelodeon deal marks the first key international agreement for "Wanda and the Alien" and a large step for Random House's first book-to-screen venture.

"Wanda and the Alien" Creative Team - Producers: Chris Bowden, Andrew Cole-Bulgin & Richard Randolph; Executive Producers: Ed Glauser, Ian Mackinnon & Peter Saunders; Series Directors: Will Brenton & Jez Hall.
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Nick Jr. Africa To Premiere "Blaze and the Monster Machines" Soon After Channels Launch

Nickelodeon Africa has announced on their brand-new Nick Jr. website the exciting Nickelodeon International News that Nick Jr. Africa, Nickelodeon Africa's brand-new localised version of Nickelodeon's popular preschool channel, will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon Preschool's brand-new CG-animated preschool series "Blaze and the Monster Machines" soon after the channel launches on DStv‎ channel 307 on Tuesday 30th September 2014!


The exciting news comes after Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa announced earlier this week plans to launch 24-hour localised (localized) versions of Nickelodeon's action and animation channel, NickToons, and Nickelodeon's preschool channel, Nick Jr. on the African ‎digital satellite TV service DStv‎ on Tuesday 30th September 2014. NickToons Africa will launch on DStv‎ channel 308.

"Blaze and the Monster Machines" (20 episodes) is brand-new CG-animated series that will introduce preschoolers to the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This is the first preschool show that features a curriculum dedicated to all areas of STEM. Viewers will join an eight-year-old boy named AJ and his incredible monster truck Blaze on super-sized adventures. AJ and the viewer help Blaze as they explore the physics of how things move, master mathematics and discover how everyday technologies work. "Blaze", created by Jeff Borkin ("Team Umizoomi", "Blue's Clues") and Ellen Martin ("Bubble Guppies", "The Backyardigans"), will make its world premiere on Nickelodeon USA in October 2014.
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Nickelodeon USA To Premiere "Haunted Thundermans" Halloween Special On Saturday 11th October 2014

Nickelodeon USA has announced the very exciting Nickelodeon News in their all-new 'A Haunted Halloween' promo on their official website, nick.com, that Nick USA will premiere and show the networks brand-new "The Haunted Hathaways" and "The Thundermans" crossover special, titled "Haunted Thundermans", on Saturday 11th October 2014 at 8:00pm ET/PT!


The "Haunted Hathaways" Halloween special, "Haunted Thundermans", will bring The Thundermans and Hathaways together for a epic Halloween of superhero proportions that no one will forget!

Watch Nick USA's all-new 'A Haunted Halloween' trailer, which gives a super sneak-peek at the brand-new "The Thundermans" and "The Haunted Hathaways" crossover special episode, in the online streaming video clip below!



The episodes' title suggests that the Hathaways/Thundermans crossover special will be a "Haunted Hathaways" season two episode, as each episode of "The Haunted Hathaways" (except the pilot episode) has the word 'Haunted' at the beginning, such as "Haunted Sleepover" and "Haunted Voodoo".

In a special video for Fanlala, Nickelodeon Star Amber Montana, who plays Taylor Hathaway in the hit Nick original comedy series "The Haunted Hathaways", talks about Nick's brand-new THH/TTM crossover special, "Haunted Thundermans", and what it was like filming the episode with the Nickelodeon Stars of "The Thundermans"!:


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