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‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’ Coming to PBS, Video

March 6, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

A feature-length outing for the popular Sid the Science Kid series is set to debut March 25 on PBS Kids! followed by a DVD and iTunes release on April 2. The movie is a co-production between The Jim Henson Company and Chinese partners Nine Eyes Stone Pictures and Shanghai Animation [...]

Henson’s ‘Pajanimals’ Lands on Disney Jr., EMEA

December 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Jim Henson Company has licensed all 52 x 11’ episodes of its new preschool series, Pajanimals to Disney Junior platforms in France, Italy, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The announcement was made today by Richard Goldsmith, exec VP of global distribution [...]

MIPTV: Henson Seeks Partners for ‘ImaginOcean’

March 27, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Jim Henson Company is hard at work developing a new animated children’s series, ImaginOcean, based on the acclaimed Off-Broadway musical John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean. The musical underwater adventure series (52 x 11) will utilized the company’s Emmy-winning proprietary Henson Digital Puppetry Studio which blend real time puppeteering and CG characters. [...]

Henson Plans ‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’

March 22, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Jim Henson Company has signed on with Chinese partner Nine Eyes Stone & Shanghai Animation Film Studios to co-produce the CGI animated Sid the Science Kid: The Movie, based on Henson’s popular digital puppet series for PBSKIDS preschool lineup. The film will be the company’s first animated movie to [...]

Jim Henson Co. Promotes New Directors

February 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Jim Henson Company has promoted Meghan Sheridan and Blanca Lista to serve as directors in feature and TV development. Sheridan is now the director of children’s entertainment and will report to Halle Stanford, the EVP of the division while Lista was promoted to director of feature development and will [...]