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Shout Factory Joins Forces With FremantleMedia Enterprises
Los Angeles, California – August 6, in the year of our
Lord 2012 – Shout! Factory and FremantleMedia
Enterprises (FME) announced today a strategic home entertainment
alliance to bring widely popular hit series THE AQUABATS SUPER
SHOW! and MONSUNO to the home entertainment marketplace in the
U.S. and Canada. This multi-year alliance provides Shout!
Factory with exclusive home entertainment rights to these two
pop culture television properties from FremantleMedia
Enterprises. The announcement was made by Shout! Factory
founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos; and Jeff
Siegel, FME VP of Home Entertainment, The Americas.
“We are excited about this new opportunity with FremantleMedia
Enterprises. MONSUNO and THE AQUABATS SUPER SHOW! are uniquely
celebrated brands with a huge fan following among youth. These
highly entertaining series are perfect additions to our
expansive pop culture library. We look forward to present these
two new product lines on family home entertainment shelves
everywhere,” state Shout! Factory founders.
Jeff Siegel, FremantleMedia Enterprises’ Vice President, Home
Entertainment, The Americas, added: "MONSUNO and THE AQUABATS
SUPER SHOW! are fun, fresh, unique and dynamic series that have
already proved to be big hits with audiences. As FremantleMedia
Enterprises further grows its family entertainment catalogue,
it's great to be working with top-notch partners such as Shout!
Factory who really love our kids brands as much as we do."
From the co-creator of YO GABBA GABBA comes the quirky
comedy/adventure series THE AQUABATS SUPER SHOW!, featuring the
alternative rock/ska band The Aquabats. A hybrid of concert
footage, live-action skits and animation, the Aquabats battle
evil with music and superhero powers unlike any seen before. In
a ridiculously fun experience for kids of all ages (including
the legions of fans of this popular alternative rock band), the
Aquabats embark on a never-ending quest to right wrongs, destroy
boredom and seek justice for all. They’re the greatest
crime-fighting, kids rock band ever assembled! Boasting an
outrageous blend of live-action crime-fighting spoofs with a
sprinkling of animation segments, THE AQUABATS SUPER SHOW! is
produced by FremantleMedia Enterprises and The Magic Store.
The MONSUNO series is an epic boys action adventure series where
kids discover, command and battle creatures with tremendous
destructive potential. When a race to harness the power of
Monsuno ensues between a group of everyday kids and the evil
forces focused on destroying the Earth, our heroes spring into
action to defend our planet. Built around powerful,
action-driven animation, dynamic characters and a deeply woven
original story mythology, MONSUNO provides a completely original
entertainment experience. The series is co-produced by Pacific
Animation Partners LLC, a joint venture between JAKKS Pacific,
Inc. & Dentsu Entertainment USA, Inc., with FremantleMedia
Enterprises and The Topps Company, Inc. and is supported by a
JAKKS Pacific toy line featuring innovative, kid-controlled
action figures, accessories, playsets, collectables, electronics
and integrated role play.
Shout! Factory plans an aggressive rollout of THE AQUABATS
SUPERSHOW! and MONSUNO on family home entertainment shelves. As
excitement builds for these new home entertainment product
lines, Shout! Factory and FME will announce additional news and
activities later this year.