ORIGINAL 22 MINUTE GROJBAND PILOT

Originally we pitched GROJBAND as a 22 minute series. Here's the leica before we cut it down to 11 mins. A few things you'll notice... Mr. Riffin, Mina's voice, the idea of trying to get Trina's diary back to her... and I'm sure find a bunch more. Ultimately, I'm glad we cut it down to 11. The energy is way better.

DEVELOPMENT STUFF

A little something I'm working on.

NEW GROJBAND PROMO!!!

Killer GROJBAND promo from Fremantle Media.

A huge, HUGE thanks to the entire GB crew! This looks AMAZING and all your hard work has certainly paid off. You should all be very proud - I know Mark and I are. 

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PREMIER! CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!

NEW PREMIER DATE!!!

Get yer TiVo's ready!

GROJBAND is set to premier on CARTOON NETWORK 

Monday, June 10 at 5pm (ET, PT)

Will air Monday-Friday at 5pm (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network

A NEW LIFE FOR 9TH LIFE

9th Life Promo by Paul Watling

 9TH LIFE has been optioned by DHX Media!?!?! 

Yup it's true. Sherman and Ronald are back at it in our all new, re-imagined animated series about a happy-go-lucky cat that has frittered away his first eight lives and is oblivious to the fact that he’s living his last. The spiritual remains of Sherman’s past eight lives want desperately to move on to Kitty-Kat Heaven, but until all nine of Sherman’s lives are united, the eight are stuck in Limbo. Unable to do physical harm to their own bodies, they must possess someone else and have them do the dirty work. Sherman’s best pal and co-worker, Ronald is the poor unfortunate stooge who gets possessed by the ghosts and finds himself as the unwitting assassin. Led by the spirits within him, he unknowingly tries each episode to kill his life-long pal, and suffers the consequences of each failed attempt.

Above is a sample of our promo storyboard by Paul Watling - Enjoy!

SIDEKICK APPS

WOW - I never thought my little show would ever have it's own apps. Probably because there were no apps in 2003 ;)

 Fun SIDEKICK apps - ENJOY!!!!

CARTOON NETWORK UNVEILS GROJBAND

Cartoon Network will introduce two new action-adventure half-hour series based on heroes from DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, Teen Titans Go! and Beware The Batman; a new animated series from LEGO, Legends of Chima; a new animated musical-comedy series, Grojband, from FremantleMedia; an all-new series iteration of The Tom and Jerry Show, produced by Warner Bros. Animation; a new season of the animatedTotal Drama “reality” series from CAKE Distribution, Total Drama All Stars; and also from LEGO, three quarterly installment specials of The Yoda Chronicles, a new CG-animated foray into the “Original Saga” world of Star Wars.

Read more: http://kidscreen.com/2013/01/28/cartoon-network-goes-face-to-face-for-this-years-upfront/#ixzz2JNGebQMN

WATCH SIDEKICK VIDEOS!!!

~CLICK~

(For those of you who don't have Netflix)

FremantleMedia Enterprises Announces World Tour For Grojband

MIPCOM, 9 OCTOBER 2012: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced a series of international TV deals for the kids’ comedy series about a wannabe rock band, Grojband.  The 52 x 11 minutes animation is a TELETOON Original Production by Fresh TV. FME manages the worldwide (excluding Canada) TV distribution, home entertainment and brand licensing rights for the series.

New buyers cover major territories including France (Lagadère), Italy (Switchover Media), Australia (ABC) and Latin America (Cartoon Network). These acquisitions follow the announcement earlier this year that Cartoon Network USA became the US broadcast partner for the series.

WANTED

WANTED: STORYBOARD ARTISTS to work on our new series GROJBAND.

Interested? Please send board samples to neptoonstudios@gmail.com - Must be a resident of Ontario, Canada.

#1 Telecast!!!

Cartoon Network Across the first week of September 2012, Cartoon Network ranked as basic cable’s #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and the #2 network among kids 9-14. Older kids drove solid growth vs. the same time period last year, with average kids 6-11 delivery in Early Prime expanding by 11% and average delivery in Total Day expanding by 20%.

Among its original animated programming, Tuesday night’s season finale of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (8 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the day among boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and was #1 in its time period among kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Overall, the series led Tuesday night (7-9 p.m.) to reign as the #1 network among kids 2-11 and all key boys, earning an average 8% delivery growth among kids 6-11 and 26% growth among kids 9-14.

SIDEKICK - COMIC-CON 2012 San Diego

Sidekick limited-edition signed art portfolios will be carried at this year’s comic-con in San Diego by Schanes Products, Booth 5504.

These portfolios are signed by the creators Todd Kauffman (me) and Joey So. Each portfolio contains 10 original images from the series, plus bonus artwork as well, all bound is a stunning folder jacket.

The edition run is 100 and only 15 portfolios will be made  available at Comic-Con. Orders can be placed with Steve as well, as we expect them to sell out.

COMIC-CON 2012 San Diego
July 12th to July 15th
Schanes Products Booths 5504
Steve’s 3 booths are located just inside the "A" entrance of the Convention Center.
This is his 42nd Comic-con.

email :
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cel: 1-619 922-0963

CARTOON NETWORK TAKES GROJBAND

FremantleMedia Enterprises 

Books Grojband A Gig On 

Cartoon Network USA

SIDEKICK FAN ART

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GROJBAND BLOG

Check out our NEW Grojband production blog!