"House Of Anubis" Star Alex Sawyer (Alfie Lewis) Teases "House of Anubis Season Three" Storyline Information

Nickelodeon Star and "House of Anubis" actor Alex Sawyer, who portrays the character 'Alfred "Alfie" Lewis' in Nickelodeon's hit mystery series "House of Anubis", has revealed some information about the plot of the third season of Nickelodeon's hit mystery series "House of Anubis" ("House of Anubis Season Three") in a Tweet (post) on his official Twitter profile page (@AJSawyer):

To fans: I've heard the storyline for season 3. It is beautiful. You are not and will not ever be ready for what we're making. Sibuna x RT - 3.59pm Monday 16th July 2012.

Nickelodeon UK announced on their official Nickelodeon blog on Monday 16th July 2012 that the third season (series) of the popular Nickelodeon show "House of Anubis" would be going into the production stages later his month (July 2012) in Liverpool, UK.

"House Of Anubis" Star Bobby Lockwood (Mick Campbell) Announces That He Won't Be Returning For 'House Of Anubis Season Three'

Nickelodeon Star and "House of Anubis" actor Bobby Lockwood, who played the HoA character 'Mick Campbell' in the first two seasons of Nickelodeon's popular mystery series "House Of Anubis", has announced and confirmed in a Tweet (post) on his official Twitter profile page (@bllockwood) on Monday 16th July 2012, that he won't be returning to be in the cast of season three of "House of Anubis". Bobby Lockwood also announced in the same Tweet that he will be starring in a brand new CBBC drama show called "Wolfblood":

I am sorry to say that I won't be returning to Anubis! But I do have a new show coming out this autumn, Wolfblood on CBBC! So so excited! X - 2.32pm Monday 16th July 2012

Below is more information about "House of Anubis" star Bobby Lockwood's brand new CBBC drama series, from the official BBC Media Centre website, BBC.co.uk/mediacentre:

CBBC heads to the North East of England for new TV drama series, Wolfblood

Category: CBBC

CBBC has today announced an exciting new children's fantasy drama series, which will be filmed on location in the North East of England in the coming months.

"CBBC has always had a strong record of producing acclaimed children’s dramas and with such a strong team working on this show, I can’t wait to see the end result." - Damian Kavanagh, Controller, CBBC

The brand new programme, Wolfblood, which will be filmed in and around Rowlands Gill in Tyne and Wear, will be a series of 13 half-hour episodes and will air later this year.

The show tells the story of Maddy Smith, who seems like an ordinary girl – but things are not what they seem. After all, when you can hear ultrasound, pick out a scent from a mile away or see in the dark, it can be hard to act "ordinary". She's faster and stronger than she appears, her senses are razor-sharp – and every full moon she has to lock her parents in the cellar. The truth is Maddy hides a secret even her closest friends don’t know about. Look into her eyes, but don't get too close... because Maddy is a wolfblood.

Wolfbloods have lived amongst us for centuries, disguising their abilities and blending in. When new boy Rhydian turns up at school her world gets a lot more complicated. If you think being a teenager is hard enough, try being a wolfblood teenager!

Gina Cronk, Executive Producer of Wolfblood, said: “We were looking for a rural location to film the series. The Charles Thorp comprehensive school, Hookergate Campus at Rowlands Gill is perfect. It is surrounded by beautiful countryside and near the extraordinary village of Blanchlands. We knew it would work brilliantly on screen.

“We’ve filmed in the North East many times, including most recently for the Tracy Beaker Returns series, and it’s great to be back – we’re looking forward to getting started!”

Damian Kavanagh, Controller, CBBC, commissioned the programme. He said: “We’re always looking for programmes which bring something new to the channel for our audience to enjoy, and Wolfblood is a really exciting concept and one I believe will capture the imagination of our viewers. CBBC has always had a strong record of producing acclaimed children’s dramas and with such a strong team working on this show, I can’t wait to see the end result.”

The programme will be executive produced by Gina Cronk and produced by Foz Allan. The line producer is Alan Fairholm.

Wolfblood was created by Debbie Moon and is a co-production between CBBC and ZDF/ZDFE.

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Nickelodeon UK announced on their official Nickelodeon blog on Monday 16th July 2012 that the third season (series) of the popular Nickelodeon show "House of Anubis" would be going into the production stages later his month (July 2012) in Liverpool, UK.

Nickelodeon And Paramount Home Entertainment Release Brand New "Go Diego Go: Rainforest Fiesta" DVD In The UK

According to the Nick Jr. UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickJrUK), Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products UK and Paramount Home Entertainment released a brand new "Go, Diego, Go!" DVD in the UK (Region 2/PAL format) on Monday 16th July 2012 called "Go Diego Go: Rainforest Fiesta":

Explore with Diego and his Rainforest Fiesta with his all new DVD. Out now at the Nickelodeon store on Amazon! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-Diego-Rainforest-Fiesta-DVD/dp/B007Q1GJRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342540034&sr=8-1.

Nickelodeon's "Go, Diego, Go!: Rainforest Fiesta" DVD features four episodes from Nickelodeon's popular animated original preschool series "Go, Diego, Go!" - "Diego and Porcupine Save the Piñata", "Macky the Macaroni Penguin", "A New Flamingo Mami", "Linda the llama Saves Carnaval" - plus one bonus episode of the popular Nick Jr. series "The Wonder Pets!"

Below are the product details for Nick Junior's brand new "Go Diego Go: Rainforest Fiesta" DVD from the "Go, Diego, Go!" DVD's product page on the online Nickelodeon Store on Amazon.co.uk, where you can also order the "Go Diego Go: Rainforest Fiesta" DVD for £3.99 (and can be delivered free in the UK with Super Saver Delivery):

Go Diego Go: Rainforest Fiesta [DVD]

Rated: Universal, suitable for all | Format: DVD

Product details
Format: PAL
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 16 July 2012
ASIN: B007Q1GJRY

Product Description

Four fantastic adventures to enjoy:

Diego and Porcupine Save the Piñata

When the Bobo Brothers tie balloons to Porcupine's birthday piñata and it floats away, Diego needs your help to save it.

Macky the Macaroni Penguin

Macky the Macaroni Penguin just hatched from her egg, but she needs Diego's help to get back to her Mami and Papi on Penguin Island.

A New Flamingo Mami

Diego needs you on a mountain rescue to help Mami Flamingo make it back to Flamingo Lake in time to see her baby hatch--and to save the rising lake water too.

Linda the llama Saves Carnaval

Linda the Llama is bringing goodies and musical instruments to Carnaval but, when she gets stuck in mud along the way, she'll need help from you and Diego to save Carnaval.

You can also purchase Nickelodeon's brand new "Go Diego Go!: Rainforest Fiesta" DVD here on Play.com for £3.99, who also has a free delivery option. According to Play.com, the duration [run time] for Nickelodeon's brand new "Go, Diego, Go!: Rainforest Fiesta" DVD is approximately 1 hour and 36 minutes.

Nickelodeon USA Picks Up The Broadcast Rights To The First Season Of "Splatalot", Distribution360's Canadian Children's Obstacle Course Reality Show; To Premiere On Nick USA On Tuesday 17th July 2012

From Kidscreen:

Distribution360 sells Splatalot to Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon US has picked up the first season of the Canadian obstacle course reality series Splatalot as part of a deal with international distributor Distribution360.

The series from marblemedia, which airs on YTV and Teletoon French in Canada, will debut on the US channel today with back-to-back episodes airing in primetime.

The first season of Splatalot, comprising 26 half-hours, features kids attempting to make their way along an extreme obstacle course by avoiding spills into the water.

The series was originally commissioned as an international co-production by YTV, the BBC and Australia's ABC.

Splatalot is now seen in over 100 countries worldwide.

From Playback online.

Tags: Distribution360, marblemedia, Nickelodeon, Splatalot

Also, from C21Media:

Nick gets physical with gameshow

US children's cable channel Nickelodeon has acquired a Canadian medieval-themed physical gameshow. Nickelodeon has acquired Splatalot! (26x30'), which was created by Marblemedia as an English-language series for Canadian net YTV. In May, Dutch pubcaster Tros picked up rights to the format.

In the UK, the British version of "Splatalot", which is shown on the BBC's CBBC Channel, is presented and hosted by the television presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (also known as 'Dick and Dom').

Also, from The Cairns Post:

The accidental dancer

James Elmer has a life that must be the envy of his generation but it hasn't come without hard work.

The 20 year old from Cairns is lighting up TV screens from Australia to Canada but in school he certainly didn’t think he was going to do well.

“I was intellectual at school but not tenacious,” James says, tired from an early morning flight from Melbourne
and meetings with Cairns Central, for whom he is emceeing the Face of Cairns Central competition.

“I was taken into the office (at Smithfield High) and told I wasn’t doing enough OP subjects,” he says. “To stay in, I had to do either Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies or dance.”

James chose dance because there was a girl in the dance class he thought was cute, and that’s where his story truly began.

“About three weeks into the class, I had forgotten about the girl but dance was my life,” he says. “It was the sheer excitement.”

James’ passion was street dance and though he’d never had formal training before, he took to it like Michael Jackson to his moonwalk.

He entered an eisteddfod which, for the first time, had a hip-hop category and won $200.

That was a turning point for the aspiring dancer.

“It’s one thing thinking you can dance and your mum thinking you can,” James says. “But it’s quite another when professionals say you can dance.”

For all the high of his win, James says he encountered the first sparks of jealousy from dancers who had trained in jazz and ballet, and didn’t think he deserved the award.

“It happens to this day,” he explains. “It happened when I got into The Ministry of Dance in Melbourne and then I got a job at the ABC. Jealousy can turn to dislike.”

James says his troubles come from his “cocky nature”, something he hasn’t acquired but with which he was born.

“I was cocky when I was skating at Cairns Skate Park,” he says. “I was cocky sitting on the bench at rugby.

“I was born cocky and funny but it can be misleading, because really I work very hard.”

Straight after his eisteddfod win, James was picked up by the 365 Crew, a hip-hop dance troupe in Cairns.

His strength seems to be that he never allowed himself to be pigeonholed, and he likes to push his boundaries.

It didn’t stop him leaping further into the unknown, joining a production of CATS with Cairns Choral Society, which earned him a prize for being the most cat-like.

“It was the furthest thing from what I was doing,” James says. “There I was wearing my hat on backwards and then I thought, let’s do it.”

He was part of a comedy trio in school that reached the regional finals of Class Clowns (part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival) before auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance, which yielded him his biggest break.

He reached the top 40 but the true blessing was meeting his now mentor, one of the judges of the show, Jason Coleman, who invited him to audition for his school, The Ministry of Dance, the largest dance company in the southern hemisphere.

James succeeded and made the move to Melbourne, where he has now lived for three years.

“My parents never had much money but my aunt in Melbourne loaned me $10,000 for my tuition for the first year and I stayed with her,” James says.

James learned tap, jazz, and ballet, which he loved the most because of the discipline and the challenge.

“I had planned to go for two or three years but by my third term I did an audition for a big TV show called Splatalot and they flew me to Canada,” James says. “It went to air to the BBC, YTV and ABC3 here.

“Now the second series has been shown in 100 countries.”

The show has a similar format to Wipeout but children rather than adults are put through an assault course, with characters like James, who plays defender Kookaburra, hired to taunt them and drive them off course.

The program was picked up by both Disney and Nickelodeon and now has an audience of 1.7 million.

The good feedback James received from his Splatalot gigs led to an invitation to audition for children's channel ABC 3 to present for their program Studio 3.

“My biggest thing so far was interviewing Kermit the Frog,” James says. “I said I wanted to high-five him as he was coming into the studio and I could hear his voice saying ‘yes’.

“Jason Segel was there too but I couldn't care less because this was Kermit the Frog!”

He turns just 21 in October but James has already achieved many of his life goals.

“Every single day I sing, dance, act, or interview dinosaurs. All my dreams have come true,” he says.

Last year he reached the top 10 in Australia's Got Talent as part of the dancing duo Team Rocket.

There are some dreams, however, still to be realised by this young entertainer. Newly signed up to Groove Pill Records, he is embarking on a singing career.

“Of all the things I do, singing gives me the most joy,” James says. “When you are creating music, it is huge.

“For my EP, the concept is day and night. The first three tracks are (UK folk and grime artist) Ed Sheeran-inspired, songs that you might like to drive to during the day, while the last three are more night-time.”

Back home for work with Cairns Central, James says Cairns was a good launching pad for his career and he wants to inspire others to follow their dreams.

“Here was a good start as it gave me the confidence,” he says. “If I can get on a podium here, I can get on a podium in Melbourne, or London, or LA.”

Saban Brands' "Power Rangers" Themed Avatars Now Available on Xbox LIVE

Below is a Saban Brands press release from PRNewswire:

Saban Brands' Power Rangers Avatars Now Available on Xbox LIVE

Xbox 360® fans can now create avatars in the likeness of their favorite Power Rangers

LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Rangers fans on the Xbox 360® can now deck out their avatars just like their favorite Rangers. Saban Brands' Power Rangers has partnered with Microsoft to feature a series of new Power Rangers avatars, now available and for sale in the Xbox LIVE store.

(Download Press Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120717/LA41565)"We're pleased to be partnering with Microsoft to feature a series of Power Rangers avatars and accessories," said Elie Dekel, President of Saban Brands. "Fans will be thrilled to have the opportunity to create Power Rangers avatars for their home system."

Six Samurai suits and six Samurai helmets are now available for purchase on Xbox LIVE. Additional clothing items including the Deker outfit, Pink Ranger Tee and Red Ranger Tee, as well as props such as the Spin Sword and Megazord, will be available in fall 2012.

About Saban's Power Rangers Super Samurai
Power Rangers Super Samurai is the all-new, half-hour series that features a new cast of Rangers and never-before-seen villains, as well as high-octane action, martial arts and advanced special effects. New episodes premiere Saturdays at noon (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. Currently in its 19th season, Power Rangers Super Samurai is helmed by Haim Saban, who created and produced the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series in 1993. Following its introduction, Power Rangers quickly became the most-watched children's television program in the United States. Emphasizing the importance of teamwork, responsibility and helping others by following the adventures of a group of ordinary young people who "morphed" into superheroes, the series was seen in more than 60 countries, translated into numerous languages, and was a mainstay in the most prominent international children's programming blocks. Power Rangers LLC, which licenses and merchandises the Power Rangers brand, is an affiliate of Saban Brands. For more information, visit www.powerrangers.com.

Saban Brands' Power Rangers Megaforce
Saban Brands will launch the newest version of Power Rangers, the number-one kids action series on television, with Power Rangers Megaforce. The new series, which premieres in 2013, will deliver mega action, humor, excitement, and entertainment, in addition to the core themes of friendship, teamwork, fitness, and helping others. Power Rangers Megaforce will air as Saban Brands celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise. The series will be helmed by Haim Saban, who created and produced the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series in 1993. Following its introduction, Power Rangers quickly became the most-watched children's television program in the United States. The series followed the adventures of a group of ordinary young people who "morphed" into superheroes. It was seen in more than 60 countries, translated into numerous languages, and was a mainstay in the most prominent international children's programming blocks. Power Rangers LLC, which licenses and merchandises the Power Rangers brand, is an affiliate of Saban Brands. For more information, visit www.powerrangers.com.

About Saban Brands
Formed in 2010 as a subsidiary of Saban Capital Group, Saban Brands (SB) was established to acquire and develop a world-class portfolio of properties and capitalize on the company's experience, track record and capabilities in growing and monetizing consumer brands. SB applies a strategic transmedia management approach to enhancing and extending its brands in markets worldwide and to consumers of all ages. The company provides full-service management, marketing, promotion and strategic business development for its intellectual properties including comprehensive strategies unique to each brand, trademark and copyright management and enforcement, creative design, retail development, direct-to-consumer initiatives and specialized property extensions. SB is led by a superior management team with decades of experience in media, content creation, branding, licensing, marketing and finance. For more information, visit www.sabanbrands.com

Saban Brands Contact:
Kelsey Lynch
Burson-Marsteller
310-309-6671
kelsey.lynch@bm.com

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