Real Story Studio is currently casting kids in the U.K. to be part of the presenting team of a brand new Nickelodeon sports show!
The experienced casting team at Real Story Studio is looking for 10-16 year olds from across the U.K. to join the presenting team for a new sport series for Nickelodeon during the upcoming American Football season. There are the following roles:
Studio Co-Host (Someone with a passion for sport - not necessarily American Football - working alongside an adult presenter. Able to follow direction and present links to camera)
Fact Presenter (A confident young person able to present facts and trivia in a studio via a script)
Field Reporter (Genuine American Football fan, who will be filming content on location)
These are paid positions.
Filming is due to take place in London at various dates in September and October 2023.
The Field Reporter role will be at various locations in the UK and potentially Europe.
Parents and guardians of children interested in these roles can submit the application on behalf of their child using this webform or through StarNow.
Please ensure you have discussed this opportunity with the child in advance to ensure they are interested.
A parent or guardian must submit the application on behalf of their child.
All interested applicants must register their interest by Friday 18th August 2023.
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The Illuminations Switch-On party is the biggest, brightest night in Blackpool’s calendar, and this year's celebration on September 1 promises to deliver an experience Blackpool has never seen before. The best part? It's back outdoors and free for everyone to attend!
Look forward to a spectacular parade, free family entertainment on the Tower Festival Headland, the exciting Switch-On moment, an illuminating Tower light show and fireworks over the seafront.
Nickelodeon Parade
Join us for The Nickelodeon Grand Parade - a spectacular procession along the Golden Mile, showcasing the beloved characters from the world's most popular children's TV channel.
The celebrations will kick off with a vibrant and lively float parade, featuring larger-than-life versions of your favourite characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and friends, PAW Patrol, Baby Shark, Transformers, and the ghouls from Monster High. They will be joined by around 100 dancers, musicians and street performers as they make their way from Central Pier to the Tower Festival Headland for a free family party.
Among the performers in the grand parade will be Lancashire’s own 2nd Rossendale Scout Group Band, a hugely talented group of young musicians who have performed all over the UK, including an appearance at Windsor Castle in front of the Queen.
Switch-On Moment
One of the UK’s best-loved music stars is to switch on the 2023 Blackpool Illuminations. Fresh from her appearance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage and on the back of the release of her brand new studio album, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor will perform three live tracks on the Tower Festival Headland on Friday 1 September before pulling the switch to trigger four months of Illuminations.
Sophie said: “I’m so excited to be coming back to Blackpool to perform a few of my favourite tracks and to switch on the iconic Blackpool Illuminations! I can’t wait to see you all there!”
Free entertainment, light show and fireworks
That’s not all! Once the switch is pulled by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the celebration will continue with a free family party with live music and family entertainment, leading up to a grand finale with the iconic celebrity Switch-On moment. Get ready for even more celebrations to follow when The Blackpool Tower bursts into life with a specially-commissioned sound and light show that will be synchronised with LED wristbands to be given out to spectators, topped off with a fireworks finale over the seafront.
The whole event will be free to access with no tickets required.
The Switch-On ceremony marks the start of the annual Illuminations display, which will shine nightly from September 1, 2023, to January 1, 2024.
What time is the event?
The build-up will commence from 7pm, with the float parade scheduled to start around 7.30pm. The main celebrations on the Tower Festival Headland will take place between approximately 8pm and 9.30pm (Note: Times could be subject to change so check for updates on this page).
Do I need tickets?
No, not this year. The whole event will be free to access with no tickets required. Just rock up early and take your place along the stretch of promenade to enjoy the show.
Who is switching on this year's Blackpool Illuminations?
Sophie Ellis-Bextor is this year’s Switch-On star. The singer will perform three live tracks and turn on the iconic Blackpool Illuminations on Friday 1 September.
Please note that there will be live filming and photography at this event. Any pictures provided maybe used by VisitBlackpool for promotional purposes. If you do not wish to be included, please contact VisitBlackpool Web Team: https://www.visitblackpool.com.
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With the new animated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Paramount has vibrantly revived the near 40-year-old Kevin Eastman- and Peter Laird-conceived comic IP for another generation: As the pic barrels toward $100 million at the global box office, Deadline hears from sources that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand is heading toward $1 billion+ in global retail sales.
By the way, that’s for 2023 YTD alone, all built by Paramount.
The relaunch of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reps a big win for the Brian Robbins-led Paramount Pictures Studios, as he builds out and breathes new lives into franchises.
Since 2012 and not including 2023, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles global merchandise sales have amassed $8 billion, per industry sources. This was accomplished during Paramount’s ownership of the TMNT IP that they it acquired in 2009.
Paramount transitioned the Turtles business from predominantly collectors to mass retail, and natch, the latest reboot has catapulted demand from TMNT fans and partners alike. In the U.S. and Canada alone, industry projections think Mutant Mayhem, a co-production with Nickelodeon and Seth Rogen’s Point Grey, could exceed $110M.
Paramount Consumer Products’ Turtles theatrical program was its most ambitious yet, counting north of 400 licensees for the film and 1,100 total for the franchise.
Among those platinum licensees with Turtles merchandise tied to Mutant Mayhem were Playmates, Hasbro, Mattel, Crayola, Funko, Crocs, General Mills and more. Their products hit the global store shelves of Walmart, Target, Amazon, Macy’s, Kroger, Kohl’s, Primark, Smyths, The Entertainer, Soriana, Big W, Iden, Toys R Us, Mercado Libre and others.
In addition to action figures, the Mutant Mayhem product range also included Build-a-Bear.
In sum, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles products are available in more than 550 retailers, totaling 40,000 retail doors, in more than 220 markets worldwide.
Paramount Global delivered over a half-billion impressions for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles across domestic CBS, adult networks and social. TMNT marathons aired across domestic Nick channels in addition there were marketing and activations across all foreign platforms. A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles YouTube channel was launched, and now counts 2.66M subscribers. Nickelodeon's nick.com and Paramount’s Pluto.TV showcased iterations of the TMNT 2012, 2019 and 1987 series.
Turtle Power at San Diego Comic-Con | Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Eastman announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Paramount and Nick had secured full rights to air the original cartoon series from the 1980s. Speaking of Comic-Con, Paramount was the only studio to have the guts to take a film down to Hall H and strut out footage for fans with director Jeff Rowe. Such a promotional opportunity was lost by rival motion picture studios, who shied away from the fan confab during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes with a majority of talent unavailable to promote. Still, 135,000 attendees showed up at SDCC.
Meanwhile, the Paramount+ streaming service featured the full collection of TMNT with four series and eight movies in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy and South Korea among others. There was more vertical integration power across the Viacom empire for Mutant Mayhem with the pic’s promotion at Nickelodeon resorts and attractions around the world in the U.S., UK and Italy.
Separately, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem counted a promotional partner campaign worth north of $100M in media value from myriad brand partners drawing 3 billion impressions, robust for an animated movie. And that’s without a big automobile advertiser. Earlier this summer, Disney/Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a live-action title, counted a $118M promo partner campaign.
Among the notable brand partners for Mutant Mayhemwere Pizza Hut. The team-up involved animators authentically integrating Pizza Hut into the movie. Pizza Hut also blasted off a 360-degree TMNT campaign by bringing back the fan favorite Big New Yorker pizza and supported that limited-time menu with activations across linear and digital platforms within the Paramount portfolio. There were four media spots including a 30-second custom animated spot. In addition, there were custom pizza boxes featuring an AR mobile gaming experience. There were also TMNT co-branded Pizza Vans that passed out pizza to fans at San Diego Comic-Con and other high-profile events across the country. Twenty-two international markets featured bespoke local spots, advertising, delivery stunts and limited-edition pizzas inspired by the movie, like the Mutagen Pizza in Australia.
The Xbox global campaign counted the first time-ever innovation of pizza-scented video game controllers with custom designs featuring each of the pic’s four heroes in a half-shell. Influencers led a campaign for a “retweet and win sweepstakes” that went viral across the web. In addition, Xbox executed a TMNT fan event at its NYC Microsoft flagship store on 5th Avenue on the pic’s opening day which included movie content via storefront billboards and a TMNT-themed gaming lounge with controllers on display. There was also a collaboration between TMNT and Pizza Hut for an apparel collection available at Primark.
Turtles eat bugs, hence P&G’s Zevo flying insect traps proved an ideal partner. It was the product’s first film partnership ever. The campaign featured a fully integrated 30-second spot that aired across linear and digital media platforms.
Among the local international highlights was Old El Paso’s “Ninja-Proof Tortilla Pockets” in the UK and France, which saw 1.2 million themed packs in 20,000 major supermarket locations and on Amazon.
Brazil’s Gol Airlines let fans “Fly In Mutant Time” onboard a fully customized Mutant Mayhem plane. The stunt was promoted in major airports, print and online.
Chargespot, the largest charging station brand in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, called on teens and young adults to “Get Charged” at 27,000 customized charging stations.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem grossed $15.2M this past weekend at the domestic box office, repping a nice -45% ease for a 12-day running total of $72.3M. Through seven movies, the TMNT franchise has grossed over $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office.
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