Saturday, February 07, 2015

Nickelodeon News Round-Up - Issue 18: Global Edition

Below is a round-up of aweslime Nickelodeon International news!


To make the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, the biggest and slimiest ever, Nick needs your help! Nickelodeon wants to know what YOU'RE into and they're looking to YOU to help them decide what will happen at KCA 2015! Head to www.kca2015.com and tell Nick all about your favorite music, video games, celebrity's, and more!

Nickelodeon Russia and CIS (Nickelodeon Россия and СНГ) today, Saturday 7th February 2015, started to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new original comedy series "Henry Danger" ("Опасный Генри") at 16:45 (МСК)!


Additionally, Nickelodeon Russia and CIS also started to premiere "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("Черепашки-ниндзя) season 3 today at 18:40 (МСК)! To celebrate, Nick Russia & CIS aired a special TMNT marathon leading up to the debut of the first episode of the all-new third season of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!


Nickelodeon France will start to premiere and show season two of Nickelodeon's hit superhero-themed original comedy series "The Thundermans", locally titled "Les Thunderman", from Monday 9th February 2015 at 19h40! NickHeads located in France can view a exclusive sneak-peek preview of "The Thundermans" season two here on nickelodeon.fr!


Additionally, Nickelodeon 4Teen will start to air more brand-new episodes of "iCarly", including "iGo One Direction", guest starring One Direction, from Monday 9th February 2015 at 18h55! Fans in France can watch a sneak-peek video clip of "iGo One Direction" here on Nickelodeon.fr!


Nickelodeon France will also be holding a special "Choose Your Own Ending" ("A toi de choisir la fin") programming stunt on Friday 21st February 2015 at 18:05 on Nick and 18:35 on Nick 4Teen! Similar to Nick USA's special in 2014, "Choose Your Own Ending" will be a one-night only event that's putting viewers in charge of how brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Les Thunderman") and "The Haunted Hathaways" ("3 fantômes chez les Hathaway") will end! NickHeads can cast their votes at Nickelodeon.fr to decide the fates of the characters and then watch to see which endings win! Plus, NickHeads can get prepped for what they should choose with some videos, sneak peeks and even photos! This night is gonna be AWESLIME!


Nickelodeon Italy (Italia) will premiere and show Nickelodeon's "Kids' Choice Awards 2015" awards ceremony, Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, in April 2015!

Nickelodeon Spain (Espana) will start to premiere and show more brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Los Thundermans") from Monday 9th February 2015 at 21:00 H!

Nickelodeon Spain will also be holding a "Choose Your Own Ending" programming stunt, locally titled "Tú Eliges El Final", in which NickHeads can choose the endings of brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Los Thundermans") and "The Haunted Hathaways" ("Las Hathaways entre fantasmas"), in February 2015!

Nickelodeon Greece will be holding a special "Kids In Action" conference on Tuesday 17th February 2015. Visit kids-in-action.gr for more information.

Nickelodeon Latin America have launched a brand-new blog called Trendy By Nick!
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NickToons USA To Premiere New "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL" Episodes From Sunday 8th February 2015

Like monsters? Like cards? Like monsters jumping out of cards?


Then bust out the Happy Pants, as Nickelodeon USA has announced in a brand-new trailer/promo, below, that the networks animation and action channel, NickToons USA, will start to premiere and show more brand-new episodes of the popular anime series "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL", featuring all-new sick duels, fans going cray-cray and extra humor, from Sunday 8th February 2015 at 10:30am ET/PT!



"Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL" is the third main spin-off series of the hit "Yu-Gi-Oh!" franchise.
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"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" Dominates US Box Office Upon Opening On Friday 6th February 2015

The entertainment industry news websites The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are reporting the fantastic Nickelodeon Movies news that Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Animation's brand-new "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie, "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", is soaring at the North American box office, soaking up an estimated $15.1 million on the day of the films release, Friday 6th February 2015, from 3,641 theaters for a impressive $52 million opening weekend, well ahead of most industry projections of a $35 million launch!


"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", Nick and Paramount's second "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie, is easily trouncing new big-budget entries "Jupiter Ascending" and "Seventh Son". To boot, it will steal the top perch from reigning champion "American Sniper"!

"SpongeBob" will finish only 25% behind the impressive $69 million launch of Warner's "The Lego Movie", which opened on the same weekend in 2014.

"SpongeBob" scored well with reviewers, racking up a 74% fresh rating on the Rotten Tomatoes site. It achieved a "B" grade from Cinema Score; 50% of the audience was under 18 and gave the film an A- score.

Additionally, the $74 million family title made a nice splash last weekend overseas, where it grossed $8 million from its first five territories - Taiwan, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium and Holland.

"Out of Water" opens eleven years after "The Spongebob SquarePants Movie" played in theaters in 2004, grossing north of $130 million globally. The first film was directed by Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the television show. This time, series writer and executive producer Paul Tibbitt directs, with regular cast members Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence reprising their roles. The movie also stars Antonio Banderas as the villainous pirate Burger Beard, "The IT Crowd" star Matt Berry as the voice of Bubbles, and former former Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash as himself.

"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" will be released in Digital 3D and 2D in cinemas across the UK on Friday 20th March 2015!
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