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  • Toonz joins forces with Paramount Home Entertainment and Commotion Pictures to produce Dragonlance

    Toonz joins forces with Paramount Home Entertainment and Commotion Pictures to produce Dragonlance

    MUMBAI: Toonz Animation India, India’s animation studio, has signed a contract with Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) and Commotion Pictures to produce an animated feature film titled Dragonlance.

    The animated feature film to be produced by Toonz, PHE and Commotion pictures is based on Hasbro’s Dungeons and Dragons property. The film will be distributed theatrically in India by Toonz, and on DVD in the U.S. and internationally (except for Asia) by Paramount Home Entertainment. Commotion Pictures’ producer Steve Stabler and Paramount Pictures former marketing president Arthur Cohen will produce the film, asserts an official release.

    Commenting on the deal, Toonz Animation India CEO P. Jayakumar said, “We are thrilled to have entered into an agreement with accomplished producers like Steve Stabler and Arthur Cohen. This is an incredible opportunity to create an exciting film with global appeal and iconic characters.”

    Dragonlance will feature the voice of Keifer Sutherland (24), Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) and Michelle Trachtenberg (Ice Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

    Paramount Home Entertainment senior vice president worldwide acquisitions and DVD premieres Ellen Pittleman added, “We’re very excited to bring the wildly popular world of Dungeons and Dragons to the screen. We are confident that Commotion Pictures and Toonz will do the property justice to the delight of fans around the world.”

    Dragonlance is based on Dragons of Autumn Twilight, the first novel in the bestselling Dragonlance fantasy franchise, published by Wizards of the Coast. Though the gods have long battled for control of this beautiful sword-and sorcery world, it has always been the heroic deeds of mortals that decide its fate.

    The story begins as Tanis Half-Elven meets up with his old friends Flint Gireforge (a grumpy dwarven warrior), Tasslehoff Burrfoot (a tiny and inquisitive rogue), Raislin Majere (the dark, mysterious human wizard) and Sturm Brightblad (valiant human knight). Reunited after an unsuccessful five-year journey to seek out signs of the old gods, these companions are thrown into a conflict over a legendary blue crystal staff, wielded by the barbarian princess Goldmoon.

  • Nick US’ Dora takes a trip down memory lane

    Nick US’ Dora takes a trip down memory lane

    MUMBAI: Nick US has announced that on its show Dora The Explorer, preschoolers will join Dora on her first adventure ever and discover how she met her best friend Boots on
    a new episode called Dora’s First Trip.

    The special flashback episode will premiere on 7 April. On Dora’s First Trip, at the dinner table, Dora tells her parents, grandma and her cousins Diego and Daisy the story of her very first adventure through the forest. Without the help of her trusty backpack, Dora embarks on her earliest trip with a simple messenger bag — her first explorer kit from her parents. She travels through the Nutty Forest and across the Rio Grande to return the Fiesta Trio’s lost instruments so they can play for the cranky Queen Bee.

    Along the way, Dora meets her sidekick Boots and they soon befriend Tico, Isa and Benny. Dora continues her journey with her new pals, and they travel together by car, boat and airplane until they finally return the instruments to the musical trio. Before long, they learn that they must watch out for that sneaky fox, Swiper.

    On 11 April, Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment will release a DVD and VHS Dora’s First Trip, which will feature the title episode in addition to three other Dora the Explorer adventures. The DVD will also feature a music video, Best Friends.