Category: Television (Page 65 of 66)

Lionsgate has announced an updated version of SPEED RACER that will debut on Nicktoons around the same time the live-action SPEED RACER movie hits theaters.

The new series will follow a young Speed Racer as he joins a racing academy where he discovers that he is the son of the legendary Speed Racer from the original TV series as well as learning he has a brother — the new Racer X — which he never knew existed. Speed Racer and Racer X eventually team up and race their Mach 6 (a supped up version of the original Mach 5) to find out what really happened to their father. The original series’ Spritle, the original Speed Racer’s younger brother, is now the headmaster of the school and Chim-Chim is a robot chimpanzee.

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The new Spider-Man series coming to the Kids’ WB! is now officially titled THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN.

Slated to premiere on Kids’ WB! in early 2008, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN picks up the world-renowned web-slinger’s mythology at the beginning of his hero’s journey as a not-so-typical 16-year-old with new-found powers engaging the multi-leveled pressures of teenage life while combating bigger supervillains in the real world.

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Nickelodeon and Sony announced a global partnership today for co-developing and co-financing a range of television and music projects over a four-year period.

The deal involves developing and producing original movies and television series to be aired on Nickelodeon and multiple record releases.

“Music is in our company’s genetic code, and it’s so great to have it more deeply infused into Nickelodeon through this terrific brand extension and partnership with Sony,” said McGrath. “There’ll be some great new talent and content coming out of this deal, and we’re all excited about the TV and music we’ll create for the fans of Nick around the globe.”

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WAYSIDE, a new half-hour cartoon base on the SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL book will debut on Nickelodeon on June 25 at 12:30 pm.

The 26-episode series will air regularly on weekdays at 12:30 pm. I for one can’t wait to see how this one turns out. I remember reading the book when I was younger and I absolutely loved it! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a meeting on the 19th floor. (Bonus points for whoever gets the reference!)

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Beginning June 12, 2007 FUNimation and GeneonEnt. anime will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

FUNimation will provide SAMURAI 7, TRINITY BLOOD, GUNSLINGER GIRL and BASILISK.

Geneon Ent. will provide AKIRA in high definition, GUN SWORD, LAST EXILE, GANKUTSUOU: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and LUPIN THE 3RD.

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AWN reports:

A new season of CLASS OF 3000, the Cartoon Network original series from creators and exec producers Andre “3000” Benjamin (OutKast) and Tom Lynch (Romeo!), starts Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 7:00 pm, following a six-and-a-half-hour marathon of the series’ first season. Benjamin stars as the voice of superstar Sunny Bridges, a music teacher at a prestigious performing arts school, and will continue to write a new song for each episode.

Viacom announced recently it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Famous Music is home to over 125,000 songs and sound cues including the theme songs to Popeye the Sailor Man and Casper The Friendly Ghost. The deal is worth $400 million, including $370 million in cash and debt of $30 million.

Famous Music also owns music by Eminem and Shakira as well as movie soundtracks from “The Godfather” and “Mission Impossible.”

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Neopets.com is set to debut the first series of animated NEOPETS MINI-SHOWS on Nickelodeon, beginning June 23, 2007. The Mini-Shows will air in between Nickelodeon programming and reveal pivotal story moments from the world of Neopia, such as characters outsmarting each other, escaping dangers, taking chances or setting evil plans in motion.

Aardman Animations announced today that it will launch its own branded channel on Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.

The Aardman channel will offer classic animated shows from the studio, such as CREATURE COMFORTS and MORPH, surreal comedies REX THE RUNT, PANIC IN THE VILLAGE and The Adventures of Jeffrey, plus some brand-new short films.

Family Guy will begin its fifth season with an hour-long episode retelling the STAR WARS adventure.

Peter Griffin will be Han Solo, Lois will play the role of Princess Leia. Stewie will be Darth Vader. Brian plays Chewbacca and Chris will be Luke. Cleveland and Quagmire will play R2-D2 and C-3PO. Obi-Wan Kenobi will be played by creepy old guy Herbert.

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Adult Swim recently announced three new series — SUPERJAIL, FAT GUY STUCK IN INTERNET and LUCY, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL.

LUCY, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL: Lucy is living in San Francisco and dating a great new guy, who might just be the Second Coming. The only problem is that her dad always meddles in her life. And, since he’s Satan, he is using her relationship as an excuse to hasten the apocalypse. This series, created by Loren Bouchard, is set to debut this summer.

FAT GUY STUCK IN INTERNET: When hotshot programmer Ken Gemberling is accidentally sucked into the Internet, he finds himself on a quest of epic proportions. With the evil bounty hunter, Chains, hot on his heels, Gemberling must struggle to unravel the mysteries of this strange, new land and, indeed, his own destiny. Is he the new messiah or just another fat guy stuck in Internet? Created by John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn, this live-action comedy, originally a cult hit on the Internet, premieres this fall.

SUPERJAIL: Superjail is the most violent prison complex in the universe. The staff and inmates cower under the watchful eye of the mysterious Warden, who presides over them like a sadistic Willy Wonka. The psychedelic landscape of Superjail features dangerous criminals, fantastic creatures, bizarre contraptions and frequent riots. Created by Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick and Ben Gruber, SUPERJAIL is set to debut in 2008.

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Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are wrapping up a half-hour special ROBOT CHICKEN: STAR WARS, set to air at 10:00 pm on June 17, 2007 as part of a best of ROBOT CHICKEN marathon. George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Conan O’Brien, Seth MacFarlane, Robert Smigel, Malcolm McDowell, Hulk Hogan, James Van Der Beek, Donald Faison, Abraham Benrubi, Breckin Meyer and Joey Fatone will all voice characters in the special.

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Disney’s KIM POSSIBLE is set to debut its 4th season on Toon Disney, beginning Mar. 26, 2007, with three new episodes following the season 3 feature film finale, SO THE DRAMA.

Episodes of the series will air Mondays at 4:00 pm, beginning April 2 on Toon Disney.

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Jerry Beck, from the awesome Cartoon Brew website, wrote a great letter addressed to AOL, MSN, Yahoo, NBC Universal, and News Corp. regarding their recently announced plans to create a “video-rich site” with thousands of hours of full-length programming, movies and clips, representing premium content from at least a dozen networks and two major film studios.

Jerry Beck makes a great point when he mentions that now is the time to release all the classic cartons from Time Warner (parent company of AOL), News Corp., and NBC Universal who own such classics as Looney Tunes, Crusader Rabbit, and Woody Woodpecker.

I highly recommend checking out the letter by clicking here.