With a brand new entry in the Ghostbusters franchise, an upcoming animated musical with all new original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and multiple acclaimed television series, Sony Pictures Consumer Products (SPCP) has announced its 2019 and 2020 lineup of global licensing and merchandising initiatives.
Rubik’s Brand Ltd. and Blue Man Group are proud to announce a partnership that will introduce the Official Rubik’s Cube into a scene in the upcoming Blue Man Group Speechless tour, premiering at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
PBS KIDS celebrates the beginning of autumn with new episodes of their favorite shows, new games and a wide array of activities. Starting October 7, PBS KIDS will kick off a full week of brand-new episodes of MOLLY OF DENALI on PBS stations and the PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and live stream. Viewers will join Molly, Trini and Tooey on adventures to see the Northern Lights, attend a totem pole raising in Sitka and more, while showcasing kindness through Alaska Native values like showing respect to others and sharing what you have. Additionally, PBS KIDS will premiere new episodes of ARTHUR.
Starting in January 2020, parents and toddlers can tune into the brand new re-imagined Elmo’s World, with five-minute interactive episodes, fun and basic pre-school topics, live action films and co-operative thinking games such as matching, sorting and counting.
Entertainment One (eOne) has announced that Nick Jr. and Channel 5’s pre-school programming block, Milkshake! will join an impressive list of international broadcasters airing series 1 of its highly anticipated new show. Ricky Zoom will debut on October 5th on Nick Jr. before zooming over to Milkshake! in May 2020.
Independent content creation and distribution company Epic Story Media Inc. (ESM) has signed an agreement to develop transmedia content for DHX Media’s internationally property Slugterra, including new animated ‘Slugisodes’ and a live action competition game show, based on a new location-based VR game which is being launched later this year, as well as launching a new mobile game for the property.
Universal, the LEGO Group and CITV launched the new animated mini-series, LEGO Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar. Ahead of the premiere, LEGO globally launched four building sets inspired by the series.
A new deal brings together will bring together Crunchyroll’s global platform serving anime fans in more than 200 countries and territories with VIZ Media Europe Group’s EMEA-wide network of partners, distributors, and licensees.
Splash Entertainment named animation industry vet Mounia Aram as sales agent for its kids’ entertainment content across Africa and the Middle East.