Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Holiday Wish List: Top Wing Toys Land at Walmart!
If your pre-schooler has been enjoying Nickelodeon top-rated CG-animated series Top Wing, they’ll be thrilled to find Top Wing Toys under the Christmas tree! In this awesome video from Tampa, Florida's WFLA News Channel 8, lifestyle Expert and Mom, Stefaney Rants is here to tell us all the details! Visit walmart.com to see the entire Top Wing toy collection. Watch Top Wing on Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., NickJr.com and the Nick Jr. App!
Belgium's Medialaan Acquires Rights to Nickelodeon Israel's 'The Greenhouse', 'Spell Keepers' and 'Bed & Biscuit'
KESHET INTERNATIONAL KIDS’ DIVISION SIGNS 188 HOUR DEAL WITH MEDIALAAN
Belgium broadcaster picks up Nutz Productions’ THE GREENHOUSE, SPELL KEEPERS and BED & BISCUIT
18 December 2018 – The Kids’ division of leading global producer and distributor Keshet International (KI) has signed another high-volume licensing deal for three of live-action tweens’ and teens’ finished series totally 188 hours of content.
KI has licensed Belgium broadcaster Medialaan all three seasons of the Israeli ratings record-breaking daily-drama THE GREENHOUSE (175×22’), three seasons of the live action series SPELL KEEPERS (150×22’) and three seasons of the sitcom BED & BISCUIT (totaling 51×22’). All of these Hebrew language shows originally premiered on Nickelodeon Israel and Teen Nick exclusively on Yes TV and are produced by Nutz Productions, a subsidiary of the multi-channel media group Ananey Communications. Medialaan will debut all three shows on its popular kids channel VTM KIDS on Saturday 22nd December 2018.
This is the first time Medialaan has picked up any Hebrew-language live action kids’ series, and it follows hot on the heels of KI’s recent agreements with HBO for all three series of both THE GREENHOUSE (175×22’) and SPELL KEEPERS (150×22’), and SIC for three series of BED & BISCUIT (totaling 51×22’) and the first series of SPELL KEEPERS (50×22’).
These three high-volume deals follow KI’s recent strategic move into the kids’ market, first launching a dedicated kids’ division headed by new hire Nicola Andrews, and then establishing an on-going content partnership with Ananey Communications Group – Israel’s leading kids’ content provider – to bring teens’, tweens’ and kids’ programming to a wider global audience.
Nicola Andrews, KI’s Senior Sales and Commercial Director, Kids says, “It is exciting to see there is a growing appetite for high-quality foreign language finished series internationally, particularly amongst broadcasters looking for high-volume deals.”
Medialaan’s Head of Kids, Serge Van Eyck says, “As a leading TV broadcaster in Belgium we are delighted to work together with Keshet International and are convinced that these high-quality and high-volume live action series will appeal to a wide audience. We believe that the stories told in these series are universal and will be warmly appreciated by our Belgian kids.”
Orly Atlas-Katz, CEO Ananey Communications Group says, “We are delighted to witness, again and again, the way in which kids and teens around the world embrace our original award winning productions and fall in love with them, just as kids and teens in Israel did.”
The Greenhouse
Created by Giora Chamizer, THE GREENHOUSE (S1, S2 and S3, totaling 175×22’) centers on a brother and sister who, after losing their mother in a spaceship crash, arrive at an elite boarding school for gifted future leaders: The Greenhouse. They join two competing houses within the school but, only by joining forces can they save the country from a disaster. The Greenhouse has also aired (dubbed in English) on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland, and has also been adapted for an English international version by Netflix. Titled Greenhouse Academy, the English international version has been renewed for two additional seasons (encompassing season two and three).
Teen drama Spell Keepers
Based on original idea by Sivan Shiknagy and Einat Shahak and created by Michal Cooper-Keren, SPELL KEEPERS (S1, S2 and S3, totaling 150×22’) is an exciting, mysterious and fantastical daily-drama series focusing on two strong and determined female heroines – Kirki and Laila. The Spell Keepers are a secret group of good witches called Kadabras, whose role is to protect humanity from supernatural creatures who threaten to harm them. Together, they are the strongest force in the supernatural world. Spell Keepers also airs on Nickelodeon Poland.
Bed And Biscuit
Created by Hagit Bilia and Lior Kfir, BED & BISCUIT (S1, S2 and S3, totaling 51×22’) is a sitcom for younger kids, which takes place in a family-run boarding kennel for dogs in a small village in Israel. Moti is a mediocre lawyer who has had enough of the big city and wants to live a simpler life and spend more time with his only daughter Ori. Together, the energetic father and smart and funny daughter make the move into the country to run their family business – a dog kennel.
About Keshet International (www.keshetinternational.com)
Keshet International is a leading global content and media producer and distributor. It is part of the Keshet Media Group, Israel’s most successful media company.
KI’s portfolio includes seven local production and distribution hubs in addition to its Tel Aviv HQ – Keshet UK, Tresor in Germany, Keshet Asia, Keshet India, as well as Keshet Films and Keshet Studios in the US – and a majority stake in Greenbird Media. KI offers original content developed and produced within this network of companies, as well as curated third party IP. KI’s boutique catalogue of finished content and formats spans a broad range of scripted and non-scripted programming, including drama, comedy, entertainment, game shows, kids’ and factual.
About Ananey Communications Group
Founded by Udi Miron in 1996, Ananey Communications is the leading multi-channel TV firm in Israel. With 11 original lifestyle TV channels and exclusive representation of the Viacom brands in Israel (including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Teen-Nick & Nick Junior), Ananey channels reach a total of 76% of all Israeli households. Founded in 2010, Nutz Productions is the high-end concept and production arm of Ananey, which produces all the original series for the Viacom brands, as well as for other Israeli networks. The company also develops content in close cooperation with foreign production entities, honing its expertise in international productions. Recently, Nutz Productions was commissioned by Netflix to produce its remake production of Greenhouse Academy – an original live-action daily-drama series which was first broadcast for 4 seasons on Nickelodeon Israel and locally produced by Nutz as well.
Also, from HLN:
VTMKZOOM en KADET verdwijnen, maar kerstvakantie begint met 2 nieuwe zenders: VTM KIDS en VTM KIDS JR
De kerstvakantie begint voor Vlaamse kids met een knal. Medialaan lanceert namelijk twee nieuwe kanalen: VTM KIDS en VTM KIDS JR. De twee kinderzenders brengen nieuwe én vertrouwde programma’s, en worden meer dan ooit de plek waar populaire vloggers thuis zijn.
VTMKZOOM en KADET verdwijnen uit het aanbod, maar jonge kijkers zullen hun favoriete titels niet moeten missen. Heel wat programma’s worden door VTM KIDS en VTM KIDS JR overgenomen. Die laatste brengt vooral populaire animatiereeksen voor de allerjongsten. Naast klassiekers zoals Maya De Bij, Heidi en Brandweerman Sam, kan je er vanaf 22 december ook terecht voor nieuwe titels als Nils Holgersson en Arthur en de Minimoys. VTM KIDS is de zender voor oudere kids waarop veel programma’s van eigen bodem te volgen zijn zoals Wakandy, De Buurtpolitie-Extra, K3 Rollerdisco, maar ook internationale successen zoals Tiny, Bed and Biscuit, Spell Keepers, The Greenhouse, Cave Girl en Braniacs.
Aan het aanbod van kinderprogramma’s vroeg op de dag bij VTM verandert niets. Dat ochtendblok brengt onder de noemer VTM KIDS al sinds oktober 2017 de populairste kinderprogramma’s van de Medialaan-zenders tussen 6 en 10 uur en verandert niet. “Vorig jaar hebben we beslist om het ochtendblok, onze kinderprogramma’s online en onze evenementen voor jonge kijkers onder te brengen onder de vlag van VTM KIDS. Dat is bijzonder geslaagd. Het is dan ook logisch dat we de lijn gewoon doortrekken en onze aparte kinderkanalen nu ook gaan profileren onder de noemer VTM KIDS en VTM KIDS JR. Met onze kidszenders bereiken we al elke maand meer dan 400.000 jonge kijkers. Een stevige basis waarop we nu verder bouwen aan de toekomst”, vertelt Serge Van Eyck, Hoofd Kids bij Medialaan.
VLOGLAB Winter
VTM KIDS blijft investeren in eigen producties zoals Wakandy, LOL, Vollenbak Voetbal en K3 Rollerdisco, maar ook in programma’s die zijn afgeleid van VTM-successen zoals De Buurtpolitie - Extra of The Voice Kids - Extra. In de toekomst volgen zeker nog andere creatieve zijsprongen van kindvriendelijke VTM-programma’s. Ook series zoals Pokémon en Star Wars Rebels blijven gewoon lopen. Daarnaast start VTM KIDS vanaf 22 december met een paar internationale successen zoals de spannende serie Spell Keepers, het komische Bed & Biscuit en The Greenhouse over twee groepen getalenteerde jongeren.
Nieuw deze winter is ook VLOGLAB Winter #stories, een serie waarin alle populaire vloggers van VTM KIDS samen winterse avonturen beleven. De vloggers met onder andere Stien Edlund, Michiel Callebout, Angela, Anneleen, Sarah Bossuwé en Tristan zullen op verschillende kanalen actief zijn: op tv, maar ook digitaal. Via YouTube kunnen kinderen ook heel wat extra’s bekijken die niet meteen op de tv-kanalen van VTM KIDS zit.
Online blijven programma’s of extra’s te kijken en te herbekijken op vtmkids.be, in de VTM KIDS-app en via VTM KIDS op YouTube.
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More Nick: Nickelodeon International Greenlights New Live Action Series 'The Covurts'!
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Nicktoons USA May Not Air 'Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS' [Updated]
Originally published: Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
Update (12/18): Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like Nicktoons USA will be airing Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS after all. In an email to Twitter /@MrDueltainerfan, a Program Planning and Strategy Manager said that nothing further has been said at Nickelodeon n regards to VRAINS, and revealed that at this point, it's unlikely that Nicktoons will get the series.
Nicktoons USA, Nickelodeon USA action and animation channel, will start to premiere and show Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V season three on Saturday, January 13 at 9:00am ET/PT, beginning with the season premiere, "A Warlike Welcome" (#301)!
Unfortunately, however, due to Nicktoons taking a bit too long to air season 1 of ARC-V, causing the series to fall behind the rest of the world in terms of consumer products, marketing, and promotion, Konami has requested that Nickelodeon catch up with the rest of world, and the only way to do it was by skipping season 2 - which Nicktoons had planned on premiering during early 2018, and going directly into season 3. Nickelodeon confirmed the news in a email to ToonZone Forums member '4Kids4EverFandom'.
However, Nickelodeon also confirmed the exciting news that Nicktoons will start to premiere the brand-new Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS from Fall 2018!
Update (1/6): Cinedigm, a leading independent content distributor in the United States, has revealed in an email to ToonZone Forums member '4Kids4EverFandom' that they are currently working on Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V season two, and are aiming for a digital release in March 2018 and the DVD/Blu-ray in May 2018!
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS stars Yusaku Fujiki as the main protagonist, and takes place in a high-school setting, featuring Virtual Reality Duels in a cyberspace constructed with LINK VRAINS, the latest in virtual-reality technology. As with the previous three spin-off series (5D's, ZEXAL, and ARC-V), VRAINS introduces and focuses on a new type of Summoning: Link Summoning.
In the city of Den City, thousands of duelists take part in a virtual reality space known as Link Vrains, where users can create unique avatars and participate in games of Duel Monsters with each other. As a mysterious hacker organisation known as the Knights of Hanoi threaten this world, a high-school student named Yusaku Fujiki battles against them under the guise of Playmaker. One day, Yusaku encounters a peculiar artificial intelligence program, which he names Ai, who sets off a digital maelstrom in Link Vrains known as the Data Storm. As the appearance of this storm gives birth to Speed Duels, in which duelists surf the wind as they duel, Yusaku battles against Hanoi in order to uncover the truth concerning an incident that happened to him years ago.
More Nick: Nickelodeon USA's January 2018 Premiere Highlights | All New All Nick!
Originally published: Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
Sources: Nickandmore!, ToonZone Forums /@PinkiePie97, IGN UK, Wikipedia, Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki; H/T: Twitter /@TVShowsFan, LinkedIn.
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Update (12/18): Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like Nicktoons USA will be airing Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS after all. In an email to Twitter /@MrDueltainerfan, a Program Planning and Strategy Manager said that nothing further has been said at Nickelodeon n regards to VRAINS, and revealed that at this point, it's unlikely that Nicktoons will get the series.
Nicktoons USA, Nickelodeon USA action and animation channel, will start to premiere and show Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V season three on Saturday, January 13 at 9:00am ET/PT, beginning with the season premiere, "A Warlike Welcome" (#301)!
Unfortunately, however, due to Nicktoons taking a bit too long to air season 1 of ARC-V, causing the series to fall behind the rest of the world in terms of consumer products, marketing, and promotion, Konami has requested that Nickelodeon catch up with the rest of world, and the only way to do it was by skipping season 2 - which Nicktoons had planned on premiering during early 2018, and going directly into season 3. Nickelodeon confirmed the news in a email to ToonZone Forums member '4Kids4EverFandom'.
However, Nickelodeon also confirmed the exciting news that Nicktoons will start to premiere the brand-new Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS from Fall 2018!
Update (1/6): Cinedigm, a leading independent content distributor in the United States, has revealed in an email to ToonZone Forums member '4Kids4EverFandom' that they are currently working on Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V season two, and are aiming for a digital release in March 2018 and the DVD/Blu-ray in May 2018!
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS stars Yusaku Fujiki as the main protagonist, and takes place in a high-school setting, featuring Virtual Reality Duels in a cyberspace constructed with LINK VRAINS, the latest in virtual-reality technology. As with the previous three spin-off series (5D's, ZEXAL, and ARC-V), VRAINS introduces and focuses on a new type of Summoning: Link Summoning.
In the city of Den City, thousands of duelists take part in a virtual reality space known as Link Vrains, where users can create unique avatars and participate in games of Duel Monsters with each other. As a mysterious hacker organisation known as the Knights of Hanoi threaten this world, a high-school student named Yusaku Fujiki battles against them under the guise of Playmaker. One day, Yusaku encounters a peculiar artificial intelligence program, which he names Ai, who sets off a digital maelstrom in Link Vrains known as the Data Storm. As the appearance of this storm gives birth to Speed Duels, in which duelists surf the wind as they duel, Yusaku battles against Hanoi in order to uncover the truth concerning an incident that happened to him years ago.
More Nick: Nickelodeon USA's January 2018 Premiere Highlights | All New All Nick!
Originally published: Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
Sources: Nickandmore!, ToonZone Forums /@PinkiePie97, IGN UK, Wikipedia, Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki; H/T: Twitter /@TVShowsFan, LinkedIn.
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Nickelodeon USA's December 2018 Premiere Highlights | Nickmas | Holidays [Latest Update: 12/18]
Below are Nickelodeon USA's currently announced December 2018 premiere highlights for Nick, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Nick at Nite, NickSports and TeenNick:
Latest Update - 12/18: A few updates: Added new episodes of Thomas & Friends and Double Dare, as Nickelodeon's New Year's Eve highlights! (Check back regularly for the latest updates!)
Latest Update - 12/18: A few updates: Added new episodes of Thomas & Friends and Double Dare, as Nickelodeon's New Year's Eve highlights! (Check back regularly for the latest updates!)
Genius Brands Licenses Exclusive Rights to Gershwin Ent. to Create Live Touring 'Rainbow Rangers' Shows Across North America
Genius Brands International Licenses Exclusive Rights to Gershwin Entertainment to Create Live Touring Shows Across North America for Hit Nick Jr. Preschool Series Rainbow Rangers
Genius Brands International's Animated Preschool Series, Rainbow Rangers
Genius Brands International, Inc. licenses exclusive rights to Gershwin Entertainment to create live touring shows across North America for hit Nick Jr. preschool series Rainbow Rangers! The live theater production debut of Rainbow Rangers is timed to coincide with the preschool brand’s U.S. retail launch in 2019.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Following on its strong November 5 premiere on Nick Jr. USA, reaching #1 Kids 2 – 11 and Girls 2 – 5 in its third week on air, Genius Brands International’s "Genius Brands" new animated adventure preschool series, Rainbow Rangers, will be heading to the live stage following a rights acquisition deal for live touring shows by Gershwin Entertainment, the diversified entertainment production and marketing agency founded by industry veteran Todd Gershwin!
The live theater production debut of Rainbow Rangers is timed to coincide with the preschool brand’s U.S. retail launch in 2019. The announcement was made jointly by Genius Brands’ SVP of Global Licensing Lloyd Mintz and Gershwin on Monday, December 17, 2018.
With Rainbow Rangers delivering impressive ratings on Nick Jr. in the U.S., and with the licensing program launching with over 300 product SKU’s at retail across the U.S. for back-to-school/holiday 2019, licensing industry insiders are forecasting that Rainbow Rangers will be among the top ‘must-have’ consumer products’ franchises for children of all ages throughout the latter half of next year and beyond.
“The consumer response to Nick Jr.’s introduction of Rainbow Rangers demonstrates that the brand’s plethora of licensing partners are on track to benefit from what promises to be one of 2019’s hottest new preschool entertainment properties,” said Mintz. “Todd Gershwin and his amazing team of live stage performance professionals share our vision for this dynamic property. As a longtime producer, Todd has developed and produced numerous successful theatrical productions, Broadway shows, concerts and tours for various iconic brands and we are all very excited to place Rainbow Rangers in his very capable hands.”
“Young children are already clamoring for all things Rainbow Rangers,” added Gershwin. "The colorful costumes, music and amazing adventures that provide the formidable foundation for the animated series lend themselves to live theater production, and we are honored the Genius Brands has entrusted us to develop another exciting platform for its young fans to engage with the Rainbow Rangers characters.”
Genius Brands has partnered with over 25 blue-chip industry-leading licensing partners for the retail launch of Rainbow Rangers, including Mattel Inc. (master toy), MacMillan Publishing (master publishing), Bentex (master apparel), A.M.E. (sleepwear), Berkshire Fashions (cold weather accessories), BioWorld (bags, backpacks), Ceaco (puzzles), Disguise (Halloween costumes), Handcraft Manufacturing (packaged underwear), H.E.R. Accessories (jewelry and hair accessories), Jay Franco (bedding and bath), Dynacraft (bicycles), Kid Galaxy (bubble toys), Kiddieland (foot-to-floor ride-ons), Planet Sox (hosiery), Spirit Halloween (direct-to-retail program), KIDdesigns (youth electronics line), and Basic Fun! (novelty toy line).
About Rainbow Rangers
The Rainbow Rangers series follows the thrilling rescue-based adventures of seven 9-year-old girls who are Earth’s first responders, protecting people, animals, resources, and the natural beauty of our world. The Rainbow Rangers, who live in the magical land of Kaleidoscopia at the other side of the rainbow, have their distinctive personalities and superpowers. Whenever there's trouble for the people or animals of Earth, our seven heroines zoom into action and ride their Spectra Scooters across the rainbow to save the day. Viewers will join them on exciting adventures but also see them at home having the same daily dramas and hilarities as every preschooler watching the show. And at its heart, Rainbow Rangers is about empowering and encouraging girls to take action and make a difference in their own homes and neighborhoods to improve and safeguard the planet. Every viewer—boys and girls alike—will see themselves in at least one of these strong, unique and empowered Rangers!
Boasting a unique and highly-accomplished team of creators from the animated motion picture world, Rainbow Rangers’ creative development and production team includes Rob Minkoff (Disney’s The Lion King director), Shane Morris (Disney’s Frozen co-writer), Tim Mansfield, and New York Times Bestselling author and Emmy-nominated writer Elise Allen (Dinosaur Train, Lion Guard, Barbie specials) who is serving as head writer and co-creator. Genius Brands’ Chairman and CEO and multiple Emmy Award-winning producer of more than 5,000 episodes of children's programming, Andy Heyward, serves as executive producer, with legendary Disney alum Ruben Aquino creating key designs. Aquino is responsible for the design and animation of many of Disney’s most iconic characters from award-winning films including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Mulan and Frozen.
Viewers can visit nickjr.com, the Nick Jr. app and the official Rainbow Rangers show website, rainbowrangers.com to find out more about the show and its colorful superheroes and to watch exclusive video clips. Viewers can also follow the official Rainbow Rangers community on Facebook and Instagram for magical updates.
About Gershwin Entertainment Corporation
Gershwin Entertainment is a diversified entertainment production and marketing agency founded by industry veteran Todd Gershwin. Gershwin Entertainment specializes in producing live events and theatrical tours, with a specialty in family entertainment. Gershwin has developed and produced successful theatrical productions, concerts, and tours for numerous iconic brands. Current North American touring projects include A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, PBS Kids Live, Rainbow Rangers, Tony Award-winning Broadway hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, American Rhapsody and A Night with Janis Joplin. Gershwin’s projects have played at leading venues throughout North America including Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, Wolf Trap, Arena Stage, the Pasadena Playhouse and numerous Broadway theaters.
About Genius Brands International
Headquartered in Beverly Hills, Genius Brands International, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNUS) is a leading global kids media company developing, producing, marketing and licensing branded children’s entertainment properties and consumer products for media and retail distribution. The Company’s “content with a purpose” brand portfolio, which is led by award-winning creators and producers, includes preschool properties Rainbow Rangers for Nick Jr. and Llama Llama for Netflix; award-winning toddler brand, Baby Genius; adventure comedy STEM series, Thomas Edison's Secret Lab; and financial literacy and entrepreneurship series, Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club. The Company’s content catalog also includes the animated series, Stan Lee's Cosmic Crusaders, created with Stan Lee's Pow! Entertainment. Seeing the need to provide kids and parents with a safe viewing environment that offers premium enriching and engaging programming, Genius Brands launched the Genius Brands Network – comprised of Kid Genius Cartoon Channel and Baby Genius TV, as well as an exclusive Kid Genius Cartoons Plus subscription channel on Amazon Prime. The Network channels are available in approximately 80 million U.S. households via a variety of distribution platforms, such as OTT, set-top box, internet, and mobile. Through licensing agreements with category leading partners, characters from the Company’s properties also appear on a wide range of consumer products for retail. For additional information, please visit www.gnusbrands.com.
More Nick: Genius Brands International’s New Preschool Series, 'Rainbow Rangers', Debuts on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. in Key 3 PM Timeslot, Reaching 90 Million U.S. Television Households and Delivering 15 Million Digital Marketing Impressions on Launch!
H/T: Kidscreen.
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'The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge' Adds 'Batman v Superman' Cinematographer Larry Fong
The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, the forthcoming origin story for SpongeBob SquarePants, has added Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice cinematographer Larry Fong!
Besides Batman v Superman and Watchmen, Fong has worked with director Zack Snyder on 300 and Sucker Punch, as well as putting in hours on other huge properties like Shane Black's The Predator, J.J. Abrams's Super 8, and ABC series Lost.
Paramount Animation president Mireilla Soira revealed in October that the upcoming film is set to be an origin tale with a bit of an homage to the Frank Capra holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life.
"For the first time ever, we're going to get to the origin of how little SpongeBob met the rest of the Bikini Bottom gang at summer camp," Soria said. "The film's opening will take place at Camp Coral when all of our favorite characters meet for the first time."
In addition to delving into SpongeBob's character history, the film is also set to depart from previous films as well as the television series in terms of how it's made as well. It's a Wonderful Sponge will be the first SpongeBob feature film not to be animated by the South Korean studio behind the TV show, Rough Draft Korea. Instead, Montreal-based Mikros Image will animate the film. The film will also be the first SpongeBob movie to feature entirely computer-generated animation as the first film was hand animated while the second, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, featured a mix of hand animated and CG-animated scenes.
SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg passed away in November after a battle with ALS, as is expected to receive an "In Memory Of" credit in the movie. There has also been a push to incorporate the famed animated character into the Super Bowl Halftime Show in February 2019. The stadium hosting the event is aware of the campaign but has not committed to doing anything.
The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge is set to open in theaters in the U.S. on July 22, 2020. The film will be the third in the series with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie having been released in 2004 and its sequel, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, in 2015. The movies' release was first anticipated to be released in 2019, during the series’ 20th anniversary year, however later announced that the film was being pushed back a year.
SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a global pop culture phenomenon since the animated series first premiere don Nickelodeon in July 1999. The series is the most-watched animated program for over 14 consecutive years. Seen in over 185 countries and translated into more than 50 languages worldwide, the cartoon follows the adventures of SpongeBob, a cheerful, optimistic and earnest sea sponge -- who just so happens to look more like a bright yellow kitchen sponge than a sea creature -- and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Among those friends are SpongeBob's best friend, a pink starfish named Patrick Star, his neighbor and co-worker octopus Squidward Tentacles, and Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas.
Both The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water were box office successes for the studio, bringing in a combined $465.3 million on a budget of $104 million between the two films.
Since its launch in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a pop culture phenomenon. The series has been the most-watched animated program with kids 2-11 for more than 15 consecutive years, and over the past several years, it has averaged more than 100,000,000 total viewers every quarter across all Nickelodeon networks. SpongeBob SquarePants is the most widely distributed property in Viacom International Media Networks history, seen in more than 208 countries and territories and translated in 55+ languages. The Paramount Pictures feature film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water premiered Feb. 6, 2015, landing at #1 opening weekend. The character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Among those friends are SpongeBob's best friend, a pink starfish named Patrick Star, his neighbor and co-worker octopus Squidward Tentacles, and Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas.
SpongeBob SquarePants has been renewed through to at least the show's twelfth season, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019, has its own critically acclaimed Broadway show, which is set to tour the U.S. from Fall 2019, and has a third upcoming movie, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, set to be released in Summer 2020!
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Besides Batman v Superman and Watchmen, Fong has worked with director Zack Snyder on 300 and Sucker Punch, as well as putting in hours on other huge properties like Shane Black's The Predator, J.J. Abrams's Super 8, and ABC series Lost.
Paramount Animation president Mireilla Soira revealed in October that the upcoming film is set to be an origin tale with a bit of an homage to the Frank Capra holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life.
"For the first time ever, we're going to get to the origin of how little SpongeBob met the rest of the Bikini Bottom gang at summer camp," Soria said. "The film's opening will take place at Camp Coral when all of our favorite characters meet for the first time."
In addition to delving into SpongeBob's character history, the film is also set to depart from previous films as well as the television series in terms of how it's made as well. It's a Wonderful Sponge will be the first SpongeBob feature film not to be animated by the South Korean studio behind the TV show, Rough Draft Korea. Instead, Montreal-based Mikros Image will animate the film. The film will also be the first SpongeBob movie to feature entirely computer-generated animation as the first film was hand animated while the second, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, featured a mix of hand animated and CG-animated scenes.
SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg passed away in November after a battle with ALS, as is expected to receive an "In Memory Of" credit in the movie. There has also been a push to incorporate the famed animated character into the Super Bowl Halftime Show in February 2019. The stadium hosting the event is aware of the campaign but has not committed to doing anything.
The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge is set to open in theaters in the U.S. on July 22, 2020. The film will be the third in the series with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie having been released in 2004 and its sequel, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, in 2015. The movies' release was first anticipated to be released in 2019, during the series’ 20th anniversary year, however later announced that the film was being pushed back a year.
SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a global pop culture phenomenon since the animated series first premiere don Nickelodeon in July 1999. The series is the most-watched animated program for over 14 consecutive years. Seen in over 185 countries and translated into more than 50 languages worldwide, the cartoon follows the adventures of SpongeBob, a cheerful, optimistic and earnest sea sponge -- who just so happens to look more like a bright yellow kitchen sponge than a sea creature -- and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Among those friends are SpongeBob's best friend, a pink starfish named Patrick Star, his neighbor and co-worker octopus Squidward Tentacles, and Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas.
Both The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water were box office successes for the studio, bringing in a combined $465.3 million on a budget of $104 million between the two films.
Since its launch in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a pop culture phenomenon. The series has been the most-watched animated program with kids 2-11 for more than 15 consecutive years, and over the past several years, it has averaged more than 100,000,000 total viewers every quarter across all Nickelodeon networks. SpongeBob SquarePants is the most widely distributed property in Viacom International Media Networks history, seen in more than 208 countries and territories and translated in 55+ languages. The Paramount Pictures feature film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water premiered Feb. 6, 2015, landing at #1 opening weekend. The character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Among those friends are SpongeBob's best friend, a pink starfish named Patrick Star, his neighbor and co-worker octopus Squidward Tentacles, and Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas.
SpongeBob SquarePants has been renewed through to at least the show's twelfth season, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019, has its own critically acclaimed Broadway show, which is set to tour the U.S. from Fall 2019, and has a third upcoming movie, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, set to be released in Summer 2020!
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Scooter’s Haunting Secret | Bikini Bottom Mysteries Ep. 6 | Nickelodeon
Everybody’s favorite lovable beach bum, might have a secret that he’ll take… to the grave!
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No school?! Plenty of time to watch the ENTIRE Bikini Bottom Mysteries series. 🐠You can find all of the episodes (SO FAR!) right here: http://po.st/BikiniBottomMysteries
Watch more SpongeBob SquarePants on Nickelodeon!
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Watch: Jack Griffo and Noah Centineo Filmed Themselves Dancing to Justin Bieber in 2012
The year is 2012 and young actors Jack Griffo and Noah Centineo are just starting out in Hollywood as an evil superhero twin on The Thundermans and a cellphone accessory cart guy from Austin & Ally. So what does they do? Well, if you guessed run around LA with a cape and make a music video to Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend," then you are absolutely right!
Jack and Noah posted their "superhero swag" rendition of Bieber's hit single in October 2012—and fans recently re-discovered it. The video, which has over 81,000 views on YouTube, features Jack Griffo and his BFF Noah as the two dressed up as Batman and Superman while dancing along to Justin's hit song for the first part of the music video. In the second half, they just seem to be running around LA with a really shaky camera as they pretend to be two of our favorite superheroes. The music video has all the elements of a teen-created music special: the Apple Photo Booth filters, a kaleidoscope transition, blurry camera work, and some earnest, self-choreographed dance moves in the streets of Burbank, California.
Check out the video below:
Centineo and Griffo weren't exactly unknowns when they made the video; they were both child stars. While Griffo went on to star in Nickelodeon's The Thundermans, which started airing in 2013 and had its final episode air this Mayhttp://nickalive.blogspot.com/2018/05/nickelodeon-usa-to-premiere-final-five.html, Centineo appeared on Disney Channel's Austin and Ally in 2012, so they were technically working for rival networks (although Noah did guest star on an episode of Nickelodeon's Marvin Marvin).
According to Jack's Instagram page, they really close friends back in those days. He also has a bunch of photos of them just hanging out together over the years.
The two of them are still best buds and even recently hung out together along with Dumplin' star Luke Benward and The Killing star Sterline Beaumon.
If you're wondering what Jack has been up to lately, he's also become a Netflix star and is now starring in Alexa & Katie along with Mighty Med star Paris Berelc. Noah will also be appearing in the upcoming movie The Stand-In, and starring the the sequel to To All The Boys I've Loved Before.
In fact, both actors are 22 now, and both have Netflix gigs where they play the cute love interest. "Boyfriend" dancers become Netflix boyfriends. Call it fate.
Given this video has amassed more than 81,000 views since it was posted in 2012, it's pretty clear Centineo and Griffo's star power was pretty evident, even through the blurry lens of an Apple Photo Booth filter.
With an To All the Boys sequel coming out soon, maybe we'll finally see these BFFs on the screen together? Let's hope so!
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Jack and Noah posted their "superhero swag" rendition of Bieber's hit single in October 2012—and fans recently re-discovered it. The video, which has over 81,000 views on YouTube, features Jack Griffo and his BFF Noah as the two dressed up as Batman and Superman while dancing along to Justin's hit song for the first part of the music video. In the second half, they just seem to be running around LA with a really shaky camera as they pretend to be two of our favorite superheroes. The music video has all the elements of a teen-created music special: the Apple Photo Booth filters, a kaleidoscope transition, blurry camera work, and some earnest, self-choreographed dance moves in the streets of Burbank, California.
Check out the video below:
Centineo and Griffo weren't exactly unknowns when they made the video; they were both child stars. While Griffo went on to star in Nickelodeon's The Thundermans, which started airing in 2013 and had its final episode air this Mayhttp://nickalive.blogspot.com/2018/05/nickelodeon-usa-to-premiere-final-five.html, Centineo appeared on Disney Channel's Austin and Ally in 2012, so they were technically working for rival networks (although Noah did guest star on an episode of Nickelodeon's Marvin Marvin).
According to Jack's Instagram page, they really close friends back in those days. He also has a bunch of photos of them just hanging out together over the years.
The two of them are still best buds and even recently hung out together along with Dumplin' star Luke Benward and The Killing star Sterline Beaumon.
If you're wondering what Jack has been up to lately, he's also become a Netflix star and is now starring in Alexa & Katie along with Mighty Med star Paris Berelc. Noah will also be appearing in the upcoming movie The Stand-In, and starring the the sequel to To All The Boys I've Loved Before.
In fact, both actors are 22 now, and both have Netflix gigs where they play the cute love interest. "Boyfriend" dancers become Netflix boyfriends. Call it fate.
Given this video has amassed more than 81,000 views since it was posted in 2012, it's pretty clear Centineo and Griffo's star power was pretty evident, even through the blurry lens of an Apple Photo Booth filter.
With an To All the Boys sequel coming out soon, maybe we'll finally see these BFFs on the screen together? Let's hope so!
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Sources: Elle.com, Elle Australia, Seventeen; Additional source: IMDb.
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