Apple TV+ orders second season
of Daytime Emmy-nominated original series, Snoopy
In Space
New deal with Peanuts Worldwide and Lee
Mendelson Film Productions also brings beloved, classic
Peanuts Specials to Apple TV+
TORONTO and NEW YORK, Oct. 19,
2020 /CNW/ - Apple TV+ has teamed with WildBrain, along with
Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions, to become the
home for all things Peanuts, bringing together new original series
and specials, along with iconic, beloved specials to fans around
the world, all in one place.
New animated Peanuts originals coming to Apple TV+ include a
second season of the Daytime Emmy-nominated Snoopy in Space,
and a slate of brand-new specials that will find the Peanuts gang
marking Mother's Day, Earth Day, New Year's Eve and Back to School
– all to be produced by WildBrain's animation studio. The new
series and specials join the previously announced The Snoopy
Show, premiering February 5,
2021; a brand-new Peanuts 70th anniversary documentary film
from Imagine Documentaries and WildBrain, set to premiere next
year; and the Daytime Emmy Award-winning Peanuts in Space:
Secrets of Apollo 10.
The original programs and new specials will also soon stream
globally alongside iconic Peanuts specials, including A
Charlie Brown Christmas,
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and It's the Great
Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The Halloween special will begin
streaming globally on Apple TV+ on October
19, and will be available for free from October 30 until November
1 as a special treat on Apple TV+.
Just in time for US Thanksgiving, Apple TV+ will launch A
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on November
18, and the special will be available for free from
November 25 until November 27.
The Peanuts gang will also deck the halls with the premiere of
A Charlie Brown Christmas,
streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ on December 4. The holiday special will be available
to customers for free from December
11 until December 13.
Offering multi-generational viewing for children 4-11 and their
caregivers, Apple TV+ is home to original series from some of
today's most trusted franchises in kids and family programming,
including the Daytime Emmy Award-winning Ghostwriter and
Helpsters from Sesame Workshop; the soon to premiere reboot
of the beloved, classic series Fraggle Rock from The Jim
Henson Company; newly imagined original series based on the stories
and illustrations of Maurice Sendak;
and the upcoming series Doug Unplugs from DreamWorks
Animation, and Stillwater
from Gaumont and Scholastic.
For more information about Apple TV+,
visit apple.com/tvpr and offers.appletvapp.apple/ and
see the full list of supported devices.
For more information, please contact:
WildBrain
Media: Shaun
Smith
shaun.smith@wildbrain.com
+1 416-977-7230
Investor Relations: Nancy Chan-Palmateer
nancy.chanpalmateer@wildbrain.com
+1 416-977-7358
Peanuts Worldwide
Melissa
Menta
Melissa.Menta@peanuts.com
212-293-8506
About Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries
and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone,
iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select
Samsung, LG, Sony, and VIZIO smart TVs, Amazon
Fire TV and Roku devices, and at tv.apple.com, for
$4.99 per month with a seven-day free
trial. For a limited time, customers who purchase a new
iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, or iPod touch can enjoy one year of
Apple TV+ for free. This special offer is good for three
months after the first activation of the eligible device.
About WildBrain
At WildBrain we inspire imaginations to run wild, engaging kids
and families everywhere with great content across all media. With
approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our
library – one of the world's most extensive – we are home to such
brands
as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry
Shortcake, Caillou, Inspector Gadget,
Johnny
Test and Degrassi. At our
75,000-square-foot state-of-the-art animation studio in
Vancouver, BC, we produce such
fan-favourite series as Snoopy in Space, Chip &
Potato, Carmen Sandiego
and more. Our shows are enjoyed worldwide in more than 150
countries on over 500 streaming platforms and telecasters, and our
AVOD business – WildBrain Spark – offers one of
the largest networks of kids' channels on YouTube, garnering
approximately four billion views per month from over 200 million
subscribers. We also license consumer products and location-based
entertainment in every major territory for our own properties as
well as for our clients and content partners. Our television group
owns and operates four family entertainment channels that are among
the most viewed in Canada.
WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on
the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us
at wildbrain.com.
About Peanuts
The characters of Peanuts and related intellectual property are
owned by Peanuts Worldwide, which is 41% owned by WildBrain
Ltd., 39% owned by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and 20% owned by the family of
Charles M. Schulz, who first
introduced the world to Peanuts in 1950, when the comic strip
debuted in seven newspapers. Since then, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of
the Peanuts gang have made an indelible mark on popular
culture. In addition to enjoying beloved Peanuts shows and specials
on Apple TV+, fans of all ages celebrate the Peanuts brand
worldwide through thousands of consumer products, as well as
amusement park attractions, cultural events, social media,
and comic strips available in all formats, from traditional to
digital. In 2018, Peanuts partnered with NASA on a multi-year Space
Act Agreement designed to inspire a passion for space exploration
and STEM among the next generation of students.
About Lee Mendelson Film Productions
The Peanuts specials, along with the rest of the classic Peanuts
television library, were produced by the Hollywood animation studio Bill Melendez
Productions, with Lee Mendelson Film Productions. Founded by the
late Lee Mendelson in 1963, Lee
Mendelson Film Productions, which is also the publisher of the
Vince Guaraldi musical catalog, has
received 11 Emmy Awards (from 45 nominations) and four Peabody
Awards, as well as Grammy and Academy Award nominations. Bill
Melendez Productions has won numerous awards for features,
television specials, industrials, and commercials.
Disclaimer
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applicable securities laws with respect to WildBrain including,
without limitation, statements regarding new Peanuts content to be
produced, the streaming of original programs. Although WildBrain
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and
uncertainties and are based on information currently available to
WildBrain. Actual results or events may differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from current expectations, among other things, include
the risk factors discussed in materials filed with applicable
securities regulatory authorities from time to time including
matters discussed under "Risk Factors" in WildBrain's most recent
Annual Information Form and annual Management Discussion and
Analysis. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date
hereof, and WildBrain assumes no obligation to update or revise
them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by
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