Dates: March 7 - 26
Country: Malaysia
Venue: Johor Bahru City Square
Turtle Power! Come on down to JB City Square for a Totally awesome great time with the whole family! For the kids, Dive in the Giant Playground and join in the activities and games area. For the kids at heart, check out the Turtles Gallery and Collectibles exhibit on display!
GIFTS FOR YOU
Receive a Nickelodeon shopping bag and an entry pass to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Giant Playground with a minimum spend of RM50 (single receipt) at the Nickelodeon Merchandise area or a minimum spend of RM100 (2max receipts) in the mall.
Nickelodeon takes rivalry to a whole new dimension in the brand-new, sci-fi competition series Massive Monster Mayhem (20 half-hour episodes), premiering with three brand-new episodes airing back-to-back at 16:00, 16:25 and 16:55 on Sunday 15th April 2018 on Nickelodeon Poland (Polska)! Co-created by Artur Spigel (founder of 7ate9 Entertainment) and Michael Chaves, and produced by DHX Media, the CGI-animated series features live-action gameplay by real-life kids who compete in futuristic athletic challenges for a chance to win prizes and save the Earth from total destruction. Following the show's debut, Nick Polska will continue to premiere three brand-new episodes of Massive Monster Mayhem back-to-back at 16:00, 16:25 and 16:55 every Sunday.
In each episode of Massive Monster Mayhem, three real-life kid heroes are placed in a fictional alternate universe to compete in a gauntlet of intergalactic challenges in order to become Earth’s champion. Contestants are eliminated through a series of three rounds, which culminate when the last player standing faces off against one of overlord Master Mayhem’s monsters to save the planet. Each action-packed episode features two hosts who provide fun commentary during gameplay and non-stop hijinks from Master Mayhem and his monsters. Massive Monster Mayhem is executive produced by Spigel, together with Steven DeNure, Anne Loi, Asaph Fipke, Ken Faier, and Josh Scherba of DHX Media.
Massive Monster Mayhem originally launched on Nicktoons in the U.S. in October 2017, garnering solid ratings among the network’s audience. Following the shows successful launch, Nickelodeon International recently picked up Massive Monster Mayhem season one for more than 140 territories. As part of the new agreement, the mayhem will be rolling out on Nickelodeon’s international channels throughout 2018.
DHX Brands, the dedicated brand management and consumer products arm of DHX Media, has appointed Alpha Group as its global toy licensee, excluding Asia, for Massive Monster Mayhem. Massive Monster Mayhem merchandise being developed by Alpha Group includes “larger-than-life” inflatable role-play toys and dress up items as well as action figures, radio control toys, plush and board games inspired by the action-packed and hilarious series.
In additional news, Nickelodeon Polska started to premiere Nickelodeon Israel's hit teen drama series Spell Keepers (locally titled Strażniczki Kadabry) on Saturday 27th January 2018!
DHX Brands is the dedicated brand management and consumer products arm of DHX Media Ltd. (TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B; NASDAQ: DHXM), one of the world’s leading children’s content and brands companies. DHX Brands specializes in creating, building and maintaining high-profile global entertainment brands within the children’s and young adult markets. With expertise in brand development, licensing, marketing and creative, we build and manage brands that captivate and inspire through engaging content, first-class distribution, quality consumer products, immersive live experiences and digital media. DHX Brands’ world-class portfolio includes Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Twirlywoos and In the Night Garden. DHX Brands has operations in London, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
About 7ate9 Entertainment
Based in Hollywood, California, 7ate9 Entertainment is a leading kids’ content company that creates breakthrough original series for every platform. With over 20 years on the forefront of kids’ entertainment, 7ate9 works with Disney, Viacom, Warner Brothers, Universal, Sony and others to create modern content for a new global audience of kids. Creators of Make Your Mark, Leo Little’s Big Show, and the Emmy award-winning Disney Channel Games, 7ate9 has also has had the privilege to work on global franchises like Mickey Mouse, Disney Princess, and Looney Tunes, among many others.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated kids’ basic cable network for 22 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA,VIAB). Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. For more information about Nickelodeon in Asia, visit www.nick-asia.com.
Australia - Queensland’s film industry risks being snuffed out unless the federal government increases tax breaks to attract international film companies, the head of Screen Queensland has said.
A live action version of Dora the Explorer might bypass Australia due to lack of tax breaks, the head of Screen Queensland says.
Tracey Vierra says they have been working to get Paramount's new Dora the Explorer live-action movie, based on Nickelodeon's beloved animated preschool series, to film in Queensland, but it may not go there because there is not enough of an incentive to film in Australia compared to other countries, including New Zealand.
Australia has a 16.5% tax offset for international film productions, compared to 25% in New Zealand and 30% in the US state of Georgia.
“This isn’t about being the cheapest, we don’t want to be the cheapest, we want to be able to compete with those jurisdictions,” Vierra told ABC radio.
The Australian federal government has agreed to one-off arrangements for recent productions such as Aquaman, but is yet to make a decision on the Dora film, with a decision due by the end of the week.
Vierra said Queensland missed out on the new Tomb Raider film and a spinoff to the popular Fast and the Furious franchise because a similar one-off arrangement could not be worked out in time.
“When I went and met with one of the big studios recently they said to me, ‘We have this production, but we didn’t know if we could get to the politicians in time to actually consider Australia and we took it off the table’, and that’s our issue,” she said.
Treasurer Scott Morrison is reportedly considering extending a one-off tax credit to the Dora production, but prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday it was up to the state government to do more to attract film projects.
“We already have a very substantial tax break to encourage people to make movies in Australia and many do,” he said
“On a case by case basis we can increase that, but it’s always open to the state government to do more.”
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urged the prime minister to meet her halfway to ensure the local industry built on recent high-profile projects such as Aquaman and the Pirates of the Caribbean.
“If we do not secure this next blockbuster, the people on the Gold Coast will go to other parts of the world, and the jobs will be lost,” Palaszczuk said.
“Around 80% of the people employed on Aquaman at the moment do not have jobs. If we secure this next project, those jobs remain on the Gold Coast.”
In the works since 2015. Dora the Explorer is being developed through the studio’s Paramount Players division, and will center on Dora as a teenager moving to the city and living with her cousin.
James Bobin, who directed The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, and Alice Through the Looking Glass, will be directing the film with a script from Storks and Neighbors director Nick Stoller. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes label and his partners Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing the flick.
Dora the Explorer will receive a wide release in North America on Friday, August 2, 2019.
Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe will premiere Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, a new original TV movie based on author Chris Grabenstein’s acclaimed children’s book of the same name, on Sunday 1st April 2018 at 11:35 CET! Nickelodeon stars Casey Simpson (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) and Breanna Yde (Nickelodeon’s School of Rock) join Russell Roberts (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) and newcomers AJ Rivera and Klarke Pipkin in the fantastical adventure about a group of friends whose overnight stay in their town’s new high-tech library turns into a daring, dangerous adventure of escape. The book, originally published in 2013 by Random House Children’s Books, boasts a 109-week run on the New York Times Best-Seller list.
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World-renowned gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello (Russell Roberts) has built his latest creation--a new state-of-the-art library filled with whimsical and eccentric rooms, where hardcover books fly kids to shelves in the sky, and massive doors open into fantastical worlds. Kyle Keeley, Lemoncello’s biggest fan, is chosen to be one of the first to experience the fun, along with his best friend Akimi, a bookworm named Sierra (Klarke Pipkin), a goofball named Andrew Peckleman (A.J. Luis Rivera Jr.), his rival Charles Chiltington (Ty Nicolas Consiglio), and others. The kids must use their wits to complete riddles and collect clues that lead them out of this unique playground of imagination. When excitement turns to jeopardy, this world of wonder begins to spiral out of control as literary characters run amok and chaos ensues. It’s up to the kids to make everything right again or else they won’t be the only ones escaping.
Nickelodeon’s original TV movies are a key part of the network’s content mix, creating vehicles for Nickelodeon’s stars to be seen in new and different roles and stories. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library joins Nickelodeon’s original TV movie slate, which includes three upcoming original TV movies--Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie and Tiny Christmas, both set to premiere this fall and Blurt starring Henry Danger’s Jace Norman and internet sensation JoJo Siwa, scheduled to air during 2018.
Chris Grabenstein’s novels with Random House Children’s Books have more than one million copies in print and hundreds of weeks combined on the New York Times bestseller list. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library has spent over 100 weeks on the bestseller list, received nominations for 42 state award lists, and is published in 19 countries and in 19 languages throughout the world. Grabenstein's additional middle-grade novels include Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, The Island of Dr. Libris, Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel, and Welcome to Wonderland: Beach Party Surf Monkey. Grabenstein's third Lemoncello Book, Lemoncello’s Great Library Race, was published on Oct. 10.
Jim Head, Scott McAboy and Michael Sammaciccia serve as executive producers. Amy Sydorick serves as producer. The TV movie is written by Brian Jarvis & Jim Freeman and Alex Reid, and was directed by Scott McAboy (Splitting Adam).
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library is locally titled Luigi Lemoncello rejtélyes könyvtára in Hungary.
Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe is broadcast in Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Malta, Montenegro, Ukraine, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, and is broadcast with English, Romanian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Russian, Polish, Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian soundtracks.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the leading entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus special events, consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's brands reach 1.2 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 170 countries and territories, via more than 100+ locally programmed channels and branded blocks. Outside of the United States, Nickelodeon is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. For more information about Nickelodeon in Asia, visit www.nick-asia.com.
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NICKELODEON UK & IRELAND TO PREMIERE NEW ORIGINAL TV MOVIE, BLURT, ON FRIDAY 6TH APRIL 2018
STARRING HENRY DANGER’S JACE NORMAN, JOJO SIWA AND DANIELLA PERKINS
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland will premiere a new original TV movie, Blurt (formerly Inside Voice), on Friday 6th April 2018, starring Jace Norman (Henry Danger, Splitting Adam, Rufus), JoJo Siwa (Lip Sync Battle Shorties) and Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad). The live-action comedy tells the story of Jeremy Martin (Jace Norman) who, after a comical virtual reality mishap, starts speaking every thought he has out loud and to complicate matters, he happens to be running in the school election.
Jeremy Martin is a nice-guy and when he puts on mysterious virtual reality glasses at the mall, he suddenly loses his “inside voice” and starts spouting every thought he has out loud. Making matters worse, Jeremy is running for student council president against his classmate Milly (Daniella Perkins), who is full of great ideas to improve the school. Desperate to get back to normal, Jeremy and his sister Victoria (JoJo Siwa) must figure out how to convince his brain that he can speak up for himself. Can they do it, or will Jeremy be stuck saying his thoughts out loud forever?!
To celebrate the UK & Irish premiere of Blurt!, Jace Norman will be visiting the UK to host a very special screening of his brand-new Nick movie in central London, and Nickelodeon are giving away 10 family tickets to the event! For your chance to win tickets to this aweslime event, simply visit Nick's competition page at nick.co.uk/blurt, answer the question, and tell Nick the one question you'd like to ask Jace Norman!
The virtual reality sequences featured in the movie are being developed and created by Nickelodeon’s Entertainment Lab, the network’s new division spearheading long-range research and development efforts around new technologies for Nick and its audience. Blurt is the second on-air project fed through the lab, following Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
Blurt is executive produced by Scott McAboy and Michael Sammaciccia. Amy Sydorick is serving as producer. Jace Norman is serving as co-producer. The TV movie was written by Adrian Vina (Liar, Liar Vampire) and is directed by Michelle Johnston (Another Cinderella Story: If The Shoe Fits).
Leading up to the debut of Blurt!, fans can catch the brand-new Henry Danger episode "Gas or Fail" on Friday 23rd March 2018 at 5:30pm, and the all-new Henry Danger/Game Shakers crossover special "Danger Games" on Friday 30th March 2018 at 5:00pm. In the brand-new Henry Danger episode "Gas or Fail", when Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) finds himself trapped underground, Henry (Jace Norman) must devise a way to sneak out of his school's standardised testing to save Ray.
Jace Norman, Henry Danger and JoJo Siwa have received nominations in Nickelodeon 2018 Kids' Choice Awards! Fans can vote for Jace Norman and Henry Danger now at kidschoiceawards.com and kca.nick.co.uk and on Twitter using the special #KCA voting hashtags, and for JoJo Siwa from Monday 19th March 2018! Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2018 airs Sunday 25th March 2018 at 10:30am on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland.
