Los Angeles Comic Con 2018 to Host Jimmy Neutron 15th Anniversary Cast Reunion Panel on October 27 + More LA Comic Con Highlights

BRAIN BLAST! IT’S A JIMMY NEUTRON CAST REUNION!

To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Nickelodeon's much-loved The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con has announced that the 2018 Los Angeles Comic Con will host a Jimmy Neutron 15th Anniversary Cast Reunion panel on the Main Stage on Saturday, October 27 at 12:00pm! Check out the panel's official description below!:

It’s time to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Jimmy Neutron with a Main Stage cast reunion! Blast off with Megan Cavanagh (Judy Neutron), Carolyn Lawrence (Cindy Vortex), Jeff Garcia (Sheen Estevez), Debi Derryberry (James 'Jimmy' Isaac Neutron), Candi Milo (Nick Dean / Britanny / PJ), and Mark DeCarlo (Hugh Neutron) on the Main Stage Saturday as they get nostalgic about Jimmy’s crazy inventions and adventures!

The cast will also reminisce about bringing this beloved series to life!

Additionally, Debi Derryberry will also be hosting a signing session for fans on Saturday, October 27!

In addition to the cast of Jimmy Neutron, Los Angeles Comic Con 2018 will play host to many more exciting panels and special guest appearances, including:

Panels:

We Are Your Childhood: Top Stars of Nickelodeon and Disney
Saturday, Oct 27 at 11:45 AM
Room: 403B

Hosted by The Night Time Show Podcast with special guests including Tanya Chisholm from Big Time Rush, Erin Sanders from Big Time Rush, Sammi Hanratty from Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Kenton Duty from Shake it Up, Sterling Knight from Sonny With A Chance, and more!

Revenge of the Voice Actors Comedy Improv
Saturday, Oct 27 at 3:00 PM
Room: 408

Wanna laugh your butt off at LA Comic-Con? Then guess what... the REVENGE OF THE VOICE ACTORS COMEDY IMPROV TROUPE IS BACK!

This year's show features Lori Alan (Spongebob Squarepants, The Fantastic Four, Family Guy), Dino Andrade (World of Warcraft, Batman: Arkham Asylum, New Looney Tunes), D.C. Douglas (Resident Evil, Mass Effect, Transformers: Rescue Bots), Victoria Atkin (Assassin's Creed, World of Warcraft, Horizon Zero Dawn), Dave Fennoy (The Walking Dead Vid Games, Ben 10, Star Wars: Clone Wars) & Kellen Goff (Five Nights at Freddy's, Smite, Warframe).

Once again proudly presented by The Los Angeles Comic-con because they're very smart people.

Wally Wingert - I Was Cosplay Before Cosplay Was Cool!
Saturday, Oct 27 at 4:30 PM
Room: 303

"Wally Wingert – I Was Cosplay Before Cosplay Was Cool!"

Today’s generation of cosplayers is unaware how difficult the craft of cosplay was before the arrival of the internet. Voice Actor (and self-proclaimed “Godfather of Cosplay”) Wally Wingert (Almighty Tallest Red on Invader ZIM) has been “dressing up” since he was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s. He got serious about it in 1980 after meeting Adam West in costume as Batman. (Wally is most likely the very first Adam West Batman cosplayer ever!) And he continued to cosplay as various characters through 2006! Though Wally’s cosplay creations occurred way before the proliferation of comic conventions (which earned him a fair amount of disdain and ridicule at the time) he nonetheless found a way to express his costumed endeavors through charitable functions and civic events. By the mid 80’s, Wally had created costumes of ’66 Batman, Superman, Darth Vader, Frank N. Furter, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Boy George, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and even 26 Muppet replicas! Complete with historical photos and funny anecdotes about the creation of these costumes before cosplay was a celebrated art form, Wally enlightens the LA Comic Con crowd about being one of the early pioneers of cosplay. Wally is an energetic and engaging speaker and utilizes his voice over skills when telling his stories. Those attributes combined with photos of his personal cosplay journey from a kid in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to landing in Hollywood and becoming a well known voice actor will make for a fun, informative, and inspirational panel suitable for all ages!

Chillin' With Voice Actors
Saturday, Oct 27 at 5:00 PM
Room: 408

Returning for a second time to LA Comic-Con. Join some of the top voice actors in the business as they share their stories, impart their wisdom and even perform a vintage radio play script on the spot (to be announced at the panel).

Featuring the talents of:

Richard Horvitz: (Invader Zim, The Angry Beavers, Skylanders Academy)
Bill Holmes: (Rick And Morty, Flavors Of Youth, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII)
Heather Halley: (Metal Gear Solid 3, Honey And Clover, Rogue Galaxy)
Richard Tatum: (Static Shock, Fallout 4, Spyro The Dragon)
Imari Williams: (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Transformers Rescue Bots, Fire Emblem: Heroes)
Sumalee Montano: (Transformers Prime, Marvel's Spider-Man, Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Moderated and directred by Jeff Burns (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale, Toradora)

Casting by Jeff Burns

Power Rangers 25th Anniversary
Sunday, Oct 28 at 11:00 AM
Room: Main Stage

It's Morphin Time! The original Power Rangers reunite to share stories from their time saving the world, and how the fandom has grown over the past 25 years.
Panel

Special Guest Appearances:

- Mark DeCarlo (Jimmy Neutron) | Saturday 27th October 2018 only
- Megan Cavanagh (Jimmy Neutron) | Saturday 27th October 2018 only
- Carolyn Lawrence (Jimmy Neutron) | Saturday 27th October 2018 only
- Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron) | Saturday 27th October 2018 only
- Candi Milo (Jimmy Neutron) | Saturday 27th October 2018 only
- Austin St. John (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) | Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October 2018
- Walter Jones (Space Cases, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) | Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October 2018
- Karan Ashley (Kenan & Kel, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers) | Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October 2018
- David J. Fielding (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) | Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October 2018

Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con (formally Stan Lee's Comikaze Exp) is Los Angeles’ first and only large-scale multi-media pop culture convention, held annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center. L.A. Comic Con assembles the most exciting and innovative in comics, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and all things pop-culture, making Stan Lee's L.A. Comic Con Los Angeles' ultimate pop-culture convention.

This years Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con will take place between Friday, 26th-Sunday, 28th October 2018.

Tickets to attend Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con 2018 are available to purchase on showclix.com!

Full information about Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con 2018 can be found here on https://www.comicconla.com.

Originally published: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 4:30am BST.

Additional source: IMDb.

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Nickelodeon, BBC, Cartoon Network Gaze Into the Future of TV at MipJunior 2018 [Updated] | MIPCOM

A power panel at MipJunior 2018 on Saturday afternoon saw executives peering into TV’s future and talking about multiple changes in the recent past

Production of Club 57 kicks off in Italy. Photo credit: Juan Botero

CANNES — “Never predict, especially about the future,” the saying goes. Three of MipJunior 2018’s key speakers and kids industry players – from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and the BBC – took that to heart on Cannes’ Saturday afternoon when addressing the panel subject, “View from the Top: Gazing into the Future of Kids Media.” Rather than addressing where the business is headed – if they knew, they’d have ankled their jobs – Nickelodeon’s Jules Borkent, the BBC’s Jackie Edwards and Adina Pitt at Cartoon Network drilled down on the major changes and challenges affecting where the kids media business is today. Here are five insights:

1. THE NEW NAME OF THE GAME: PARTNERING

What has changed in the last couple of years? asked Borkent, Nickelodeon Senior Vice President (SVP), Global Acquisitions and International Programming. “For us, it’s about figuring out [how to meet] the desire for more and more content than we’re currently producing.” Nickelodeon’s solution: Partnerships, whether on wholly-owned or shared content or acquisitions. These have become “far more forefront on how we deliver content,” he commented. One case to point: Nickelodeon Latin America’s has just gone into production on fantasy fiction musical Club 57, its first co-production with Iginio Straffi’s Rainbow Group in Italy. “We’re working with partners that five years ago we wouldn’t necessarily have,” Borkent said.

2. RETOOLING FRANCHISES

“We’re focused on building brands and franchises,” said Pitt, Vice President (VP), Content Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Cartoon Network & Boomerang US. “That’s not just about looking for new franchises and experimenting, but also staying true to brands,” and re-tooling them, she suggested, instancing Total DramaRama. Created by Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch for Fresh TV and distributed by Cake Ent., the Canadian animated action comedy series, which bowed on Cartoon Network on Sept. 1, places the characters of Total Drama in an alternate universe ageing them down from teens to toddlers. “It’s an important lesson: Sometimes go back, retool or reimagine the IP you have,” Pitt argued. Nickelodeon has also just done this with the network's recently launched Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a brand-new 2D animated series which premiered Sept. 17 that reimagines the iconic characters from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a fresh new way.

3. LOCALIZATION – A BOON NOT A BANE

Considering China – “a great opportunity for new collaborations,” said Edwards, head of the BBC children’s acquisitions & independent animation – discussion turned to the ever more global industry. “It is a global industry and I think in the future that will be everybody’s challenge,” said Edwards. She went on: “When everything is everywhere and there is so much content, so many platforms, how are you to stand out? Sometimes localization gives you distinctiveness. As a public service broadcaster, I think that’s going to save us.”

4. LIVE ACTION OPENING UP

For many years, the multi-camera preserve of Nickelodeon and Disney, live action is one program option with ever more opportunity, as recent successes, such as Federation Kids & Family’s Find Me in Paris, which airs on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland illustrates. “We’re testing the waters with telenovelas,” said Borkent. “Live action is opening up more, as viewers are opening up to other cultures.”

5. NEWS OF THE LONGTERM DEMISE OF THE TELLY IS SOMEWHAT EXAGERRATED

According to Nickelodeon research, 65% of kids still regard a TV set as the “easiest model” to access content, Borkent said. “Most children are watching content on TV. They love character and story. Television is a showcase for the very best of it,” said Edwards. She added: “What will happen in the future is that channels will still endure for pre-school, while older kids will search for the same content on VOD platforms and YouTube.” That of course is already a growing reality. A Eurodata TV analysis – referred to during its MipJunior overview on Saturday of new trends in kids entertainment – suggests that daily TV viewing by younger and older children in both the U.S. and U.K. has fallen by pretty much one hour in both countries over 2012-17, from over 2 hours 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes for 4-6 year-old kids in the U.K.. The future is now.

Additionally, Viacom's research unit says globally, teens now access content on 13 devices but TV sets remain the preferred screen. Over half say they prefer to watch content on a TV set.

Play & Learn Along with Nickelodeon's Dora and Diego in New Exhibit 'Dora & Diego - Let's Explore!' at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, IL

Get ready to explore with Dora and Diego in Dora and Diego — Let’s Explore!

Chicago IL - Beloved characters Dora and Diego from Nickelodeon’s hit preschool series Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!, along with their friends Boots, Map, Backpack, Isa, Tico, and of course Swiper, are now in their own interactive exhibit at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, Illinois for your family to explore, learn, and play along!

Run, jump, crawl, and climb on an exciting adventure through Dora and Diego’s worlds. There’s so much to discover! Set sail on the Pirate Piggies Ship, ride a rocket to the Purple Planet, find your way through the Rainforest Maze, and more. Go on adventures with your favorite characters while learning how to solve problems, be a good friend, and care for animals and the environment. And don’t forget to take a photo with Dora and Boots and Diego and Baby Jaguar!

Be sure to bring your little explorer to play along with Dora, Diego, and their friends so they too can say “We did it!” Ready? ¡Vámonos!

Highlights include:

The Purple Planet

Visit the Purple Planet with Dora and Boots! Climb inside an out-of-this-world Purple Planet home and slide down on the surface of the Purple Planet.

Rocket Ship

Dora’s outer-space friends want to go back to the Purple Planet and need help getting there. Grab a spacesuit, pilot the ship, and test your memory with images of colorful planets as you help Dora and Boots take their outer-space friends home.

Constellations

On the way to the Purple Planet, Dora and Boots encounter some interesting star groupings. Help them identify the patterns made out of stars by inserting star shapes to light up a constellation.

Isa’s Flowery Garden

Dora’s friend Isa the Iguana knows how to take care of flowers, plants, and animals. Tour Isa’s Garden to pick flowers, interact with bird, butterfly, and insect puppets, and pretend-fly with bird and butterfly wings. Even your littlest explorer will enjoy smelling the flowery scents and picking soft-fabric posies.

Tico’s Tree and Car

Dora is a good friend to Tico the squirrel and you can be a good friend to Tico too! He needs help picking nuts from the tree for a family picnic. Play along with Swiper to swipe the nuts and watch as they shoot up and over to fill Tico’s basket. Then, help Tico fill up his car with nuts so he can begin his journey.

Pirate Ship

Join the Pirate Piggies crew in the Pirate Ship and dress like a pirate to pretend-play along sailing the ship and divvying up the treasure. Raise and lower the Pirate Piggies’ flag, look through the telescopes to spot the treasure chest, and then divvy up the coins into the Pirate Piggies’ banks to help them share the treasure.

Animal Rescue Center

You can be an animal rescuer, just like Diego! Help diagnose and address the rainforest animals' problems from the Scanner bed, bandage and apply cold packs at the First-Aid Station, and bathe stuffed animals at the Care Station.

Rainforest Maze

Explore the rainforest to locate cool, elusive rainforest animals. Swing across the Bobo Brothers’ monkey bars, crawl through a fallen tree, climb across Jaguar Mountain, and jump or hop across the River Rocks.

Dora and Diego—Let’s Explore! opened at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Saturday 22nd September 2018 and will run through Sunday 27th January 2019.

Produced by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in cooperation with Nickelodeon, the Dora and Diego — Let's Explore! exhibit is presented by the Anthem Foundation, and is locally sponsored by Rose Pest Solutions.

For more information about the exhibit, please visit http://www.naturemuseum.org/the-museum/exhibits/dora-and-diego-lets-explore.

More exploration at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

And this fall, exploration doesn’t end with Dora and Diego. From September 22 through January 17, the Nature Museum’s live animal exhibit, the Animal House will be home to seven species that have become so rare within Illinois that many may never get the chance to see them in the wild. Find out how these endangered animals became Nature Museum residents and how scientists are working to protect and raise awareness about them.

The species featured in the Animal House include:

Alligator snapping turtle (endangered)
Blanding’s turtle (endangered)
Ornate box turtle (threatened)
Hognose snake (threatened)
Spotted turtle (endangered)
Massasauga snake (endangered)
Mudpuppy (threatened)

Additionally, discover how students of all ages are exploring the urban nature found all around us in Chicago at the Marquee Gallery exhibit: Chicago’s Youth Explorers.

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H/T: ABC7 Chicago News; Additional sources: Toddling Around Chicagoland, Metromix Chicago.

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iQIYI Signs MOU with Viacom International Media Networks on In-depth Collaboration for Second Season of Children’s Animation Series 'Deer Run'

Original iQIYI, Inc. Press Release via PR Newswire:

iQIYI Signs MOU with Viacom International Media Networks on In-depth Collaboration for Second Season of Children’s Animation Series Deer Run

CANNES, France, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, today announced it has signed MOU with Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), to produce and distribute the second season of iQIYI's original animated children's series Deer Run*. Viacom's Nickelodeon will provide creative guidance and supervision over the production of the show , which upon completion will air on Nickelodeon's international networks outside of China, with further opportunities for Deer Run's licensing potential outside of China to be explored.

iQIYI Signs MOU with Viacom International Media Networks on In-depth Collaboration for Second Season of Children’s Animation Series Deer Run

Deer Run is a 3D animated series geared toward preschool children, which presents the adventures of four cervine companions and the challenges they overcome. The additional collaboration deal follows the two companies' successful co-operation on the show's first season last year, which marked the first time an international media company acquired international distribution rights for a China-produced animated series. Currently in production, the first season is set to air in 2020.

"iQIYI is excited to be partnering again with VIMN for another season of Deer Run," said Wang Xiaohui, Chief Content Officer at iQIYI. "The show's engaging plot is both entertaining and educational and we predict great things for this IP going forward. iQIYI is committed to producing outstanding original content and we will continue to work with talented partners to bring the best content to our users."

"Deer Run, with its endearing and humorous storylines and compelling, relatable characters, proves that great original animation content can come from any part of the world," said Nina Hahn, Senior Vice President, International Production & Development, Nickelodeon.

The expanded co-operation between iQIYI and VIMN was announced this week by representatives of both companies at an event during MIPCOM, a leading annual trade show held in Cannes, France. This is the first initiative to be backed by the inaugural Nickelodeon Chinese Animation Development Project, supported by China’s National Radio & Television Administration.

The announcement comes at a time of rapid growth in China’s animation industry, the value of which exceeded RMB 100bn in 2016. Children’s animation is considered by many to be an area of very high potential in the Chinese entertainment industry.

* Footnote: Deer Run is a working title

About iQIYI

iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company") is an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and the production of blockbuster content. iQIYI's platform features highly popular original content, as well as a comprehensive library of other professionally-produced content, partner-generated content and user-generated content. The Company distinguishes itself in the online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model including membership services, online advertising services, content distribution, live broadcasting, online games, IP licensing, online literature and e-commerce etc. For more information on iQIYI, please visit http://ir.iqiyi.com.

About Nickelodeon International

Nickelodeon, now in its 39th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon is one of the most globally recognized and widely distributed multimedia entertainment brands for kids and family, with 1.2 billion cumulative subscriptions in more than 500 million households across 170+ countries and territories, via more than 100+ locally programmed channels and branded blocks. Outside of the United States, Nickelodeon is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc.

About Viacom International Media Networks

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), is comprised of many of the world's most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, MTV LIVE HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, and more. Viacom brands reach more than 3.8 billion cumulative subscribers in 180+ countries and territories via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties, in 40 languages. For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com.

SOURCE iQIYI, Inc.

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iCarly Extended ‘Leave It All to Me” Music Video Ft. Drake Bell 🎶 | Nickelodeon

Take a trip down memory lane with this epic extended ‘Leave it All to Me” music video. Remember when Miranda Cosgrove (Carly), Jennette McCurdy (Sam), and the rest of the iCarly gang rocked out with Drake Bell to the catchiest song ever? What’s your favorite iCarly moment of all time? Let me know in the comments below! Catch more iCarly on Nickelodeon!



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KARAOKE! 🎤 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song | #TurtlesTuesday | Nickelodeon

It’s the official KARAOKE version of the RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES theme song! Get ready to sing your heart out and see if you can memorize every word! What’s your favorite verse? Let me know in the comments below! Activate: Music Mode!



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Q’orianka Kilcher Joins Cast of Paramount’s Live-Action ‘Dora the Explorer’ Movie

Q’orianka Kilcher, who starred in TNT’s Emmy-nominated limited series, The Alienist, will play Inca Princess Kawillaka in Paramount Player’s iteration live-action take of Nickelodeon’s beloved Dora the Explorer, Deadline has revealed! Kilcher joins Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Transformers: The Last Knight, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Instant Family), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives, Overboard), and Michael Pena in Australia where the picture is currently shooting.

Photo credit: Shutterstock

Directed by James Bobin, the story follows Dora (Moner) dealing with high school and leading a new group of friends on an adventure with her sidekick, Boots the monkey, and famed cousin Diego played by newcomer Micke Moreno.

Madeleine Madden, Adriana Barraza, Temuera Morrison, and Nicholas Coombe are also set to co-star. Produced by Paramount Players, Walden Media, and Nickelodeon, Dora the Explorer hits theaters August 2.

Kilcher, who starred as Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell Terrence Malick’s 2005 film The New World, and recently appeared alongside Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Timothée Chalamet, Ben Foster and Jesse Plemons in Scott Cooper’s western, Hostiles.

The actor repped by APA, Anonymous Content, and attorney Eric Feig.

Kilcher now joins Eva Longoria and Michael Peña, who play the parents of the titular character; Eugenio Derbez (Overboard, Instructions Not Included; How to Be A Latin Lover), who plays Alejandro, a mysterious jungle inhabitant who tries to protect the teenagers from the marauders; big screen newcomer Micke Moreno (Escobar: Paradise Lost), in the role of cousin Diego; Nicholas Coombe (Spy Kids: Mission Control, Midnight Sun) as Randy, a fellow high schooler who develops an immediate crush on Dora; Madeleine Madden (Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tidelands) as the school’s snooty class president, Sammy; and Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel, Amores Perros, Thor, The 33) as Dora’s grandma, Abuelita Valerie, Temuera Morrison (Green Lantern, Moana), who will play the role of Powell, and Madelyn Miranda, who portrays Young Dora.

Per the studio, the movie will tell the story of Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, but now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on a live-action adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.

Dora the Explorer is produced by Christopher Robin producer Kristin Burr, who is joined by longtime Bobin associate, executive producer John G. Scotti (The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, Alice Through the Looking Glass) as well as executive producers Julia Pistor (The Spiderwick Chronicles, A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Eugenio Derbez.

Bobin has assembled a talented team behind the camera that also includes reunions with Oscar®-winning production designer Dan Hennah (Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Alice Through the Looking Glass) and costume designer Rahel Afiley (The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, Flight of the Conchords). The pair will be joined by six-time Goya Award winning (and BAFTA nominated) cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe, A.S.C. (Secretos del corazón, The Others, Blue Jasmine, Thor: Ragnarok), film editor Mark Everson (Paddington, Paddington 2) and BAFTA-nominated VFX supervisor Andy Brown (Black Panther, House of Flying Daggers, Moulin Rouge!)

Dora the Explorer is currently in production, and is filming entirely in Australia’s Gold Coast, in the state of Queensland on the continent’s east coast south of Brisbane. Village Roadshow Studios, where the production is headquartered, has been host to several major Hollywood movies in the last few years, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Shallows, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok and, most recently, DC’s Aquaman. In addition to designer Hennah’s stage builds, the production is utilizing Queensland’s diverse landscape, notably tropical forests near Tamborine Mountain and Tallebudgera, to portray Dora’s jungle habitat.

Dora the Explorer is a Paramount Players and Nickelodeon production in association with Walden Media. The film is being supported by the Queensland Government via Screenland Queensland. Paramount will release the film on August 2, 2019.

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Originally published: Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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David Blue Joins Cast of 'Henry Danger' Season 5 in Recurring Role

Actor David Blue (Breadwinners, Stargate Universe, Ugly Betty) is joining the cast of Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger in a recurring role, TVLine has learned. Blue will appear throughout Season 5, which is now airing on Nickelodeon USA. Details on Blue’s role are being kept under wraps.

The youngest of three boys, David Blue grew up as the comedian of the family. A lifelong actor, singer and dancer, Blue spent years performing onstage. He eventually graduated from the conservatory at the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in both Acting and Musical Theatre Performance. Following an Acting Apprenticeship at the world-renowned Actor's Theatre of Louisville, he made the move to Los Angeles.

Blue's first starring role was in a movie entitled Winter Follies, which was the fresh-out-of-film school project of Saw II (2005)/Saw III (2006) director Darren Lynn Bousman.

Appearances all across the dial soon followed, including CW's hit series Veronica Mars, FX's Dirt and many others. But one of David's best-known roles was as Cliff St. Paul on ABC's hit Ugly Betty (2006). His work on which inspired a submission for a possible Emmy Nomination. Concurrently, Blue joined the cast of CBS' Moonlight (2007) as technology-obsessed vampire Logan Griffen. During his second season of Ugly Betty, Blue was announced as eventual fan-favorite Eli Wallace in Syfy's SGU Stargate Universe (2009), opposite Robert Carlyle.

A seasoned vocalist, Blue has performed onstage with many talents, including Dick Van Dyke and Victor Garber. He starred in the re-imagining of Howard Ashman's Dreamstuff, headlining alongside Fred Willard, Vicki Lewis, and Eden Espinosa. He still enjoys returning to the stage between television and film projects, as he did recently with a performance as Feste in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Henry Danger season five continues to follow Henry Hart (Jace Norman) as he navigates a double life as Kid Danger, the superhero sidekick to Captain Man (Cooper Barnes). The new season will introduce brand-new villains and offer surprises that will expand the mythology of the show. Henry Danger cast also includes: Riele Downs as “Charlotte;” Sean Ryan Fox as “Jasper;” Ella Anderson as “Piper Hart;” Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as “Mr. Hart,” and Michael D. Cohen as “Schwoz,” who has been upped to a series regular. Christopher J. Nowak will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Jake Farrow is executive producer. Henry Danger is created by Dan Schneider.

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Additional source: IMDb.

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Halloween at Pleasure Beach
Saturday 20th October - Wednesday 31st October 2018

For a 11 days, Blackpool Pleasure Beach will celebrate Halloween by turning the UK's Most ICONic Theme Park and the home of the UK's only Nickelodeon Land in a frightfest with the help of spooktacular decorations, including pumpkins and scarecrows, strange creatures (mostly staff) and monsters! (mainly the managers…) * their words, not mine ;)

All this Halloween, Blackpool Pleasure Beach will have delicious Halloween treats available around the park, from Halloween Toffee Apple Slushes to Krispy S-Kreme Donuts! The park will also host the brilliant ‘Creepy Hollow’ – set up in Planet Rock and brought to you by the excellent Blackpool Zoo. It’s an educational and interactive workshop where you can get up close and personal with stick insects, cockroaches, giant snails, snakes, lizards, and various weird and wonderful artefacts! PLUS it’s included in your entry to the park!

Vampire Pleasure Beach
Saturday 27th October is extra special!!

Blackpool Pleasure Beach are inviting all their guests to arrive in their creepiest and scariest costumes all day Saturday with competitions for best costumes for children and adults. They are also giving your favourite characters a monstrous makeover too!

From 4.00pm the park will transform into a ghastly and spine-chilling place where hordes of zombies and vampires, goblins and ghouls will be partying in the park with live music playing in the park's FY4 area around the Spooktacular Dancing Fountains.

Looking for an extra spooky experience? Try to find your way through the Spooky Maze where ghosts and ghouls are around every corner!

If you attend in fancy dress, adults receive a free alcoholic Vampire Blood Slush Cocktail and children receive a non-alcoholic Vampire Blood Slush Cocktail.

All of this and a hair-raising evening of Late Night Riding and a spectacular display of fireworks at 10.00pm!

*subject to weather conditions.

Fright Night Package

Blackpool Pleasure Beach's blood chilling Fright Night Packages are available from 27th to 31st October 2018

The Fright Night Package includes:

A PLEASURE BEACH WRISTBAND

For a TRULY TERRIFYING HALLOWEEN, Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Fright Night packages provide all the thrills, screams, and shrieks you could ever want. This ghoulish package includes a wristband to enter the park to enjoy all the rides all day!

ONE ENTRY TO PASAJE DEL TERROR

One terrifying experience of PASAJE DEL TERROR, an interactive and realistic horror experience. The most famous characters from the horror genre come to life within the confines of the Pasaje del Terror to produce a unique, terrifying adventure where the public become….. THE VICTIM

A SHOW TICKET FOR THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS

A blend of Rock, Horror, and Mayhem! The UK’s darkest circus returns for a night of spooks and spectacles! After taking to the road over 22 years ago and touring all over the world the phenomenon returns with its latest brand new incarnation “PSYCHO ASYLUM”.

Warning: The Circus of Horrors contains some nudity and language of an adult nature, it is not suitable for children. Recommended age 16+

All this for just £43!! Book online NOW

Dont miss our Halloween Drive-In Cinema, featuring the cult Halloween flicks Nightmare on Elm Street, The Conjuring 2 and Halloween H:20! Find out more.

Pumpkin Carving and Face Painting

Pumpkin Carvings!

You can’t have Halloween without pumpkin carving, so Blackpool Pleasure Beach have a professional pumpkin carver on Friday 26th October, Saturday 27th October and Sunday 28th October in the Sculpture Gardens. He’s scarily good!

Forgot to do your makeup?

If you want to join in the fearsome fun while at Pleasure Beach, you can also find one of Blackpool Pleasure Beach's freaky face painters who can give you a terribly good makeover.

Watch Out!

While you visit watch out for Lougarock the Werewolf and the terrifying curse of Scepticemus!

Visit https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com to find out more and to purchase tickets for Halloween at Blackpool Pleasure Beach!

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