From $15m funding slates to discussions about driving diversity, the past week has provided plenty to consider for those in the kid’s TV business. With the 17th edition of the Children’s Media Conference wrapping today, TBI reflects on the key takeaways. Reflecting your audience The conference kicked off on Monday with a keynote panel discussion […]
Genius Brands International and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment have launched a joint venture, Stan Lee Universe, which will assume worldwide rights, in perpetuity, to the works and likeness of the iconic comic book creator. The venture gains control of the name, physical likeness, physical signature, live-action and animated motion picture, television, online and digital, publishing, […]
Hollywood actor and former governor of the US state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has become a “significant” investor in global entertainment company Genius Brands International. Schwarzenegger (Terminator: Dark Fate, Killing Gunther) will star in and co-produce a new animated children’s series with the company – Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten – which is co-produced by Genius […]
Amazon Prime Video has announced a number of new shows aimed at consolidating the service’s position among the prestige drama market. The headline announcement is an October debut for The Romanoffs, the first new show from Mad Men creator and showrunner Matthew Weiner. The original anthology series is set to premiere on Friday, 12th October […]
A Chinese media, brands and merchandising giant has bought legendary comic book writer Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment. Camsing International Holding has paid an undisclosed amount for the production entity, which works in superhero-focused animation and drama programming. The deal is for POW!’s library of film, TV, games, virtual reality, animation, live events, tours, comics and […]
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man will premiere its first season on iTunes. This is the first time the British drama series will be available in Canada and the US. Produced by Carnival Films for Sky1, the 10x60mins crime drama is based on an idea from comic book writer and TV producer Stan Lee. The series was made […]
The “world’s first kid-centric app powered by augmented reality and virtual reality” has launched with content from the Stan Lee superhero universe. Interactive platform The Vroom will offer games and story-led content that promotes what educators dub ‘social-emotional learning’ on Apple and Android devices, and Windows 10. Playing Forward, the company behind the app, claim it […]
Pay TV channel Cartoon Network Latin America has bought Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 from Genius Brands International in a multi-territory deal. The superhero-themed show comes from Stan Lee Comics, a joint venture of LA-based GBI, Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Archie Comics. It has previous been sold to the likes of TF1 in France, which was […]
ABC in Australia has become the first international buyer of comic book-inspired toon movie trilogy Stan Lee’s Mighty 7. It will broadcast on children’s channel ABC3 later this year following a deal with distributor PGS Entertainment. Mighty 7 comes drom Stan Lee Comics, a newly-formed joint venture between Genius Brands International, Lee’s POW! Entertainment and […]
Cartoon Network has picked up Chakra: The Invincible, a superhero TV movie from Stan Lee. The show will debut on Cartoon Network in India to 34 million homes at the end of November. Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, has made the show under his Pow! Entertainment banner alongside Indian prodco and studio Graphic India, which […]
