Negromancer News Bits and Bites for July 6 to July 12, 2014 - Updated #10

NEWS:

From MotherJones:  United Nations website announces that Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame is a celebrity goodwill ambassador and the site crashes.

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From Variety:  Colin Farrell in Season 2 of hit HBO drama, "True Detective."

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From TheWrap:  66th (2014) Prime Time EMMY NOMINATIONS! have been announced.  Seth Meyers will host the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony which will be broadcast live on NBC, Sunday, August 25th, 2014.

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From CBS:  Halle Berry talks about why she did "Extant."

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From MSNMovies:  Christopher Nolan penned an editorial for the Wall Street Journal.  MSN provides highlights.

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From Yahoo:  Some people just cannot wait for December 18, 2015.

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From WebProNews:  Sigourney Weaver reveals plot details for "Ghostbusters 3."  Of course, plot details and release dates keep changing.

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From CBRSpinoff: Guillermo del Toro hints at changes in "Pacific Rim 2."

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From EW:  New Star Wars Episode VII cast additions:  Brit male Pip Andersen and American female Crystal Clarke.

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From SlashFilm:  Video of Kevin Smith talking about his visit to the London set of Star Wars Episode VII.  He cries about the visit - lucky bastard.

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From Variety:  Transformers: Age of Extinction leads surprisingly bad 4th of July weekend (July 4 tp July 6, 2014).

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From Yahoo:  Robert De Niro talks about his recent flops and his gay father, Robert De Niro, Sr. to Katie Couric.

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From WeGotThisCovered:  Is Mark Wahlberg the new Six Million Dollar Man?


COMIC BOOK MOVIES:

From WeGotThisCovered:  Did Warner Bros. Hire Kevin Smith to write a fake "Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice" script?


COMICS NEWS:

From the ComicBookBin:  Black soul - yes. Black soles - ugh!


FILM and TV TRAILERS:

From FOX:  Exodus: Gods and Kings, which is due December 2014.

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From YouTube:  Gone Girl directed by David Fincher with Ben Affleck and the fab Rosamund Pike.  Tyler Perry plays an attorney. (October 3, 2014)

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"Gotham," the Fall 2014 TV series on FOX, has a new Villains trailer.  The series is set in pre-Batman Gotham City.

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OBITS:

From TheWrap:  Paul Apted, the son of director Michael Apted, died of Friday, July 4, 2014.  Apted worked as a sound editor on such films as The Fault in Our Stars and The Wolverine.  Negromancer sends condolences to Apted's family and friends.


MISC:

From YahooSports:  LeBron James returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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From Yahoo:  Newspaper headline refers to President Obama with the "N-word," but it's actually for a pro-Obama editorial.

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From BehindtheSteelCurtain:  Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, Antonio Brown, works out with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.  Below is a picture the movie star and NFL star that The Rock tweeted from his Twitter account, @TheRock.

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STARZ Celebrates 11 Emmy Nominations for the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards

STARZ Receives a Network Record of 11 Emmy® Award Nominations Including “The White Queen” for Outstanding Miniseries and Chiwetel Ejiofor for Lead Actor in a Miniseries

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STARZ miniseries and original series were nominated for a network record of 11 Emmy® nominations this morning at the 66th Primetime Emmy® nomination announcement at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood, Calif. The network garnered one nomination in the Outstanding Miniseries category for its original miniseries, “The White Queen” and Chiwetel Ejiofor received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for “Dancing on the Edge.”

    “We proudly congratulate our nominees on being recognized for their exceptional achievements.”

"We thank the Television Academy for honoring five of our programs with a total of 11 nominations, which represents a new record for our network," said Starz CEO, Chris Albrecht. "We proudly congratulate our nominees on being recognized for their exceptional achievements."

Complete nominations include:

“The White Queen”

Outstanding Mini Series
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)

“Dancing on the Edge”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

“Black Sails”
Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Outstanding Sound Editing
Outstanding Main Title Design

“Da Vinci’s Demons”
Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

“Magic City”
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Networks), global content distribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.

Starz Networks is a leading provider of premium subscription video programming through the flagship STARZ® and ENCORE® pay TV networks which showcase premium original programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. As of March 31, 2014, STARZ and ENCORE serve a combined 56.3 million subscribers, including 21.9 million at STARZ, and 34.4 million at ENCORE, making them the largest pair of premium flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ® and ENCORE®, along with Starz Networks’ third network MOVIEPLEX®, air over 1,000 movies monthly across 17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticated online offerings through STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY. Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on DVD, digital formats and traditional television. Starz Distribution’s home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming content produced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties. Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.

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Review: "Pompeii" an Enjoyable Historical Spectacle

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 31 (of 2014) by Leroy Douresseaux

Pompeii (2014)
Running time:  105 minutes (1 hour, 45 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for intense battle sequences, disaster-related action and brief sexual content
DIRECTOR:  Paul W.S. Anderson
WRITER:  Janet Scott Batchler and Lee Batchler, and Michael Robert Johnson
PRODUCERS:  Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, and Don Carmody
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Glen MacPherson (D.o.P.)
EDITOR:  Michele Conroy
COMPOSER:  Clinton Shorter

HISTORICAL/DRAMA/ACTION/ADVENTURE

Starring:  Kit Harrington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kiefer Sutherland, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Joe Pingue, Currie Graham, Sasha Roiz, Dalmar Abuzeid, and Dylan Schombing

Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania.  Pompeii and the surrounding area (including another town) were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Pompeii is a 2014 historical drama and disaster film from director Paul W.S. Anderson, perhaps best known for his work on the Resident Evil film franchise.  Theatrically released in 3D, this film is a German and Canadian co-production.

Pompeii is set during the last two or three days before Vesuvius destroys the city.  The film focuses on a slave-turned-gladiator who finds himself in Pompeii and fighting to protect a nobleman’s young daughter from a corrupt Roman Senator, while nearby, Mount Vesuvius rumbles ominously.

Pompeii opens in Brittania in 62 AD.  Roman soldiers brutally wipe out a tribe of Celtic horsemen, and a young Celtic boy named Milo (Dylan Schombing) watches as his parents are murdered.  By 79 AD, the boy is a grown man known as “The Celt” (Kit Harrington), who is a Roman slave and talented gladiator.

Milo is taken to Pompeii during the “Festival of the Vinalia” in order to entertain the crowds.  He has an encounter with Cassia (Emily Browning), the daughter of Pompeii's ruler, Marcus Severus (Jared Harris) and his wife, Aurelia (Carrie-Anne Moss).  Milo and the young woman are drawn to each other.  However, Milo must focus his attention on Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a champion gladiator who wants to use “the Celt” to gain his freedom.

Meanwhile, the arrival of Senator Quintas Attius Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland), a close ally of Roman emperor, Titus, changes everyone’s plans.  All that planning might be why Pompeii’s people and visitors are ignoring the noise and rumbles coming from Mount Vesuvius, which towers over the area.

In the history of films set in or during the Roman Empire, Pompeii won’t be memorable.  It’s no Gladiator (2000), nor is it even on the level of a recent favorite of mine, The Eagle (2011).  Pompeii is a sword and sandal film that mixes several genres, including action-adventure, romance, the disaster film, the swashbuckler, and the historical, among others.  Each of those genres offers something enjoyable to watch in Pompeii, but overall this film is not well acted, directed, or written.

It looked to me like some of the film’s actors were struggling not to laugh during scenes when they were supposed to convey anger or pain.  Kit Harrington as Milo the Celt is cute, but he is not much of an actor, at least here.  Emily Browning as Cassia is seemingly quite passionate about this film and gives it her best effort.  Why should you watch this movie?  I don't know.

I found myself enjoying Pompeii.  I have always liked Roman Empire movies, so obviously I was going to give this film a chance.  I am glad that I did, but I won’t lie and pretend that this is an especially good film.

5 of 10
C+

Tuesday, July 08, 2014


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Steven Soderbergh Has "Red Oaks" on Amazon's Pilot Season

Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green’s Comedy Red Oaks Coming to Amazon’s Third Pilot Season

Written by Gregory Jacobs (The Knick) and Joe Gangemi (Eliza Graves), Red Oaks stars Craig Roberts (Submarine), Paul Reiser (Mad About You), Richard Kind (Luck), Jennifer Grey (It’s Like, You Know), and Oliver Cooper (Californication)

Red Oaks is the final show to join Amazon’s highly-anticipated third pilot season which includes The Cosmopolitans, Hand of God, Hysteria, and Really

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced it has added the Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra) produced and David Gordon Green (Eastbound & Down) directed comedy Red Oaks to its third pilot season, which will debut later this year on Amazon Instant Video. Customers will once again be invited to watch and provide feedback on the shows they want to see turned into full series, which will then become available on Prime Instant Video. Written by Gregory Jacobs (The Knick) and Joe Gangemi (Eliza Graves), Red Oaks stars Craig Roberts (Submarine) as “David,” an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985. Paul Reiser (Mad About You), Richard Kind (Luck), Jennifer Grey (It’s Like, You Know) and Oliver Cooper (Californication) also star in the pilot.

    “Greg Jacobs told me this idea on the set of Behind the Candelabra and I told him it was great and that he should start working on it immediately”

“To be able to collaborate with Steven, David and Greg, three of the most highly-regarded creators in Hollywood, is an absolute pleasure,” said Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios. “Red Oaks brings together not only top-notch talent, but also a hilarious and wonderfully written script that we think our customers will enjoy seeing come to life later this year.”

“Greg Jacobs told me this idea on the set of Behind the Candelabra and I told him it was great and that he should start working on it immediately,” said Steven Soderbergh. “Then, while we were on the set of The Knick he gave me the script he wrote with Joe Gangemi and I said, ‘This is ready to go, let's find a director.’ We very quickly agreed to approach David because the humor was sharp without being mean, and we felt he would understand and appreciate that.”

Red Oaks is set in 1985, and features college student David Myers who is both reeling from his father’s heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. Myers gets a summer job as an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey and while there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named “Skye” (played by guest star Alexandra Socha) and her corporate raider father “Getty” (played by Reiser). A coming-of-age comedy set in the “go-go” 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt, Red Oaks is about enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end—and the future begins. Red Oaks also stars Grey as “Judy Myers,” Kind as “Sam Myers,” Cooper as “Steve,” Gage Golightly as “Karen,” and Ennis Esmer as “Nash.” Guest stars include Josh Meyers and Freddie Roman. Soderbergh, Green, Jacobs, and Gangemi are Executive Producers.

About Amazon Studios
Last year Amazon Studios launched its first two prime time series Alpha House and Betas, and recently debuted its first two children’s series, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival Award-winning Tumble Leaf from Bix Pix Entertainment, as well as Creative Galaxy from Angela Santomero, the creator of Blue’s Clues. A third kids’ series, Annedroids, from Emmy nominated Sinking Ship Entertainment will debut later this month. Amazon Studios also recently announced six additional, original series including Chris Carter’s The After; Michael Connelly’s Bosch; Jill Soloway’s Transparent; Mozart in the Jungle from Paul Weitz, Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman; Wishenpoof! from Angela Santomero; and Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street from David Anaxagoras, as well as a second season of Alpha House. Amazon Original Series are available exclusively to Prime members through Prime Instant Video.

Amazon Studios launched in 2010 as a new way to develop feature films and episodic series—one that’s open to great ideas from creators and audiences around the world. Anyone can upload a script and Amazon Studios will read and review all submissions. Those who choose to make their projects public will also receive feedback from the Amazon Studios community.

Comprehensive cast and crew information, including bios and filmographies, is available on Amazon's IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.

About Amazon.com
Amazon opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The company is guided by three principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire tablets, and Fire TV are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon.

Newcomers Crystal Clarke and Pip Andersen Added to "Star Wars Episode VII" Cast

(Pip Andersen on the left and Crystal Clarke on the right. Courtesy of Star Wars.com.)

Star Wars Episode VII Production Update

At the end of last year Lucasfilm and Disney invited all young aspiring actors to attend an open casting call for roles in J.J Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII. The casting calls spanned 11 cities across the US and UK and over 37,000 hopefuls attended, with a further 30,000 submitting applications online.

Having hunted high and low for young and undiscovered talent, the filmmakers are delighted to announce that two actors from the open call call have been cast.

Crystal Clarke is an American actress studying in Glasgow, UK, who has both stage and screen acting experience and is soon to be seen in her first feature, The Moon and the Sun (to be released in 2015). British actor Pip Andersen is a skilled practitioner of parkour, a discipline that involves propelling oneself through any given environment with incredible grace and agility. Pip recently demonstrated this remarkable skill in a Spider-Man ad for Sony.

“The Star Wars universe has always been about discovering and nurturing young talent and in casting Episode VII we wanted to remain absolutely faithful to this tradition. We are delighted that so many travelled to see us at the open casting calls and that we have been able to make Crystal and Pip a part of the film,” said producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.

Meanwhile, principal photography continues at Pinewood Studios in London after wrapping on location in Abu Dhabi in May.

In August, the team will take a brief two-week hiatus while adjustments to the current production schedule are made as actor Harrison Ford recovers from a leg injury. Harrison is doing well and is looking forward to returning to the set soon. Shooting remains on track to wrap in the fall with the film scheduled for release on December 18, 2015.

StarWars.com. All Star Wars, all the time.

Negromancer News Bits and Bites for June 29 to July 5, 2014 Update #6

NEWS:

From WebProNews:  The super fine and gorgeous Scarlett Johansson wins "sex object" lawsuit.

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From Hitfix: 10 stories that we might have missed...

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From Hitfix:  Sony is re-imagining 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - a sign of the slow death of imagination in Hollywood.

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From Box Office Mojo:  Transformers: Age of Extinction to take out Tammy at the July 4th weekend box office?

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From Deadline Hollywood: Manslaughter indictments in the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones on the set on the Gregg Allman biopic, "Midnight Rider."  Allman has since requested that the film be cancelled.

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From Deadline Hollywood:  Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth will star in a revenge Western, "By Way of Helena."

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From The Daily Mail:  Daniel Radcliffe (formerly known as Harry Potter) and Marisa Tomei (just formerly known) snuggle while filming a new movie.

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From Ropes of Silicon:  "Rambo 5" may actually happen.

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From Yahoo:  Too many romantic comedies derailed Katherine Heigl's career.  By the way, I do NOT like her.

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From Vulture:  Spike Lee's films are ranked from worst to best.  Worst - She Hate Me. Best - Do The Right Thing (of course).

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From ShadowAndAct:  Speaking of Do The Right Thing: Spike is still trying to bring it to Broadway, as play, not as a musical.

AND love this story: a young Barack Obama used a date to Do The Right Thing to impress Michelle. Awww! (from Moviefone).

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From Screen Rant: Former Bond star (1995 to 2002), Pierce Brosnan wants to join The Expendables.  One would think that this franchise is running out of space for aging action stars.

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From Salon:  The decline of Shia LaBeouf.

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COMIC BOOK MOVIES:

From Screen Rant: Henry Cavill as Clark Kent - without glasses - plus other early news about "Batman Vs. Superman."

From Screen Rant:  Analysis of early info on "X-Men Apocalypse," the planned 2016 X-Men movie.

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MOVIE TRAILERS:

From UPI:  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby with Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy.

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OBITS:

From Reuters:  Television actor Bob Hastings died Monday, June 30, 2014 at the age of 89.  Hastings was best known for playing Lt. Elroy Carpenter, the yes-man to Captain Wallace Burton Binghamton (played by actor Joe Flynn), on the 1960s World War II era comedy, "McHale's Navy."  A World War II veteran, Hastings also provided the voice of Archie Andrews from 1945 to 1953 on NBC radio.

Negromancer sends condolences to Mr. Hastings family (including younger brother Don Hastings who is also an actor) and friends.  Hastings's Lt. Carpenter was one of my favorite classic TV characters.  R.I.P. Bob Hastings.

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From the Times:  Acclaimed director, Paul Mazursky, died, Monday, June 30, 2014, at the age of 84.  I remember him for the 1989 film, Enemies, A Love Story, which I thought was a truly fine film.  Negromancer sends condolences to Mazursky's family and friends.

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From Variety:  The actor, Meshach Taylor, died Saturday, June 28, 2014 in California.  He was 67.  Taylor was best known for his role as interior design aide, Anthony Bouvier, on the CBS series, "Designing Women."  Taylor earned an Emmy nomination for supporting actor in comedy series in 1989 for the series, which ran from 1986 to 1993.

Taylor also appeared in Mannequin films the CBS sitcom, "Dave's World," from 1993 to 1997. Negromancer sends condolences to Taylor's family and friends.  R.I.P. Anthony Bouvier.

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From Variety:  Soul music legend, Bobby Womack, died Friday, June 27, 2014, at the age of 70.  He had numerous hits, but my favorite is the 1982 single, "If You Think You're Lonely Now," from his 1981 album, The Poet.  It peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the Hot Soul Single charts.

One of Womack's hit songs was the top 20 hit, “Across 110th Street.” It was the title song from the 1972 crime thriller, Across 110th Street, starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto.  Quentin Tarantino used the song for the opening credits of his 1997 film, Jackie Brown.  Negromancer sends its condolences to Womack's family and friends.

Nickelodeon's "Animated Shorts Program" at 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International

Nickelodeon Brings Its Animated Shorts Program to San Diego Comic-Con with Open Call for Original Projects

Network for First-Time Ever to Take Meetings from Convention Floor with Goal to Greenlight Pitch from Attendees

Comic-Con 2014

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Continuing its mission to open its doors to more creative talent than ever before, Nickelodeon for the first time will hold an open call for original animated projects at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2014 – the biggest fan event of the year. On-site from Nickelodeon’s booth on the convention center floor, the network’s animation development team will take live, in-person pitches from Thursday, July 24, to Saturday, July 26, to greenlight a project for its global Animated Shorts Program. The pitch chosen will be developed into a short with the potential to air on Nickelodeon, appear on www.nick.com or the Nick App, or even be developed into a long-form animated TV series.

    “Our Shorts Program helps us source talent and it feeds our content pipeline. It has expanded our relationships with creators who range from budding amateurs to experienced professionals, and we’re looking forward to bringing the program’s energy to the convention.”

“Comic-Con has always been a place to make connections and discover new, original ideas, so we thought we’d use it as a platform to find someone who could be the next big thing in animation,” said Russell Hicks, Nickelodeon’s President of Content Development and Production. “Our Shorts Program helps us source talent and it feeds our content pipeline. It has expanded our relationships with creators who range from budding amateurs to experienced professionals, and we’re looking forward to bringing the program’s energy to the convention.”

Nickelodeon’s Comic-Con booth this year features a windowed pitch room at its center, where the network’s animation development team will hold the open call during select times each day. The team’s meetings will be with Comic-Con attendees, as well as with distributors scouted during the convention. Participants seeking appointments must register in advance at www.nickshortspitches.com, where information, guidelines, requirements and restrictions are posted. Deadline to register is Friday, July 18.

Most recently from the network’s Animated Shorts Program, the network greenlit 13-episodes of The Loud House by first-time creator Chris Savino (Rocko’s Modern Life, The Powerpuff Girls)--a graduate of the 2013 Program. Inspired by Savino’s chaotic life growing up in a huge household, the series will follow 11-year-old Lincoln as he gives an inside look at what it takes to survive in the bedlam of a large family, especially as the only boy with 10 sisters.

The network also has announced 11 finalists from the 2014 Program, which include: “Francine” by writer/comedian Katie Crown; “Meat Pie vs. the Dark Ages” by Nickelodeon director Gabe Swarr; “Shelf Life” by Nickelodeon storyboard artist Robert Iza; “Summer Memories” by writer/director Adam Yaniv; “Ice Station Zedonk” by Nickelodeon director Tom Parkinson; “Night Crew” by independent animators Caitlin Boyle and Tara Helfer; “Planet Claire” by Nickelodeon executive producers Chris Viscardi and Will McRobb; “The Outsiders” by writer Eric Bravo; “Leander, Dre and Cyppy” by Nickelodeon storyboard artist Monica Ray; “Ugly Mutt” by PUNY Entertainment’s Shadi Petosky and Dave Hagen; and “Bad News Bunny” by California State University, Fullerton, graduate Tarryn Henderson.

Nickelodeon’s Animated Shorts Program, which is designed to identify and develop original comedy-driven content for kids, was launched in 2012 and took 600 pitches in its inaugural year. The program became global its second year. Concepts are received in all animation, styles from 2D, digital 2D, stop motion, CG and mixed media. Finalists are provided with the necessary artistic and production support teams to help them complete their fully animated original, humor-based and character-driven shorts.

About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 35th 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, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 19 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, VIA.B).