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Nick, Playmates Introduce New TMNT Toys

February 3, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Dude, if you dig the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you’ll have to find a way to check out this year’s Toy Fair in New York (Feb. 12-15). That’s where Nickelodeon and Playmates will preview their extensive new TMNT product line which is based on Nick’s new CG-animated show set to [...]

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Warner Bros. Readies Diverse Toy Fair Slate

February 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Warner Bros. Consumer Products is getting ready to unveil new tie-in toys for The Dark Knight Rises, The Green Lantern, Young Justice, Looney Tunes, ThunderCats and The Hobbit at this month’s Toy Fair in New York City. DC Comics master toy licensee, Mattel, is also hoping for an avalanche of [...]

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Atlantyca Renews PSA License for ‘Geronimo Stilton’

January 18, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Animation star Geronimo Stilton will continue to be the face of public service campaign to teach children in Italy to use the internet safely, under a new deal between Atlantyca Entertainment and Telecom Italia. The campaign, called Navigare Sicuri, will use the character through 2012 under the deal, which was [...]

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Stan Lee Unveils New Indian Superhero

December 21, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Comic titan Stan Lee and his POW! Entertainment will introduce Chakra – The Invincible, an original superhero for the Indian market, in conjunction with New Delhi’s Liquid Comics. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comic centers on Raju Rai, a Mumbai teen tech wiz, who develops an enhanced suit that [...]

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Marvel and Disney Publishing Play with ‘Toy Story’ Comic

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Marvel and Disney Publishing have announced plans to introduce a new line of comic books featuring the characters from Pixar’s beloved Toy Story franchise. Woody, Buzz LightYear and the rest of the gang will enjoy new adventures in Toy Story #1 (of 4), which will be published in March. “Everyone [...]

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SMC Ent. to Handle DQE’s ‘Jungle Book’s Licensing

December 5, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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SMC Entertainment (SMC), the recently launched brand management division of Sun-Mate Corp. will attend and the American Toy Fair in February 2012, with its latest property, DQ Entertainment’s CG-animated The Jungle Book series. SMC acquired all North American TV, home ent., licensing and merchandising and promotional rights to the 52 [...]

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Warner Launches ‘DC Super Friends’ Book App

November 29, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Warner Bros. Consumer Products and digital publisher ScrollMotion have launched DC Super Friends’ first interactive storybook app for iPad. DC Comics’ popular superheroes embark on a digital adventure this holiday season with DC Super Friends: Race to Save Christmas, debuting  on the App Store. “We are thrilled to have created [...]

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CPLG Rabid for ‘Rabbids’

November 8, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) has been appointed as non-exclusive licensing agent for the upcoming Rabbids TV series, set to hit airwaves in 2013, in the EMEA region. This deal extends an existing agreement that sees CPLG representing the original Rabbids brand, as well as other Ubisoft hits Just Dance [...]

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Little, Brown Scares Up ‘ParaNorman’ Publishing Deal

November 4, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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ParaNorman, an upcoming stop-motion 3D animated feature produced by LAIKA, has scored a world print and electronic publishing deal for key movie tie-ins and an original middle-grade novel with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Little, Brown will launch this new publishing program in June, prior to ParaNorman’s nationwide release [...]

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Biplano Picks Up Licensing Rights for ‘Bolts & Blip’

October 28, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Barcelona-based Biplano has been appointed to manage the licensing rights of 3-D animated property Bolts & Blip in Spain, France and Portugal. Billed as the world’s first stereoscopic 3-D animated series, Bolts & Blip is co-produced by Canada’s ToonBox Entertainment and Korean studio Redrover. The 3-D version of Bolts & [...]

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