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BURBANK, Calif.–Sept. 4, 2019–A new home in the city holds big adventures, laughs and love around every corner in Nickelodeon’s new original animated series The Casagrandes, premiering Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT). A spinoff of Nick’s animated hit The Loud House, The Casagrandes tells the story of 11-year-old Ronnie Anne who moves to the city with her mom and older brother to live with their big, loving family, the Casagrandes. Following its premiere, the series moves to its regular timeslot on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT) beginning Saturday, Oct. 19, on Nickelodeon.

Starring Izabella Alvarez (Westworld) as 11-year-old Ronnie Annie, Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) as her brother Bobby and Sumalee Montano (Nashville) as her mom Maria, the series showcases the culture, humor, and love that’s part of growing up in a multigenerational Mexican-American family. After moving in with their grandparents in Great Lakes City, Ronnie Anne adjusts to her new life living under one roof and over the family-run mercado (local market), which is a gathering place for everyone in the neighborhood.

Alvarez, PenaVega and Montano bring these characters to life, alongside: Carlos Alazraqui (The Fairly OddParents) as Carlos, “Tio;” Roxana Ortega (The League) as Frida, “Tia;” Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids) as Carlota; Jared Kozak (Born this Way) as CJ; Alex Cazares (The Boss Baby: Back in Business) as Carl; Ruben Garfias (East Los High) as Hector, “Abuelo;” and Sonia Manzano (Sesame Street) as Rosa, “Abuela.” Additionally, Eugenio Derbez (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) gives voice to Dr. Santiago, a physician living and working in Peru, who is Ronnie Anne and Bobby’s father.


Ronnie Anne’s new apartment building holds new friends and neighbors, including: Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) as Stanley Chang; Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) as Becca Chang; Leah Mei Gold (Legion) as 12-year-old Sid Chang, Ronnie Anne’s new friend; and Lexi Sexton as Adelaide Chang, Sid’s 6-year-old little sister.

In the first episode, “Going Overboard,” Ronnie Anne finds out her Tio Carlos was a famous skateboarder and she begs him to teach her some new moves. Then, in “Walk Don’t Run,” Ronnie Anne and Sid start a dog-walking business to save up for a new skateboard in a plan that quickly gets out of hand.

The Casagrandes premiere will encore at 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The Casagrande family was first introduced in the The Loud House special, “The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos,” which premiered May 2017 and ranks as the highest-rated premiere for the series in Live+7 with both K2-11 (6.6/1.8M) and K6-11 (8.1/1.3M).


The Casagrandes is produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, Calif. The series is executive produced by Michael Rubiner (The Loud House), with Karen Malach (The Loud House) serving as producer, Alan Foreman as supervising producer and Miguel Puga as supervising director. Award-winning cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz (Coco) serves as consulting producer and cultural consultant.

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From TV KIDS:

TV KIDS: And you have The Casagrandes, a spin-off of The Loud House, coming up.

ROBBINS: I can’t take credit for that. It was happening before I got here. But I must say I’m super proud of the show. First of all, it’s the first animated show starring a multigenerational Mexican-American family. And it couldn’t be a better time to have that show. Besides that, it is hilarious. It’s so well written and the characters are so good. And I can’t wait to share it with the world. I think the show is terrific.

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From The San Diego Union-Tribune:

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz’s journey from Lemon Grove to Hollywood to improve Latino representation

Lemon Grove native Lalo Alcaraz has long been an advocate for better representation of Latinos in America. Now, it’s his day job.

A shy, but artistically-inclined kid from Lemon Grove has become a bold artist whose influence can be felt far outside Southern California — not just across the U.S. but around the world.

Lalo Alcaraz got his start as an editorial cartoonist at San Diego State University’s student newspaper The Daily Aztec before going on to create the first nationally-syndicated, politically-themed Latino daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha.” More recently, he’s worked as a cultural consultant on the Pixar film “Coco” and the upcoming animated Nickelodeon show, “The Casagrandes.”

“It’s a job I wish didn’t exist, you know, because if we had adequate representation, if we had culturally competent people that really knew their stuff, you wouldn’t need to drop me in from outer space on a project,” Alcaraz said at a panel at the L’ATTITUDE conference in San Diego last month. “To Pixar’s credit, they were like, ‘We want this done right.’”

He recently met with The Conversation podcast at The San Diego Union-Tribune to talk about growing up in the San Diego region, what inspires his art, the challenges of publishing an editorial cartoon in the politically charged climate of 2019 and how he’s taken all he’s learned to Hollywood.

Here are some excerpts of the interview. Listen to the entire conversation here.

What was growing up in the San Diego region like for you?

“I grew up a kind of typical Mexican border kid. My mom came through Tijuana. She lived there for 10 years in the ‘50s from 1948 to 1958 and then was undocumented for a bit and then got her papers as a nanny in La Mesa. My dad came, I think, through Texas from Zacatecas, Mexico. My mom came from Mazatlán, Sinaloa and they met at Helix High School, the high school I went to, in an English as a Second Language (ESL) class, sometime early 1961 or 1962. Their desire to assimilate and fit in and learn English — it only took my mom 50 years to learn English — got them together and created me. And then I eventually graduated from that high school. I’d like to find that class where they met and put a plaque... they’d remove it the next day. I grew up in Lemon Grove after living in various cities and back and forth — Logan Heights and Tijuana for a tiny bit — but I grew up basically in Lemon Grove. It was like Mayberry, but SoCal style. It was a time of, kind of a lot of racism and police profiling. We’d get pulled over on our bicycles by the sheriffs. My parents were treated pretty poorly and it made me the bitter old cholo that I am today.”

Would you say growing up here influences your art?

“It is everything. That’s what kind of sharpened my sense of injustice.”

How much of yourself do you put into the characters in ‘La Cucaracha?’

“They’re definitely me. Half of me is angry all the time, wants to tell everyone how they’re wrong constantly, never has an incorrect opinion, and the other half of me just wants to chill and sit on the couch and drink a beer and watch endless hours of crap TV. Preferably science fiction crap. ... I’m usually more of the angry cucaracha.”

How would you say life for Latinos in America has changed or not changed since you’ve started illustrating it?

“Sometimes I’ll see a cartoon from 1994 and all you have to do is change the date on it because obviously we’re living in a super, hyper anti-immigrant time — not everyone, I mean, where some people think it’s ok to be that way — so, you know, I think society goes in cycles instead of progressing forward sometimes, I feel. So things have changed, they haven’t changed. The thing that has changed is, you know, society’s catching up to the things that I was saying 25 years ago, especially stuff about show biz and representation and it’s just becoming a thing. That’s why I’m fully employed. I’m fully overemployed these days in Hollywood so, you know, we’re getting more representation, but it’s still not enough.”

What can you tell us about the show you’re working on now?

“I am a consulting producer, cultural consultant and gadfly and freelance writer on this show called “The Casagrandes,” and it’s on Nickelodeon. It’s for ages 6 to11, and it’s the first animated show about a big Mexican-American family. It’s a spin-off from a show called “The Loud House,” which is one of the top shows there at Nickelodeon. The character, Ronnie Anne, is a little Mexican-American girl who was a super popular character on the loud house so they decided to spin that off, move her, her brother and her mom from Royal Woods, this Michigan suburb where “The Loud House” is set, to Great Lakes City, which is like a fake Chicago kind of amalgam of a bunch of cities — to go live with the mom’s family. They live in a big apartment building. The abuela, the grandma, is the building supervisor and they have a market, a mercado, on the ground floor. ... We’re making it as authentic as possible.”

Is it funny? Serious?

“It is very funny and it’s a good co-viewing show. I watched 10 years of Nickelodeon shows when my kids were little, so if you are that parent, you can watch this show because we sneak in a lot of funny adult things that kind of get by everybody but not the grown ups watching.”

“The Casagrandes” premieres on Nickelodeon on Oct. 14.

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From Animation Magazine:

‘The Casagrandes’: A Giant Step for Latinx Representation

***This story originally appeared in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 294)***


Bursting onto television screens this fall, The Casagrandes follows a large, loving family living together in the big city. A companion to the Emmy Award-winning The Loud House, the new 2D-animated series highlights the culture, humor and love of growing up in a multi-generational Mexican-American family, and is set to debut October 14 on Nickelodeon.

The Loud House, which debuted in May 2016 and is centered around 11-year-old Lincoln Loud and his 10 sisters, gives an inside look at what it takes to survive the chaos of a huge family. The Casagrandes moves the action to Great Lakes City, where Lincoln’s friend Ronnie Anne embarks on a new life which promises to be an adventure, especially now that she lives under one roof with her grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousins and a sass-talking parrot. The household is set up above the family-run mercado, which serves as a gathering place for the entire neighborhood.

The Casagrandes are no stranger to television, having made their debut in The Loud House special “The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos” in Season 2. The family appeared throughout the third season of The Loud House and had a five-episode arc in Season 4, beginning with the premiere episode, “Friended!” Additional crossover episodes are also in the works for Season 5.

Both series are executive produced by Mike Rubiner (KaBlam!) and produced by Karen Malach (The Legend of Korra, Bunsen Is a Beast), with the animation completed in Canada by Jam Filled Entertainment. Award-winning cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz serves as a cultural consultant and consulting producer on The Casagrandes, and Alan Foreman (Welcome to the Wayne) is supervising producer.

Fresh, New Territory

Rubiner, who has worked on The Loud House since it began production in 2014 and helped develop The Casagrandes, was gratified to see the positive reaction the new characters received following their debut in “Relative Chaos.” “We really liked the characters a lot, and we just thought, ‘Well, maybe there’s a series here,’” he recounts. “The idea of featuring a Latinx family gave us a lot of new territory to explore,” he continues, noting that moving the characters from the rural setting of The Loud House into a big city, and adding a large, multi-generational family, reflected the lives of the Latinx community in a way that would be relatable.”

“It just gave us all these new places to go,” Rubiner continues. “What is it like living in the city? What is it like being part of a big, multi-generational family living in this building together? And what can we explore and portray about Mexican-American and Latinx culture? I think a lot of cultures in this country can relate to that kind of family situation. We wanted The Casagrandes to be relatable to kids, grounded in real stories about real families. But we also knew that we really wanted it to accurately reflect Mexican-American culture, so we really kept an eye on both of those things as we developed the show.”

Alcaraz, who is the creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, La Cucaracha, and has previously served as cultural consultant on projects like Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature Coco, says he’s been waiting for a show like The Casagrandes “since television was invented,” noting that — next to immigration — Mexican-American representation in Hollywood has always been a primary cause for him. “It’s hugely important because I remember growing up and not seeing any brown people on TV. But we’ve been inching forward,” he says.

“I did not think I was ever going to see this many shows that have Latino characters,” Alcaraz observes. “It’s just a handful, but that’s a huge shift from zero, you know? And then, when they’re done right, it’s just the world. I mean, look at Coco. We did that right, and people responded to it because everything was true, authentic, honest.”

The star of The Casagrandes is 11-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago (voiced by Izabella Alvarez), who moves to Great Lakes City with her big brother, Bobby (Carlos PenaVega), and their mother, Maria Casagrande Santiago (Sumalee Montano), to live with their extended family. Bobby works at the family’s mercado, which he hopes to take over one day, and Maria is a hardworking nurse who treasures her time with her kids.

Other family members include Ronnie Anne and Bobby’s uncle, Carlos “Tio” Casagrande (Carlos Alazraqui); his wife, Frida “Tia” Casagrande (Roxana Ortega); and their four kids: confident, vintage-inspired eldest daughter, 17-year-old Carlota (Alexa PenaVega); sunshiny 13-year-old CJ (Jared Kozak), who has Down Syndrome; the precociously ambitious eight-year-old Carl (Alex Cazares); and playful, rambunctious, non-verbal one-year-old toddler, Carlito. At the head of the family is Carlos and Maria’s father, Hector “Abuelo” Casagrande (Ruben Garfias), who is a professor of cultural studies at a local college, and their mother, Rosa “Abuela” Casagrande (Sonia Manzano), a gifted cook who has a sixth sense about knowing when anyone in her house is hungry.

Rounding out the cast, Eugenio Derbez lends his voice as Ronnie Anne and Bobby’s father, Dr. Santiago, a physician who is living and working in Peru; Ken Jeong voices neighbor Stanley Chang, a friendly and patient train conductor; and Melissa Joan Hart voices Stanley’s wife Becca Chang, a quirky, smart and funny zoologist.

Cultural Inspirations

The Casagrandes shares the visual style of The Loud House, but with a vibrant color palette that puts Mexican heritage fully in the spotlight. Art director Miguel Gonzalez (The Loud House, Uncle Grandpa, Book of Life) describes the aesthetic of The Loud House as based on mid-century Sunday comics. “The Loud House uses a lot of browns and earth tones, but with our world we wanted to be a little bit more bold and vivid with the color scheme,” he explains, noting that he and his team of 12 artists took inspiration from things found in Mexican culture like the colorful papel picado garlands of cut paper, luchador masks and the vibrant sugar skulls of Día de los Muertos. “We just wanted to incorporate as much of that as possible into our world,” he says.

In addition to representing Mexican culture, it was also important for the production team to maintain a consistent visual style with The Loud House. “We knew Lincoln was going to appear in some of the episodes, so we couldn’t go too far from that world, because it would just look too weird to have him come into this world and be in a totally different style,” Gonzalez notes.

“It’s not every day that you get to draw characters that look like you,” Gonzalez, who is Mexican American, continues, “I don’t think people realize how important that is to kids, you know? Like, there’s someone that looks like you on TV and that’s cool. Not every culture can relate to that, but the little kids I talk to who are Mexican American, they just can’t wait to see the show, because the characters look like them.”

The Casagrandes premieres Monday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon. The show moves to its regular timeslot on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. beginning Oct. 19.

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Get ready to sink your teeth into a fang-tastic brand-new All That Halloween special, premiering Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) following an all-new Henry Danger Halloween special at 8, as part of Nickelodeon Hallowscream, only on Nickelodeon USA! Check out the spooktacular trailer below!:



In the brand-new All That episode #1110, Marie Kiddo helps declutter a treehouse; Dracula reviews new technology with the Invisible Man; Nathan cancels trick or treating; and Girl Scouts go camping to earn coveted badges!

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Dracula's Tech Review & Spookiest Selfies ⚰️ #AllThatTuesday



Dracula (Ryan Alessi) always reviews the latest tech gadgets. But when he gets a surprise visit from the Invisible Man (Nathan Janak), things go off the rails quickly! Turns out being invisible or a vampire isn’t great when it comes to selfies! Do you know who you are going for Halloween yet? Let me know in the comments below! Catch more All That on Nick!

CNCO, Young Dylan, GloZell & Marie Kiddo Let Loose! 🤪 BTS of Episode 10 | All That



CNCO is performing on this week’s All That! And so is Young Dylan in the awesome rap video “We Need A Dog!”, along with Lex Lumpkin & Gabriella Nevaeh Green! And don’t miss GloZell Green in that sketch as well! Plus, Nathan Janak and Ryan Alessi reveal secrets about their spooky new Dracula’s Tech Review sketch! Plus, Kate Godfrey returns as Marie Kiddo! Who else do you want to see guest start on All That? Let me know in the comments below? Catch more All That on Nick!

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So excited to announce that I will be on @allthat on @nickelodeon this Saturday, October 12th, 2019 at 8:30/7:30c Can’t wait for you all to see what we have in store for you! Stay posted to see more #BTS photos & snippets! In this photo is @itskategodfrey & @itsreececaddell and ME 😬 #AllThat #NickRewind #Nickelodeon #RSA #AlisaReyes 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉

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Canticos Nursery Rhyme in English & Spanish: 'The Busy Tizzy Hen' + Dora's Doctor Visit | Nick Jr.



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Name a song you like to sing! 🎤

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In the final Fashion Faceoff, Annie and Hayley LeBlanc have to up the ante and design outfits good enough for a high-fusion runway event! With Indiana Massara, also known as 'Rooney,' and Rebecca Zamolo stepping up as their models, which girl will make the dress that will light up the runway?

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Power Rangers Beast Morphers Episode 13 "Tuba Triumph" Preview.

Exclusive First Look of Power Rangers Beast Morphers Episode 13. "Tuba Triumph" premieres Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 8 a.m. ET/PT on Nickelodeon USA!

After witnessing a boy being bullied, Ravi takes him under his wing.

Cast: Rorrie Travis (Devon / Red Ranger), Jazz Baduwalia (Ravi / Blue Ranger), Jacqueline Scislowski (Zoey / Yellow Ranger), Abraham Rodriguez (Nate / Gold Ranger), Jamie Linehan (Steel / Silver Ranger).

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Update (10/10) - Nickelodeon will be hosting a Carnival of Doom Chaos Fortnite Tournament TONIGHT (10/10) starting at 6 p.m. (ET/PT); 5 Central! The Are You Afraid of the Dark? Fortnite Tournament will stream on Twitch, and marks Nickelodeon's FIRST-EVER official Twitch stream!

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Update (10/1) - Submitted for approval of the Midnight Society - the Carnival of Doom is on Fortnite! ☠️🎡 The Map is available in creative mode at code 4763-4357-6721 if you dare to check it out ☠️

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Could Are You Afraid of the Dark? be heading to Fortnite? BenDavid Grabinski, the writer and executive producer of Nickelodeon's upcoming Are You Afraid of the Dark? revival has teased on Twitter that the Carnival of Doom could be visiting the extremely popular video game soon!


Grabinski yesterday shared a cryptic image on Twitter of what appears to be the opening to the new carnival in the limited series, with the hashtag "#AreYouAfraidOfTheDark", but something about the image is a bit... off. You can check it out below:

#AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkpic.twitter.com/5ToG8GqBa8

— BenDavid Grabinski (@bdgrabinski) September 25, 2019

It's not exactly an incredibly detailed image, but it certainly looks like there's some clear Fortnite signs in there. For example, the trees look straight out of the game, and the sky has what appears to be a couple different cracks in it. Given how soon the limited series is set to premiere, if it's really some sort of event and not just a clever Creative creation or fan construction, it's likely to come to light sooner rather than later.

The extremely popular video game Fortnite is no stranger to collaborations and crossovers with other pop culture properties. Just in the last several months, the game has had Batman, IT, and Borderlands events, just to name a few. So the fact that there now appears to be some sort of tease for a collaboration between Fortnite and the new Are You Afraid of the Dark? is not terribly shocking.

What do you think? Is this a legit tease, or just something cooked up to look like one? Let me know in the comments!

Nickelodeon is preparing for the return of The Midnight Society with the all-new Are You Afraid of the Dark? three-part limited series event. Based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic, and reimagined for a new generation, part one of Are You Afraid of the Dark? will debut on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT), with parts two and three to follow Oct. 18, and Oct. 25, respectively.

Across the three hour-long episodes, Are You Afraid of the Dark? will follow members of an entirely new Midnight Society, who tell a terrifying tale of the Carnival of Doom and its evil ringmaster Mr. Tophat, only to witness the shocking story come frightfully to life. In the just-released trailer, viewers meet the new members of the Midnight Society, get a glimpse at the uncertainty that awaits and prepare for an adventure beyond their wildest nightmares.


The new members of the Midnight Society are: Rachel, played by Lyliana Wray (Top Gun: Maverick); Gavin, played by Sam Ashe Arnold (Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.); Akiko, played by Miya Cech (Rim of the World, Always Be My Maybe); Graham, played by Jeremy Taylor (IT: Chapter Two, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween); and Louise, played by Tamara Smart (Artemis Fowl, The Worst Witch). The Carnival of Doom’s ringmaster, Mr. Tophat, is played by Rafael Casal (Blindspotting).

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is produced by ACE Entertainment (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Perfect Date) with ACE founder Matt Kaplan and Spencer Berman serving as executive producers. The series is written by BenDavid Grabinski (Skiptrace, Happily) and directed by Dean Israelite (Power Rangers movie, Project Almanac), both of whom are also executive producers. Chris Foss is also an executive producer.

One of the Nickelodeon’s most iconic series from the ‘90s, the original Are You Afraid of the Dark? delivered riveting stories of horror to young audiences, all from a kid’s perspective, which was relatively uncommon at the time. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is owned by DHX and was created by D.J. MacHale and Ned Kandel, who are also executive producers on the project.

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More Nick:Nickelodeon to Host 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' Panels at New York Comic Con 2019!

Originally published: Thursday, September 26, 2019.

Original source: ComicBook.com.

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Philippines - Stories of old circus will ring true…When the Nickelodeon TakoTown Scarenival comes to you! Come celebrate yet another Halloween, the Nickelodeon way, when the Nickelodeon TakoTown Scarenival visits the SMX Convention Center Manila on Thursday 31st October 2019, taking place in Hall 4 between 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm!


So, come one, come all and explore what's in store at Nickelodeon's TakoTown Scarenival!

Here’s how:

Shoppers spending at least P1,000 (inclusive of any Halloween items) at participating Toy Kingdom or Toy Kingdom Express outlets the whole month of October will get two free tickets to Nickelodeon’s “Takotown” on Oct. 31 at the SMX Convention Center Manila!

Toy Kingdom’s latest Halloween collection is now available at all Toy Kingdom stores in most SM Supermalls and Toy Kingdom Express Outlets in The SM Stores. Toy Kingdom is also inviting its shoppers to turn scaring into caring this Halloween with Trick or Treat for UNICEF!

Plus, this October, when the sun goes down, come on over to Nickelodeon's Spooky Town, where you can fill your Trick or Treat bags full of spooktacular episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Loud House, The Thundermans and Henry Danger, plus fangtastic movies such as Liar, Liar, Vampire! Nickelodeon Spooky Town airs everyday from 4:00pm on Nickelodeon Malaysia (MY) and 3:00pm on Nickelodeon Indonesia (WIB)!



More Nick:Nickelodeon South East Asia and goGame Announce 'Nickelodeon Pixel Town' Mobile Game!

Original source: Manila Standard.Originally published: Thursday, October 10, 2019.

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Official Viacom International Studios Press Release:



Buenos Aires, October 9th, 2019 - After five months of filming in Bogotá, Colombia, Viacom International Studios (VIS) and The Mediapro Studios have wrapped production for Noobees 2 (60 x 1 hr.), Nickelodeon Latin America’s hit gaming series.

Argentine actor Julián Cerati, Colombian influencer La Pereztroica, and Venezuelan actress Karlys Romero join original castmates - Mexican actors Michelle Olvera and Andrés de la Mora; Colombians María José Vargas and Pipe Arcila, and Brazilian actress Clara Tiezzi.

This season, audiences will follow Silvia (Michelle Olvera) and David (Andrés de la Mora) as a couple, oblivious to the fact that Gameover seeks revenge. Gameover’s sole mission is to take control of all players, conquer the real world and turn it into a video game. To execute he needs help from 2 Avatars (Athina and Rocco) he creates, but lies to them about his true intentions, offering them the opportunity to play the best game of their lives and enter the real world to mingle with humans. Do they find out his plan or does Gameover succeed in his takeover?

Noobees 2 is written by renowned Argentine screenwriter, Marcela Citterio whose works include tween favorites Chica Vampiro, Heidi and Nickelodeon Latin America’s Yo Soy Franky, among others. The series will premiere throughout Latin America, including Brazil, at the beginning of 2020 on Nickelodeon Latin America.


For more information about Noobees 2 click here.

For more information about Viacom International Studios (VIS), visit www.ViacomInternationalStudios.com or follow our official social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

About Nickelodeon Latin America

Nickelodeon, now in its 22nd year, is one of the leading entertainment brands for kids in the region. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States, Latin America and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location based experiences, publishing and feature films. Nickelodeon is one of the most recognized and widely distributed multimedia entertainment brands for children and families globally, reaching more than 59 million homes in Latin America. The channel includes a wide range of cross-platform products such as Nick Play, Nick First, My Nick Jr., and SVOD products like Noggin, in addition to multiple websites. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

About VIMN AMERICAS

Viacom International Media Networks Americas, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), owns and operates the company’s portfolio of entertainment brands, which include MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, VH1, Telefe and their respective properties in Latin America (including Brazil). Additionally, the portfolio includes Tr3 in the US, which targets a broad US Hispanic audience, and VIMN’s programming partnerships in Canada with Corus Entertainment for Nickelodeon and Bell Media for MTV and Comedy Central. VIMN Americas also holds a majority stake in Porta dos Fundos, one of the main comedy content creators in Brazil. The company’s multiplatform business includes the mobile apps MTV Play, Nick Play, Comedy Central Play, Mi Telefe, and Telefe Noticias; on-demand products, Nick First and My Nick Jr., and the SVOD product, Noggin, in addition to multiple web sites.

About Viacom International Studios

Introduced in 2018, Viacom International Studios (VIS) is a division of Viacom International Media Networks that produces content for all genres, both for Viacom brands and platforms, including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, Channel 5, Telefe and Porta Dos Fundos, as well as for third parties. VIS global sales include original productions, co-productions, sales in format for local adaptations and sales of canned products. The content that VIS has covers all genres, from soap operas to dramas, short and long comedy formats and film productions.

About THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO

The mission of THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, the content division of the MEDIAPRO Group, is to expand the creation, production and distribution of content globally, creating high-quality international content in association with the very best Spanish and international talent, including Paolo Sorrentino, Woody Allen, Isabel Coixet, Ran Tellem, Oliver Stone, Daniel Burman, Fernando León de Aranoa, Iván Escobar, Javier Fesser, Patricio Guzmán, Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José, Marc Cistaré, Manuel Huerga, Ernesto Daranas, Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn, Laura Belloso, Marc Vigil, Fernando González Molina, Javier Olivares and Ruth García. THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, with 58 offices distributed across four continents, 14 of which develop and produce content, launched 34 series in 2019 with a global investment of €200 million for the production of series, movies, entertainment programs, short-formats and documentaries. MEDIAPRO has partnered with key industry players worldwide including HBO, Netflix, Amazon, DirectTV, Fox, Viacom, Yle Turner and Disney, which have earned international acclaim winning awards including 2 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes, multiple Goya awards and 2 Daytime Emmy Awards.


Below is the above press release in Latin American Español:

Buenos Aires, 9 de octubre de 2019– Luego de casi cinco meses de rodaje en Bogotá (Colombia), finalizaron las grabaciones de Noobees 2, la nueva temporada de la exitosa serie juvenil de Viacom International Studios (VIS) y The Mediapro Studio para Nickelodeon Latinoamérica.

El actor argentino Julián Cerati, la influencer colombiana La Pereztroica, y la actriz venezolana Karlys Romero se suman en esta nueva edición al elenco original, conformado por los mexicanos Michelle Olvera y Andrés de la Mora; los colombianos María José Vargas y Pipe Arcila, y la actriz brasileña Clara Tiezzi.

Esta segunda temporada, encuentra a Silvia (Michelle Olvera) y a David (Andrés de la Mora) disfrutando de su tiempo juntos como pareja, sin saber que "Gameover" busca vengarse. Su misión es tomar el control de todos los jugadores, conquistar todo y convertir el mundo real en un videojuego. Y para concretar este plan, Gameover da vida a 2 Avatares (Athina y Rocco) y los engaña sobre sus verdaderas intenciones, ofreciéndoles la oportunidad de jugar el mejor juego de sus vidas: entrar en el mundo real y mezclarse con los humanos.

Noobees 2 incluye 60 capítulos de una hora, escritos por la reconocida autora argentina, Marcela Citterio. Su estreno está previsto a nivel pan-regional, incluyendo Brasil, para los primeros meses del 2020, por la pantalla de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica.

Para conocer más sobre Noobees 2 ingrese aquí.

Para obtener más información sobre Viacom International Studios (VIS), visite ViacomInternationalStudios.com o a través de nuestras cuentas oficiales de redes sociales en Instagram, Facebook y Twitter.

Acerca de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica

Nickelodeon Latinoamérica, ahora en su 22º año, es una de las marcas líderes de entretenimiento para niños en la región. Ha logrado construir un negocio diverso poniendo a los niños primero en todo lo que hace. La compañía incluye programación y producción televisiva alrededor del mundo, incluyendo América Latina y Estados Unidos, además de productos de consumo, digital, recreación, libros y largometrajes. Nickelodeon es una de las marcas de entretenimiento multimedia para niños y familias más reconocidas y ampliamente distribuidas a nivel global, llegando a más de 59 millones de hogares en América Latina. El canal incluye una amplia gama de productos multiplataforma como la Nick Play APP; productos on-demand como Nick First y My Nick Jr., y productos de SVOD como Noggin, además de múltiples sitios web. Nickelodeon y todos los títulos, personajes y logotipos relacionados son marcas comerciales de Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

Sobre VIMN AMERICAS

Viacom International Media Networks Americas, una unidad de Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), es propietario y opera el portfolio de marcas de entretenimiento de la compañía, que incluyen MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, Vh1, Telefe y sus respectivas propiedades en América Latina (incluyendo Brasil); el portfolio de Tr3s en Estados Unidos, el cual se enfoca en una amplia audiencia de estadounidenses hispanos; y acuerdos de programación de VIMN en Canadá con Corus Entertainment para Nickelodeon y Bell Media para MTV y Comedy Central. Adicionalmente, VIMN Americas cuenta con una participación mayoritaria en Porta Dos Fundos, uno de los mayores creadores de contenido de comedia en Brasil. El negocio multiplataforma de la compañía incluye una amplia gama de productos incluyendo las apps móviles, MTV Play, Nick Play, Comedy Central Play, Mi Telefe y Telefe Noticias; productos on-demand, Nick First y My Nick Jr., y productos de SVOD, Noggin, además de múltiples sitios web.

Acerca de VIACOM INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS (VIS)

Presentado en el año 2018, Viacom International Studios (VIS) es una división de Viacom International Media Networks que produce contenido para todos los géneros, tanto para las marcas como para las plataformas de Viacom, incluyendo Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, Channel 5, Telefe y Porta Dos Fundos, como también para terceros. Las ventas globales de VIS incluyen producciones originales, coproducciones, ventas en formato para adaptaciones locales y ventas de productos enlatados. El contenido que posee el VIS cubre todos los géneros, desde telenovelas hasta dramas, formatos de comedia cortos y largos y producciones cinematográficas.

Sobre THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO

Con una valiosa experiencia en el sector audiovisual, MEDIAPRO -que cumple ahora 25 años- ha lanzado THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, que tiene como objetivo expandir la creación, producción y distribución de contenido de forma global sobre una sólida base ya existente, creando contenido internacional de gran calidad junto a talento de primer nivel nacional e internacional, como Paolo Sorrentino, Woody Allen, Isabel Coixet, Ran Tellem, Oliver Stone, Daniel Burman, Fernando León de Aranoa, Iván Escobar, Javier Fesser, Patricio Guzmán, Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José, Marc Cistaré, Manuel Huerga, Ernesto Daranas, Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn, Laura Belloso, Marc Vigil, Fernando González Molina, Javier Olivares y Ruth García. THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, que cuenta con 58 sedes repartidas en cuatro continentes, 14 de las cuales desarrollan y producen contenidos, tiene en marcha 34 series en el 2019 con una inversión global de 200me para producciones de series, películas, programas de entretenimiento, formatos de corta duración y documentales. MEDIAPRO se ha asociado con keyplayers de la industria global como HBO, Netflix, Amazon, DirectTV, Fox, Viacom, Yle o Disney y tiene en su haber diversos premios internacionales, entre los que destacan 2 Oscar, 2 Globos de Oro, múltiples premios Goya y dos Daytime Emmy Awards.


More Nick:Viacom International Studios Americas to Produce 'Planeta Marcia', a New Out-Of-This World Scripted Series for Nickelodeon!

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Based on Nickelodeon's hit CG-animated preschool show produced by Spin Master Entertainment, PAW Patrol Live! is coming to Hungary (Magyarország) for the first time! The brand new tour brings everyone’s favourite pups to the stage for an action-packed, high-energy, musical adventure.


Paw Patrol Live! – A mentőfutam will stop at the Novomatic Aréna in Sopron on Monday 30th December 2019, Főnix Csarnok in Debrecen on Thursday 2nd January 2020, and Papp László Sportaréna in Budapest between Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th January 2020!

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.mancsorjaratlive.hu. For the latest PUPdates, make sure to Like Mancs őrjárat Live on Facebook.

From Blikk.hu:

Magyarországra érkezik a Mancs őrjárat Live! „A Mentőfutam” című színpadi show


A Nickelodeon és Nick Jr. csatornáról ismert és népszerű animációs tv-sorozat színpadi változata hamarosan Magyarországra látogat. A zenés előadás során a gyerekek a kedvenc kutyusaikkal élőben találkozhatnak, illetve egy fantasztikus és kalandos őrjárat részesei lehetnek! Amikor Goodway polgármester asszonynak nyoma veszik a Kaland-öböl Futam közben, a kutyusok azonnal nekilátnak a sürgős mentőakciónak. A csapatban Ryder, Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma, Sky és Everest várja, hogy az első magyarországi turné során találkozhassanak a közönséggel december 30-án Sopronban, majd 2020. január 2-án Debrecenben, végül január 4-5-én a Papp László Budapest Sportarénában.

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Az előadásokról bővebb információ és jegyrendelési lehetőség a www.mancsorjaratlive.hu weboldalon található.

A Mancs őrjárat-sorozat kedvenc karaktereinek előadását a VStar Entertainment Group, a TEG Life Like Touring, a Nickelodeon és a Pannon Produkció mutatja be élőben Magyarországon. Az animációs sorozat gyártója a Spin Master. A Mancs őrjárat Live! „A Mentőfutam” című kalandos, zenés meseelőadás először látogat hazánkba, hogy megmutassa, „nincs túl nagy falat vagy túl kicsi kutya”. A minden korosztály számára tanulságos előadás az összetartásról, a szociális érzékenységről, a problémamegoldásról szól, amiben a szereplők csapatjátékosként vetik be a képességeiket. Az előadás fontos elemei a Bunraku-jelmezek, amelyek innovatív módon képesek a karaktereket legfontosabb kellékeikkel és járműveikkel a színpadra varázsolni.

Az előadás 80 perces, két részből áll, egy szünettel.

„A Mancs őrjárat az egyik kedvenc műsorunk. A történet – amellett, hogy rendkívül szórakoztató – tanulságos is. A kutyusok képességei és tapasztalatai a világ összes gyermekében megtalálhatóak, így a közönség könnyedén azonosulhat velük. Biztosak vagyunk benne, hogy a gyermekek és szüleik örömmel fogadják kedvenc kutyusaikat élőben is, a színpadon!” – mondta Monika Wysocka, a Viacom kelet-közép-európai Location Based Experiences alelnöke.

„Nagyon örülünk a VStar Entertainment Group, TEG Life Like Touring és a Pannon Produkció között megszületett partneri kapcsolatnak, ami lehetővé teszi, hogy a Mancs őrjárat Live! előadást el tudjuk hozni a magyar családoknak. A különleges színpadi produkció minden pillanata izgalmas kalandot ígér, a közönség együtt szurkol a hősies kutyusoknak, hogy sikerrel járjanak” – tette hozzá Thomas Kingsley, a Nickelodeon Global Location Based Experiences igazgatója.

Az előadásban hallható pergő ritmusú zene és a vadonatúj, izgalmas forgatókönyv maradandó színházi élményt nyújt a gyerekeknek. A hagyományos színházi díszletek mellett az óriás LED-videófal teljes átélést biztosít a nézők számára, ugyanis a Mancs őrjárat eredeti környezetét varázsolja a nézők elé. Láthatóak a tv-sorozat népszerű helyszínei, így a Kaland-öböl, az Őrtorony, a Fóka- szigetek, Yumi gazda farmja és Jake hegyei. A speciális interaktív videónak köszönhetően a közönség is részt vesz az előadásban, a nézők a mentőakciókon keresztül rejtélyeket fejthetnek meg a kutyusokkal, követhetik Goodway polgármester asszony nyomát, és így tovább…

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More Nick:Viacom Launches Nickelodeon Play App in Poland and Bulgaria!

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Full casting has been announced for the upcoming North American Tour of Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musical.

This explosively imaginative production will launch at Proctors in Schenectady, New York this September before bringing Bikini Bottom and its beloved residents to previously announced engagements in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and more.

The production will feature will star Lorenzo Pugliese as SpongeBob SquarePants, Daria Pilar Redus as Sandy Cheeks, Beau Bradshaw as Patrick Star, Christopher Cody Cooley as Squidward Q. Tentacles, Zach Kononov as Mr. Krabs, and Tristan McIntyre as Plankton.

The ensemble includes Morgan Blanchard, John Cardenas, Natalie L. Chapman, Richie Dupkin, Stephen C. Kallas, Helen Regula, Méami Maszewski, Stefan Miller, Joshua Bess, mary nickson, Dorian O'Brien, Caitlin Ort, Elle-May Patterson, Sydney Simone, Ayana Strutz, Teddy Gales, Miles Davis Tillman, and Rico Velazquez.

SPONGEBOB MUSICAL 2019-2020 Tour Cities:

SCHENECTADY, NY
09/22/19-09/28/19
PROCTORS

HARTFORD, CT
10/01/19-10/06/19
The Bushnell

MADISON, WI
10/08/19-10/13/19
Overture Center

BOSTON, MA
10/15/19-10/27/19
Boch Center

PEORIA, IL
10/29/19-10/30/19
Peoria Civic Center

HUNTSVILLE, AL
11/01/19-11/03/19
Von Braun Center Concert Hall

NASHVILLE, TN
11/05/19-11/10/19
Andrew Jackson Hall

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
11/12/19-11/17/19
Civic Center Music Hall

DAYTON, OH
11/19/19-11/24/19
Schuster Center

BROOKVILLE, NY
11/26/19-11/27/19
Tilles Center

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
11/29/19-12/01/19
State Theatre

PHILADELPHIA, PA
12/03/19-12/15/19
Forrest Theatre

TORONTO, ON
12/17/19-12/22/19
Meridian Hall

WILMINGTON, NC
01/13/20-01/14/20
Wilson Center

PADUCAH, KY
01/20/20-01/20/20
Carson Center

CONWAY, AR
01/21/20-01/21/20
Reynolds Performance Hall

LONGVIEW, TX
01/23/20-01/23/20
Belcher Performance Center

SAN ANTONIO, TX
01/24/20-01/26/20
Majestic Theatre

MIDLAND, TX
01/27/20-01/27/20
Wagner Noel PAC

PHOENIX, AZ
01/31/20-02/02/20
Orpheum Theatre

LAS VEGAS, NV
02/04/20-02/09/20
The Smith Center Reynolds Hall

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
02/12/20-02/16/20
Golden Gate Theatre

TACOMA, WA
03/05/20-03/05/20
Pantages Theatre

EUGENE, OR
03/06/20-03/07/20
Hult Center

DENVER, CO
03/10/20-03/22/20
Buell Theatre

LOS ANGELES, CA
03/24/20-04/12/20
Dolby Theatre

WICHITA, KS
04/28/20-04/30/20
Century II Concert Hall

CLEVELAND, MS
05/04/20-05/04/20
Bologna Performing Arts Center

COLUMBUS, GA
05/06/20-05/07/20
River Center For The Performing Arts

ORANGE PARK, FL
05/09/20-05/10/20
Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts

PROVIDENCE, RI
05/12/20-05/17/20
Providence PAC

CHARLOTTE, NC
06/16/20-06/21/20
Belk Theatre

HOUSTON, TX
06/23/20-06/28/20
Jones Hall

DALLAS, TX
07/07/20 - 07/12/20
Winspear Opera House

TAMPA, FL
07/21/20-07/26/20
Straz Center for the PA

For ticket information and additional dates, visit www.TheSpongeBobMusical.com.

Broadway's best creative minds reimagine and bring to life the beloved Nickelodeon series with humor, heart and pure theatricality in a neon-sparkly "party for the eyes and ears" (Daily Beast). Be there when SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe-until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage. This "creative explosion" (Broadway.com) is "nothing short of genius" says TheaterMania, so bring the entire family to celebrate friendship and cooperation, and learn the power of unity and inclusion.

The SpongeBob Musical explodes with energy and features an original pop and rock-infused score by a legendary roster of Grammy Award®-winning songwriters. Led and conceived by visionary director Tina Landau (2018 Tony Award nominee) and a Tony Award®-winning design team, the production brings the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality. The SpongeBob Musical features a book by Kyle Jarrow, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt, musical supervision by Julie McBride & Tim Hanson, and choreography by Christopher Gattelli. The design team includes scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Kevin Adams, projection design by Peter Nigrini, sound design by Walter Trarbach, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, make-up design by Joe Dulude II, foley design by Mike Dobson, and casting by Stewart/Whitley.

The SpongeBob Musical is a one-of-a-kind musical event with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil'C and songs by David Bowie & Brian Eno, and by Tom Kenny & Andy Paley. Additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton. Additional music by Tom Kitt.

The Original Cast Recording is available now from Masterworks Broadway wherever music is sold and streamed.

Explore the depths of theatrical innovation in The SpongeBob Musical, 2018 Best Musical winner of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, where the power of optimism really can save the world.

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The complete cast is set for the upcoming national tour of Nickelodeon's Tony Award-winning The SpongeBob Musical, which will launch in September in Schenectady, New York!

The non-Equity touring production will star Lorenzo Pugliese as SpongeBob SquarePants, Beau Bradshaw as Patrick Star, and Daria Pilar Redus as Sandy Cheeks, with Christopher Cody Cooley as Squidward Q. Tentacles, Zach Kononov as Mr. Krabs, and Tristan McIntyre as Sheldon Plankton.

Rounding out the company are Joshua Bess, Morgan Blanchard, John Cardenas, Natalie L. Chapman, Richie Dupkin, Teddy Gales, Stephen C. Kallas, Méami Maszewski, Stefan Miller, Mary Nickson, Dorian O'Brien, Caitlin Ort, Elle-May Patterson, Helen Regula, Sydney Simone, Ayana Strutz, Miles Davis Tillman, and Rico Velazquez.

Additional tour stops include engagements in Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Toronto, Houston, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, and San Antonio.

Inspired by Nickelodeon's hit animated series of the same name, SpongeBob SquarePantsis a one-of-a-kind musical event that explodes with energy and features an original pop and rock-infused score by a legendary roster of Grammy® Award-winning songwriters. Led and conceived by visionary director Tina Landau (2018 Tony Award nominee) and a Tony Award®-winning design team, the production brings the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality.

The stakes are higher than ever as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage.

The musical features a book by Kyle Jarrow and a score from orchestrator Tom Kitt and a variety of pop artists: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani and Lil’C, and songs by David Bowie and Brian Eno, and by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton. Additional music by Tom Kitt.

Get ready to dive to all-new depths of theatrical innovation at SpongeBob SquarePants, where the power of optimism really can save the world!

Following a Chicago tryout during summer 2016, the musical opened on Broadway in December 2017 (under the title SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical) at the Palace Theatre, where it ran through September 16, 2018.

The Broadway cast for SpongeBob SquarePants included Tony Award Nominee Ethan Slater as SpongeBob SquarePants, Tony Award Nominee Gavin Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles, Lilli Cooper and Christina Sajous as Sandy Cheeks, Brian Ray Norris as Eugene Krabs, Danny Skinner as Patrick Star and Wesley Taylor as Sheldon Plankton.

The ensemble included Brandon Espinoza, Alex Gibson, Gaelen Gilliland, Juliane Godfrey, Jordan Grubb, Kyle Matthew Hamilton, Curtis Holbrook, Jesse JP Johnson, L'ogan J'ones, Jai'len Christine Li Josey, Kelvin Moon Loh, Lauralyn Mcclelland, Vasthy Mompoint, Oneika Phillips, Catherine Ricafort, JC Schuster, Allysa Shorte, Abby C. Smith, Robert Taylor Jr., Allan K. Washington, Brynn Williams, Matt Wood and Tom Kenny as the French Narrator.

The critically acclaimed SpongeBob SquarePants musical was named Best Musical by the Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle and earned 12 Tony Award nominations - the most nominated musical of the 2017-2018 theatre season - including nods for Best Musical, director Tina Landau, book writer Kyle Jarrow, title player Ethan Slater (in his Broadway debut), and the all-star roster of songwriters (including Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper, and John Legend) who contributed to the score. The production earned 12 Tony Award nominations including best musical, equaling Mean Girls for the most of any show this season, and while The Band's Visit swept the honors, SpongeBob did score a deserved win for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for David Zinn's scenic design. The show’s director, Tina Landau, earned a Tony Award nomination for her inventive and unconventional approach to the material that humanized the characters than creating literal representations of the familiar Nickelodeon cartoon.

Visit TheSpongeBobMusical.com for the full tour itinerary.

SpongeBob SquarePants - The New Musical Original Cast Recording is available to purchase today at https://spongebobmusical.lnk.to/SpongebobMusicalRecording.

SpongeBob SquarePants is produced by Nickelodeon with The Araca Group, Sony Music Masterworks and Kelp on the Road.

From The Boston Globe:

This touring musical promises to reel in Boston’s ‘SpongeBob’ superfans


Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants. Except right now, he’s away from Bikini Bottom on tour with “The SpongeBob Musical,” the Tony-nominated adaptation of Nickelodeon’s beloved animated series. After a Broadway run, the zany production will play the Boch Center Wang Theatre from Oct. 15 to Oct. 27 as part of its North American tour.

Most people know SpongeBob from his animated misadventures, packaged into two 11-minute segments per episode. Often, the burger-flipping sponge finds himself in simple situations that escalate to the absurd. For instance: An episode from 2002 finds SpongeBob and his best friend, starfish Patrick Star, going door-to-door selling candy bars. SpongeBob tries to pick a tantalizing loose thread off the shirt of his snobby co-worker and neighbor, Squidward. Things unravel from there.

Instead of ramping things up one step at a time, “The SpongeBob Musical” begins with an explosive revelation. Residents of Bikini Bottom learn that a nearby volcano, Mount Humongous, is set to destroy the entire town in 24 hours. As Squidward (Christopher Cody Cooley), Patrick (Beau Bradshaw), Sandy the squirrel (Daria Pilar Redus), money-grubbing Mr. Krabs (Zach Kononov), and his rival Plankton (Tristan McIntyre) reckon with impending doom, it’s up to one optimistic sponge to save the ecosystem he calls home.

Translating 11-minute-long, action-packed episodes into more than two hours of musical theater proved challenging, director Tina Landau said in a phone interview. The New York City theater artist started developing the show in 2007 and has been working with it ever since.

“The show was not conceived as a musical,” Landau said. “It’s more like a performance art event, and a party, and a carnival, and a rock concert.” A star-studded lineup of musicians contributed to the show’s soundtrack, which includes songs by David Bowie and Brian Eno, Panic! at the Disco, They Might Be Giants, Sara Bareilles, and John Legend, to name a few.

Characters wear clothing that suggests their animated counterparts’ but doesn’t try to replicate it. Squidward wears pants with extra-green legs. SpongeBob wears his iconic suspenders. “But the intention was never to put him in a large, square, foam kind of theme-park costume,” Landau said.

In the animated series, SpongeBob plays his nose like a flute and contorts his malleable body into improbable shapes. In the musical, SpongeBob’s human actor jumps around excitedly and pulls his pet snail Gary behind him on wheels. “We have not shied away from the fact that SpongeBob stretches and contorts,” Landau said. “We have just found really theatrical ways to express that.”

SpongeBob’s first episode ran in 1999, inspiring legions of millennial superfans who grew up watching the show. SpongeBob memes continue to circulate on social media. Fans even petitioned to get the iconic SpongeBob rock song “Sweet Victory” (from the 2001 episode “Band Geeks”) performed at the 2019 Super Bowl. They wanted to honor show creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died last fall.

This production taps into that deep vein of SpongeBob fandom. “We have found that our biggest group of fans are definitely in their 20s and 30s,” Landau said.

Like so many of his peers, Lorenzo Pugliese grew up watching SpongeBob’s antics. The actor, who plays SpongeBob in the touring production, graduated from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia this spring.

“Actually, I don’t even know if I told Tina this,” Pugliese said over the phone, laughing. “But when I was a kid, in the morning, I would wake up, open up the windows and yell, ‘Good morning world, and all who inhabit it!’ ” It’s a quote from a classic SpongeBob scene. And now, Pugliese gets to yell it at the top of every performance.

Bonus: Boston theatergoers can celebrate SpongeBob with an extra treat. J.P. Licks, the ice cream chain founded in Jamaica Plain, will offer a sea salted pineapple ice cream flavor for a limited time as a joint promotional effort. Sounds like it would pair nicely with a Krabby Patty.

The SpongeBob Musical

At Boch Center Wang Theatre, Oct. 15-27. Tickets from $25, www.bochcenter.org.

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From Beloit Daily News:

OVERTURE CENTER WELCOMES 'SPONGEBOB'

MADISON - He may live in a pineapple under the sea, but SpongeBob will soon be visiting a Stateline Area stage.

The beloved children's cartoon character is being brought to life in "The SpongeBob Musical" Oct. 8-13 at the Overture Center.

"The show has all the things that we know and love from the cartoon, but it has a much more realistic storyline," said actor Cody Cooley.

Cooley, a native of Sykesville, Maryland, is portraying the disgruntled Squidward Q. Tentacles in the brand new traveling Broadway production.

"Squidward is the everyman, just going about his day job and trying to get through it," Cooley said. "He really just wants to be at home playing his clarinet."

Although SpongeBob Squarepants has had many memorable episodes from its years on Nickelodeon, those who attend the show will see something completely new.

The storyline, not based on any previous plots, is that beautiful Bikini Bottom is about to be destroyed by a natural disaster. All the characters must come together to save the day.

"All the characters in the show look at the problem in their own unique way, and the story is all about how a community can be brought together and work together," Cooley said.

Viewers can expect to see the story played out with a fun and colorful set, Broadway numbers and lots of dancing, including a 7-to-8 minute tap routine by Cooley.

There won't be any foam-costumed actors on stage, Cooley added. The show's directors have worked very hard to embrace the human connection the story makes.

"When I saw this show on Broadway, I thought it was so refreshing that you expected it to be like what you'd see in a theme park, but it's not at all," Cooley said.

Families are sure to enjoy the show's production quality, songs, and seeing a brand new cast that is excited to perform for a live audience. Madison will be the third stop on the tour.

"This show has such great heart and such a good message," Cooley said. "The kids will really love seeing SpongeBob on stage and the adults will love the humor...it's all really fun."

Tickets for "The SpongeBob Musical" start at $31 and go up to $141. Shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8-10; 8 p.m. Oct. 11; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Oct. 12; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13.

A special "Meet the Artist" event will happen after the show on Thursday, Oct. 10, where a brief Q&A session will take place. There also will be a "Best Day Ever" event at noon on Sunday, Oct. 13, featuring art projects and more.

The show is rated as appropriate for children ages 5 and up. For additional information and to purchase tickets, visit www.overture.org or follow the Overture Center on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or Instagram.

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From Mass Live:

Broadway’s ‘SpongeBob Musical’ coming to Hartford, Boston

When Stephen C. Kallas was growing up in Monroe, Conn., he enjoyed sitting on the couch watching the animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants” on Nickelodeon.

Soon he’ll be on the stage at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford performing as Old Man Jenkins in the “The SpongeBob Musical,” which runs Oct. 1-6. The musical will later travel to Boston for an Oct. 15-27 run at the Boch Center-Wang Theater.

It’s the 20th anniversary of SpongeBob, an incurable optimist and earnest sea sponge, so it’s especially “cool to jump into the (stage) show when there is such a big anniversary for the brand,” said Kallas, 24, speaking from Schenectady, New York, before the production began a national tour there.

Kallas enjoyed SpongeBob as a child because “it was so whacky and so out there,” but he could connect with the characters.

“SpongeBob SquarePants” launched in 1999. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. It has been the top children’s animated series on television for the last 17 years, generating a universe of beloved characters, pop-culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical and a global fan base.

Created by Stephen Hillenburg and produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, California, the character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of the eponymous yellow sponge, shaped like a kitchen sponge.

Moving from cartoon viewer to stage actor in the SpongeBob world is “just as amazing as I thought it would be,” said Kallas, who graduated in 2017 from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York, with a bachelor’s degree in theater with concentrations in performance and design tech management.

He began acting in fifth grade when a friend asked him to get involved with the production of The Music Man. “I said, ‘Sure, why not?’ and was bit by the theater bug,” he said.

He acted during college and after graduation landed roles in regional productions like The Wizard of Oz and Newsies throughout the country.

Kallas is excited to return to Connecticut to act at The Bushnell for the first time; he saw many shows there while growing up in the Constitution State.

He praised the comedy and the music in SpongeBob, saying fans will understand the “Easter eggs” (references to the original cartoon) while newcomers will enjoy it too.

The SpongeBob Musical features an original pop and rock-infused score by a roster of Grammy Award-winning songwriters. Led and conceived by director Tina Landau, a 2018 Tony Award nominee, and a Tony-winning design team, the production brings the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart and theatricality.

The musical has original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani and Lil’C and songs by David Bowie and Brian Eno and by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley.

“SpongeBob SquarePants” was adapted as a stage musical in 2016 by Landau. SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical premiered in Chicago in 2016 and opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on in 2017. The musical opened to critical acclaim and tied for most-nominated production at the 2018 72nd Tony Awards with 12 Tony nominations.

Kallas said the production is for audiences of all ages. “It’s definitely an uplifting show” about community, inclusion and “being a positive person and what it means to be a good neighbor.”

“Everybody could use a little positivity in their life,” he added.

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From Broadway World:

First Look At The National Tour Of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL!
by BWW News Desk Sep. 25, 2019
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The North American Tour of Nickelodeon's THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL launched at PROCTORS in Schenectady, NY this week before bringing Bikini Bottom and its beloved residents to previously announced engagements in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and more.

Check out a first look at the tour's three leads in action!

The 👏 tour 👏 has 👏 begun!

First stop: Schenectady, NY pic.twitter.com/uGFksptOaB

— SpongeBob Musical (@SpongeBobBway) September 25, 2019

Check out the full list of dates and tour stops [above]!

For ticket information and additional dates, visit www.TheSpongeBobMusical.com.

Broadway's best creative minds reimagine and bring to life the beloved Nickelodeon series with humor, heart and pure theatricality in a neon-sparkly "party for the eyes and ears" (Daily Beast). Be there when SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe-until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage. This "creative explosion" (Broadway.com) is "nothing short of genius" says TheaterMania, so bring the entire family to celebrate friendship and cooperation, and learn the power of unity and inclusion.

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL explodes with energy and features an original pop and rock-infused score by a legendary roster of Grammy Award®-winning songwriters. Led and conceived by visionary director Tina Landau (2018 Tony Award nominee) and a Tony Award®-winning design team, the production brings the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality. THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL features a book byKyle Jarrow, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt, musical supervision by Julie McBride & Tim Hanson, and choreography by Christopher Gattelli. The design team includes scenic and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Kevin Adams, projection design by Peter Nigrini, sound design by Walter Trarbach, hair and wig design byCharles G. LaPointe, make-up design by Joe Dulude II, foley design by Mike Dobson, and casting by Stewart/Whitley.

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is a one-of-a-kind musical event with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil'C and songs by David Bowie & Brian Eno, and by Tom Kenny & Andy Paley. Additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton. Additional music by Tom Kitt.

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From The Boston Globe:

The VIP Lounge with Morgan Blanchard

Blanchard, from Portsmouth, N.H., plays Patchy the Pirate in “The SpongeBob Musical,” coming to the Boch Center Wang Theatre Oct. 15-Oct. 27.

While Morgan Blanchard was growing up in Portsmouth, N.H., he and his family would drive to Boston to attend theater productions in Boston. “The first musical I ever saw was at the Wang. It was ‘Cats,’ ” recalled Blanchard (who plays Patchy the Pirate in “The SpongeBob Musical,” coming to the Boch Center Wang Theatre Oct. 15-27) in a recent phone interview. “It was so magical to be this young kid seeing these shows, and now I get to be the person I was looking up to at that time. It’s nice to hopefully be [performing at] someone’s first musical -- and I’m assuming with ‘SpongeBob’ that there will be a lot of new audiences.” Blanchard was quick to point out that the Tony-nominated show, based on the beloved animated series on Nickelodeon, is not just for kids. “The show has an incredibly relevant and important message that I think a lot of people need to hear -- especially now -- about community and coming together and celebrating each other and all of our differences,” he said. In addition to seeing family and friends when the national tour lands in Boston, Blanchard said he is most excited about “sleeping in my own bed” at his parents’ home in Portsmouth. “I live out of a suitcase, so it will be nice to be home,” said Blanchard, who graduated from Ithaca College last year and immediately joined the national tour of “The Sound of Music” before joining the cast of “The SpongeBob Musical.“ We caught up with the 23-year-old actor to talk about all things travel.

Favorite vacation destination?

London – no question. While in college, I studied abroad in London for four months and it was a pivotal moment for my personal growth. The city’s history, parks, and commitment to the arts offer a myriad of activities to explore.

Favorite food or drink while vacationing?

Wine. Always wine. And of course any sort of delicacy from the place I’m visiting. I love trying new things.

Where would you like to travel to but haven’t?

Italy. It’s where my family is from, and who doesn’t love Italian food?

One item you can’t leave home without when traveling?

A journal. I always make sure to travel with a journal so I can keep track of my entire trip and look back on the memories.

Aisle or window?

Window – so I can look out and see my destination from above.

Favorite childhood travel memory?

My mother works for a travel agency so we would travel constantly as a kid. But my favorite memory has to be my trip to Japan with a student ambassador group when I was in middle school. It was a complete culture shock . . . and such a beautiful country.

Guilty pleasure when traveling?

Farmers’ markets. I always make sure to find the local farmers’ markets in each destination. Local markets can tell you so much about a city and those who inhabit it. And the food is cheap.

Best travel tip?

Try traveling alone. You’ll get to do exactly what you want and hopefully make some friends along the way. And always strike up conversations with strangers.

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From MOOSE GAZETTE:

‘SpongeBob’ made a splash on Broadway. Now, he’s headed to Boston.

SpongeBob SquarePants may live in a pineapple under the sea, but for the next few months, he’s taking it on the road. A little more than a year after its Broadway run, “The SpongeBob Musical” is on a 45-city national tour. Its fourth stop? Boston’s Wang Theatre, where the splashy celebration will take the stage from Oct. 15 to 27.

The musical adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon series follows your favorite absorbent, yellow, and porous sea dwelling played by Lorenzo Pugliese, as well as Patrick (Beau Bradshaw), Sandy Cheeks (Daria Pilar Redus), Squidward (Cody Cooley), and the rest of Bikini Bottom’s usual suspects. In this episode, the town grapples with news that volcano “Mount Humongous” may erupt and destroy their beloved underwater city.

“SpongeBob” originally premiered in Chicago in June 2016 prior to its Broadway debut in December 2017. It quickly earned critical success, snagging 12 Tony nominations to tie with “Mean Girls” for the most nods that year, and won Best Musical at both the 2018 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

The show is conceived by Tina Landau, who has served as director for all of its iterations. The musical also features a book by Kyle Jarrow, choreography by Christopher Gatteli, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt, and music by a slew of Grammy Award-winning artists including John Legend, Lady Antebellum, T.I., and Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Boston-born band Aerosmith.

While the show is an adaptation of the animated hit, it is not a replica. Instead of theme park-style getups, the actors wear clothing reminiscent of their characters — SpongeBob dons a yellow shirt and red tie, Mr. Krabs has red boxing gloves as hands, and Sandy’s costume is accessorized by her signature pink flower. And while the TV series was created for the younger set, that’s not the case for its musical counterpart.

“[Landau] said on Broadway they would say, ”SpongeBob the Broadway Musical’ — it’s so good, you can even bring your kid.’ It’s made for everyone,” cast member Morgan Blanchard told Boston.com over the phone. “It confronts a lot of ideas that we are struggling with right now in terms of community and coming together and the obsession over fear, and how we use fear to either dominate or divide and how destructive that can be, which I think is arguably more relevant to adults than it is to children.”

Blanchard plays Patchy the Pirate, the show’s sole human character and one he describes as a “whack-a-doodle superfan of SpongeBob.” You may remember the character from the animated series’s occasional live-action segments. For Blanchard, a Portsmouth, N.H. native, the Boston leg of the tour holds personal significance. Growing up, he would come into the city around six or seven times a year to see theatrical productions. And although he spent last year on the national tour of “The Sound of Music,” this month will mark his first time taking the Boston stage.

“I’ve been waiting to come to the Wang [Theatre], he said. “It’s just a childhood dream to do that.”

The SpongeBob Musical; Tuesday, Oct. 15 – Sunday, Oct. 27 at various times; Wang Theatre, Boston; $25 – $125; all ages

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From Easton Journal:

Bikini Bottom comes to Boston with ‘The SpongeBob Musical’

Starring as SpongeBob in the North American tour is Scranton, Pennsylvania, native Lorenzo Pugliese, a 2019 graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. By telephone recently from Hartford, Connecticut, Pugliese talked about what it’s like to be making his road show debut and more.

Of all the leading male characters in Broadway musicals, there’s only one based on a rectangular kitchen sponge – the always absorbing SpongeBob.

The title character in Nickelodeon’s long-running animated television comedy series “SpongeBob SquarePants” stepped onto the stage in June 2016, when “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical” premiered in Chicago before opening on Broadway at the Palace Theatre in December 2017.

Conceived and directed by Tina Landau, with book by Kyle Jarrow, choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli, and orchestrations and arrangements by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt, the Broadway production earned 12 Tony Award nominations in 2018.

It won for Best Scenic Design in a Musical for David Zinn’s recreation of the underwater world of SpongeBob and his friends in Bikini Bottom.

With a refashioned title, “The SpongeBob Musical” is now on a tour coming to Boston’s Boch Center Wang Theatre on Oct. 15, with a score that includes songs by Yolanda Adams, David Bowie, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, and others.

Starring as SpongeBob in the North American tour is Scranton, Pennsylvania, native Lorenzo Pugliese, a 2019 graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. By telephone recently from Hartford, Connecticut, Pugliese talked about what it’s like to be making his road show debut and more.

Q: Before you landed this role, what would you have thought if someone had told you that you’d be playing a sponge on your first tour in a musical?

A: Someone actually did tell me that. It was my sophomore year in college, and a friend who’d seen “SpongeBob” in New York, told me that I’d be perfect for the role. It sounded kind of crazy at first, because I didn’t know anything about the musical. Not too long after, though, my girlfriend, Julia Toitch, took me to see the Broadway show as “character research.” Then I understood what the person meant.

Q: What is it like bringing an iconic animated character like SpongeBob to life on stage?

A: It’s definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. It’s incredibly high energy, but with every moment super calculated. The cool thing, though, is that there’s so much truth and humanity in these characters. Tina Landau directs us to do human portrayals of these characters, rather that caricatures.

One of my favorite things about SpongeBob is that he actively wants to become manager at the Krusty Krab restaurant. He is working toward a goal, which I respect.

Q: Are you fan of the “SpongeBob SquarePants” series?

A: I loved it as a kid. There’s a line that SpongeBob says every day, “Good morning, world, and all who inhabit it.” I used to wake up every morning and scream it out my bedroom window. Now it’s my very first line in the musical.

Q: Who’s your favorite character and why?

A: SpongeBob is definitely my favorite character – always has been, always will be. He’s wacky and outlandish which makes him not only very appealing to the audience, but also great fun for me to play as a performer.

Q: Some amazing songwriters have contributed to this score. What’s it like to get to do their music?

A: Having the music of all these different artists in one score means we can do everything from country and pop to rock. The song by Bowie and Brian Eno, “No Control,” in act one is very panicky and works just perfectly with the story. And that’s just one of the great numbers in this show.

Q: What’s your favorite musical number from the show?

A: My favorite is Squidward’s big number “I’m Not a Loser” by They Might Be Giants. It’s a flawless, perfectly crafted, Golden Age of Broadway number that’s marvelously performed by our Squidward, Cody Cooley, and company. I’m offstage, but I watch it from the wings every night. I love it!

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From Metro US:

New England native sets sail in ‘The Spongebob Musical’

Morgan Blanchard on bringing the show’s first national tour to Boston.

Are you ready kids, because “The Spongebob Musical” ships up to Boston this month as part of the show’s first national tour.

Set to take over the Wang Theatre Oct. 15-27, the hit production based on the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon earned 12 Tony nominations and one win during its initial run on Broadway. After kicking off the national tour in Schenectady last month, Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward and the rest of the Bikini Bottom gang are finally heading to the Hub, and they’re setting sail with a special cast member who knows how to navigate Boston’s dirty water.

New England native Morgan Blanchard takes on the role of Patchy the Pirate in “The Spongebob Musical,” and he is thrilled to bring the show to his old stomping grounds. In fact, the Wang Theatre was where Blanchard saw his first touring show, “The Phantom of the Opera,” as a kid while growing up in Rye, N.H., just outside of Portsmouth.

“I could not be more excited,” Blanchard tells Metro. “Just to perform at the Wang is the craziest thing in the world. It’s where I grew up seeing all the tours coming through.”

Ever since his first school play in kindergarten, Blanchard has been enamored with theater and the arts. He scored his first role with a professional show in fifth grade as part of a production of “The Sound of Music” at Prescott Park, and hasn’t slowed down since.

“I kind of did theater non-stop from that moment on,” says Blanchard, who has a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College.

With a slew of regional and national credits under his belt, Blanchard knew early on in high school that he wanted to make a career out of his creative outlets.

“Probably my freshman year of high school is when I knew that this is what I wanted to do,” says Blanchard. “Fortunately I had parents who were so supportive and ready to back me in that regardless of whether it’s stable or not.”

Having been a fan of the franchise since childhood, Blanchard admits that playing Patchy the Pirate in “The Spongebob Musical” is a massive opportunity, and he’s determined to give it his all since so many fans across the globe love the swashbuckling character from the cartoon.

“It’s pretty huge,” says Blanchard. “It’s the biggest opportunity I’ve come across yet and I’m so grateful.”

“It’s such a blast to bring to life these cartoon characters that you think are so surface level,” he adds, “but they’re actually very detailed and can tell a really relevant and truthful story.”

As for why Spongebob and his pals have had such a big impact on culture over the decades, Blanchard notes that part of it is due to the show’s focus on community.

“The whole concept of Bikini Bottom,” says Blanchard. “This idea of community is very relatable. That’s what keeps people coming back to it.”

There’s also the show’s unique brand of humor, which Blanchard believes has influenced an entire generation of fans.

“The humor really has morphed our generation,” says Blanchard. “The way our generation finds things funny is incredibly shaped by Spongebob and other Nickelodeon cartoons.”

Oct. 15-27, Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., $25+, bochcenter.org

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More Nick:Nickelodeon Marks 20 Years of "SpongeBob SquarePants" with the "Best Year Ever"!

Originally published: Wednesday, August 21, 2019.

Original sources: Playbill, Broadway World.

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Nickelodeon is teaming up with Peruvian fashion designer Edward Venero to launch a brand-new fashion collection inspired by the network's hit original animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants!


Launching on Wednesday 9th October 2019 via the designer's VNRO label, the line, titled VNRO x SB (VNROxSB), will feature 43 items inspired by the iconic series for men, women and children of all ages. The line took two years to create.

Venero, who is currently in remission from cancer, revealed that he was excited to create the project as he had already seen the (SPONGEBOB)^RED collection Jeremy Scott designed for Moschino.


"One day Nickelodeon's licensees in Lima called me, about two years ago, and that's how it all began. In the world several collections were being made with SpongeBob for a concept called SpongeBob Gold, which was a premium product line, and that is what they wanted to replicate here," Venero said.

"In my shop [in Jockey Plaza] you can find pieces from size 2 to XL. I was clear from the beginning that all the garments and collections that I developed for that property would be for everyone, regardless of gender or age."


“It has been an interesting and demanding job. SpongeBob is going to “sponge” iconic characters,” anticipates Venero, whose creations have always been rewarded for humor.

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Venero will showcase the VNRO x SB collection during an aquatic themed event at Country Club Lima Hotel, San Isidro during LIF Week 2019.

From El Comercio:

LIF Week: ¿Quién es el diseñador que presentará una colección inspirada en Bob Esponja?

Edward Venero no es ajeno a la pasarela LIF Week, pero lo que ha preparado para la edición de octubre rompe con todo paradigma. Conversamos con el diseñador cusqueño antes de su esperado desfile en la edición Verano 19-20.

Edward Venero empezó vendiendo sus diseños en ferias independientes. Desde el inicio, su visión de la identidad peruana ha sido su gran carta de presentación.

"Perdón por las clases que no pude dictar, por los mensajes que no respondí, por las llamadas no contestadas y las marchas en las que no estoy”, escribió Edward Venero el pasado julio en su muro de Facebook. Entonces habían pasado unos cuatro meses desde que le encontraran un cáncer testicular –lo operaron tan solo unos días después de confirmar aquel diagnóstico– y su vida, tal y como la conocía, había quedado en stand by. De pronto, y sin avisar.

“Perdón por los brindis que no pude hacer (y que no podré hacer por los próximos meses), por los bailes que no fueron hasta abajo y por los lanzamientos postergados”, continuaba Venero, “pero han sido meses en los que mi salud importaba más que cualquier otra responsabilidad”. De vez en cuando, no obstante, Edward iba informando de sus avances en redes sociales. Nunca tuvo reparo en subir sus fotos despojado de cejas y pelo. Al contrario: insiste en que uno de los motivos por los que le han crecido de vuelta tan rápido es porque ha seguido buena parte de los consejos que la gente le compartía durante ese período. Todo ayudaba, incluso lo que pudiese sonar más absurdo.

El diseñador alista la apertura de más tiendas con su marca, VNRO, que se sumarán a la que tiene en el Jockey.

El 23 de agosto el cáncer se fue. Oficial y clínicamente, es decir. Edward Venero no ha perdido un solo minuto desde ese momento. Aunque se desconectó –aisló, más bien–, había algunas cosas en marcha que siguieron su curso, y que se reactivaron ni bien el diseñador se sintió preparado. Su participación en la edición número 17 de LIF Week es el punto de partida para un nuevo comienzo.

Ha sido un año intenso, por decir lo menos, para ti. Lo de Nickelodeon, sin embargo, viene de mucho antes.
Exactamente. Ellos me buscan para proponerme hacer una colección sobre Bob Esponja, y me entusiasmó de inmediato porque ya había visto lo que hizo Jeremy Scott con Moschino. Un día me llaman los licenciatarios de Nickelodeon en Lima, unos dos años atrás, y así empezó todo. En el mundo se estaban haciendo varias colecciones con Bob Esponja a raíz de un concepto bautizado como ‘Bob Esponja Gold’, que era una línea premium de productos, y es lo que querían replicar aquí.

Como jugando: La colección de Bob Esponja incluye 43 piezas para hombres, mujeres y niños.

¿La colección de Bob Esponja está pensada para la pasarela o para el uso cotidiano (o ambos)?
En mi tienda [en el Jockey Plaza] puedes encontrar piezas desde la talla 2 hasta la XL. Tenía claro desde el inicio que todas las prendas y las colecciones que desarrollase para ese espacio –ahí estará la de Bob Esponja– serían para todos, sin importar género o edad.

Has conseguido crear un estilo que es fácilmente identificable. Un sello de autor, digamos. Algo que es cada vez más difícil de sostener cuando se piensa en las ventas.

Es necesario refrescar el panorama. Hay un gran problema aquí: el consumo de diseño en el Perú es muy pequeño. Tenemos que poder experimentar, tener una propuesta sólida y personal. Muchos diseñadores terminan cediendo al mercado.

¿Cómo has hecho para mantenerte al margen?
Me costó diez años. Yo no salgo al mercado hasta diez años después de mi primer desfile, en 2009. Ese es el tiempo que tuvo que pasar para que pueda vender lo que yo quiero hacer.

Venero en octubre de 2013, en el encuentro Cusco Always in Fashion, donde participó tanto en la pasarela como en la organización.
Una década es mucho tiempo. ¿Con qué te mantenías?

Principalmente mi carrera académica, como profesor. Eso fue de la mano.

Pensar en diseño y pensar en negocio no siempre son la misma cosa.
Hay una fractura entre la gran industria y la capacidad de diseño. Tenemos una industria alucinante, donde se fabrican todo tipo de piezas para todo tipo de marcas –Dior Baby, Armani, Calvin Klein– y que cuentan con la infraestructura necesaria para desarrollar productos de alta gama. Pero no estamos apostando por tener el mayor margen de ganancia de una prenda, que es la marca y el diseño.

Hace siete años no había Zara en el Perú. Hace cuatro no había H&M. Estamos hablando de gigantes del mundo del fast fashion que hoy nos acercan todas las tendencias, en tiempo real. ¿Esto ha desconfigurado la industria aquí?
Yo creo que más bien la ha configurado. Y es, desde mi punto de vista, lo que podría salvar de alguna manera el consumo de marcas en el Perú. Todo el mundo dice que cómo van a competir con ellos, que no se puede; O.K.: donde no puedes competir es en precios. Pero lo que ha generado el ingreso de estas empresas ha sido educar al público. Y eso es valiosísimo porque abre otros nichos. La gente ya sabe lo que viene, y busca tenerlo (ah, o en donde lo encuentre). Antes estábamos sometidos a los catálogos de grandes almacenes, que nos decían qué era la moda, cuando en el mundo no era lo que se llevaba. Tiendas como Zara y H&M te muestran lo que se está usando, de manera completamente democrática.

¿Cuál es el rango de precios en tu tienda?
Tenemos piezas de 29 soles, que son los cases de celulares, hasta la prenda más cara, que es una chompa tejida a mano en intarsia, que cuesta 490.

¿Cuándo conviene hacer una inversión grande en moda? ¿Vestidos de novia o de noche, por ejemplo, hechos a medida?
Lo que ocurre es que muchas veces terminas haciéndote lo que has querido, con los referentes que has visto, y no consumes la propuesta del diseñador. El cliente peruano está tan poco acostumbrado a consumir diseño, que lo que él quiere es que le construyan una pieza con las referencias que tiene en su mente. Por eso la educación es tan importante: le da valor al diseño.

¿Cómo ordenas tus colecciones?
Yo produzco entre 6 y 20 prendas por modelo. El ideal era renovar cada tres meses una colección completa, pero tratamos de tener piezas nuevas cada dos semanas. Ahí es donde tenemos que competir.

“La idea es que la gente se sumerja, literalmente, en el mundo de Bob Esponja’, explica sobre su próxima presentación en LIF Week Verano 19-20.
Los últimos años han visto surgir nuevos talentos. Unos se han consolidado y otros han fracasado. Es cierto que hay una evolución en la moda peruana, pero también hay cada vez más competencia. ¿Qué hace la diferencia?
El arte es uno de los principales ingredientes para el desarrollo de la moda y el diseño en el Perú. No podemos hablar o entender de diseño sin entender los procesos artísticos: desde los procesos creativos hasta el imaginario con el cual se trabaja. Si hoy queremos construir, hacer moda en el Perú, no podemos seguir sosteniendo el valor de nuestras marcas únicamente en el producto. Nadie te va a comprar tu prenda solo porque usas alpaca. La gente te va a comprar porque estás representando un universo al cual quieren pertenecer.

UN MUNDO PARA BOB:

-Aproximadamente dos años es lo que demoró en materializarse la colaboración entre Nickeloden y VNRO para realizar una colección inspirada en Bob Esponja. El resultado son 43 piezas.

-No es la primera vez que el personaje de dibujos animados aparece en el mundo de la moda. Este 2019, Nike lanzó un modelo de zapatillas en su honor. También ha sido inspiración del diseñador colombiano Christian Colorado y de la marca italiana Moschino.

-El desfile de VNRO abrirá la primera jornada de LIF Week Verano 19/20, pero no ocurrirá en la pasarela. La temática es acuática y tendrá lugar en el hotel Los Delfines.

LIF Week Verano 19-20

CUÁNDO: Miércoles 9 y jueves 10 de octubre
DÓNDE: Country Club Lima Hotel, San Isidro
ENTRADAS: Teleticket de Wong y Metro
DISEÑADORES: Ana María Guiulfo, Noe Bernacelli, Yirko Sivirich, Claudia Jiménez, Paola Gamero, Edward Venero, Sophia Lerner, José Zafra, María Ximena Ramírez y Moda & Cia. Diseñador invitado: Pronovias.

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From Diners:

3 jóvenes diseñadores peruanos comprometidos con el medio ambiente

Edward Venero, Kenichi Sato y Diego Flores Nazario son jóvenes diseñadores peruanos. Con Diners conversaron sobre la moda, su estilo y su proyección internacional.

El diseño de modas vive un momento interesante en nuestro país y jóvenes diseñadores peruanos se han vuelto hacia adentro para investigar las raíces culturales sin perder su conexión con su calidad de ciudadanos de un mundo globalizado.

Tres de ellos conversaron con Diners sobre la búsqueda de un lenguaje propio que valorice la herencia peruana sin aplicar retazos de esta historia de forma meramente decorativa.

Los tres han caminado por sendas diferentes hacia el objetivo de ofrecer al consumidor productos sostenibles, amigables con el medio ambiente y durables. Cada uno, desde su perspectiva y momento profesional, dio algunas puntadas de lo que está ocurriendo con la moda en Perú, un país ampliamente reconocido por sus materias primas textiles y que tiene mucho por aportar en la cadena completa de producción de la moda, que de consolidarse, podría experimentar un boom parecido al de la gastronomía.

Edward Venero

Una pieza textil es itinerante, no se queda encerrada en un espacio como otras expresiones del arte. Una prenda de vestir no solo cubre un cuerpo sino que viaja en en él por la ciudad y a veces por el mundo.

Esa capacidad expresiva fue la que convenció al diseñador cusqueño Edward Venero de dedicarse al diseño de modas, después de haber estudiado diseño gráfico en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

“Empecé mi carrera con una fuerte investigación y experimentación con la imagen, imprimiendo serigrafías. Cuando dejé de usar el papel como soporte de esas impresiones y pasé al textil me di cuenta de que de esta manera, cualquier mensaje que yo quisiera comunicar, viajaría por todos lados”, dice Edward, quien desde entonces ha usado sus prendas para provocar la reflexión en torno a la identidad peruana.

Una conexión con el Perú

Los héroes patrios han sido reinterpretados por Edward sobre estampados coloridos y provocadores. La fauna amazónica ha colonizado sus prendas desde el underwear hasta los accesorios. Ondas cósmicas han iluminado las camisetas y chaquetas de sus pasarelas. Pero todo, absolutamente todo, ha sido el resultado de la palabra que le sirve de faro: investigación.

“En Perú ha faltado trabajar más profundamente en la industria de la moda para que haya un quiebre entre la indumentaria folclórica o popular, que se identifica más como un disfraz que como una prenda cotidiana y la ropa de uso cotidiano”.

“Creo que la investigación profunda de los diferentes períodos -precolombino, colonial y republicano- es lo que posibilita ese cambio”, expresa el diseñador.

En ese sentido, la buena noticia es que los insumos artísticos, los nutrientes para la creación de prendas con un acento indiscutiblemente peruano, son abundantes para el arte y en especial para el diseño de modas. “Hasta ahora nos hemos caracterizado por ofrecer mano de obra y materias primas para las grandes cadenas de ropa, pero sin generar realmente una industria de moda que incluya el diseño y la producción de marcas realmente nuestras”, agrega.

Por eso, uno de los aspectos de su profesión en los que más ha invertido tiempo es en el de la creación de su marca VNRO, que en el último año abrió su propia boutique. “Esta experiencia nos está permitiendo entender mejor las costumbres del comprador peruano. Antes de ir afuera, queremos ahondar en la identidad y vender aquí”, dice Venero, quien agrega que aunque su marca nació pensada para un público masculino, pero que hoy es unisex y hay productos para todos: desde bebés hasta tallas de adulto XXL.

Amigable con el medio ambiente

Como cualquier marca actual que pretenda conquistar el corazón de la gente, VNRO se esfuerza por ofrecer productos amigables con el medio ambiente, por ejemplo, el 90 % del algodón que se usa en la producción de su ropa proviene de saldos. Y los estampados son cada vez más digitales y menos serigráficos (para disminuir la contaminación con tintas) .

Y esto es algo que Edward aplica no solo desde su trabajo como diseñador de modas, sino también desde su papel de docente, pues es el director de la especialidad de Moda, Arte y Diseño Textil de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.


Mientras continúa con todo este trabajo, el creador cusqueño se prepara para presentar el próximo mes de octubre un proyecto con Nickelodeon, en el que Bob Esponja es protagonista. “Ha sido una trabajo interesante y exigente. Bob Esponja va a “esponjar” personajes icónicos”, anticipa Venero, cuya creación siempre ha estado premiada por el humor.

Una noticia de esperanza

Este anuncio viene en medio de otra noticia que tomó por sorpresa a sus seguidores. Venero informó hace un par de semanas que acababa de terminar un tratamiento con quimioterapia. “No comuniqué nada en febrero cuando me diagnosticaron el cáncer, quise hacerlo solo cuando ya estaba sobrellevando la enfermedad y los mensajes que recibo de la gente me han dado una fortaleza enorme, me han mostrado cuánta capacidad he tenido de ser la voz de personas que aún no sienten que tiene esa voz, como la mamá de un muchacho que me dijo ‘mi hijo también es gay, quiere ser diseñador de modas como tú, por favor no te mueras’, y esto ha sido algo muy poderoso”.

Ese enorme apoyo es la prueba de que el mensaje de Venero, un diseñador original, un investigador apasionado, un promotor del debate en torno a la perennidad y un hombre abiertamente gay venido de la provincia, realmente ha viajado en cada una de sus prendas.

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From Publimetro Perú:

Diseñador peruano lanzará colección inspirada en Bob Esponja

Bob Esponja desde siempre ha sido motivo de inspiración para infinitas creaciones de artistas y diseñadores de moda.

Bob Esponja está de cumpleaños. Ya son 20 años trayendo la mejor diversión a través de la pantalla de Nickelodeon a nivel mundial y, por eso, se ha convertido en el consentido de todos. Como parte de esta celebración, Nickelodeon Latinoamérica estableció una colaboración con el joven diseñador peruano Edward Venero para realizar la primera colección de moda inspirada en Bob Esponja en el Perú, que se presentará el próximo 9 de octubre en el Hotel Los Delfines de San Isidro, Lima.

Bob Esponja desde siempre ha sido motivo de inspiración para infinitas creaciones de artistas y diseñadores de moda. Por eso, en 2014 el prestigioso diseñador Jeremy Scott, director creativo de la marca Moschino sacó su primera colección inspirada en el personaje estrella de Nickelodeon. Su venta fue absoluta y tan rápido que otras marcas se interesaron en Bob Esponja. Así muchas marcas internacionales han tomado a Bob como inspiración para ropa no sólo de niños sino también de adultos.

En el 2017, Nickelodeon lanzó globalmente una hermosa campaña que se llamó “Spongebob Gold”. La colección fue Gold por el corazón inmenso y dorado de nuestro consentido Bob Esponja. Así ciudades como Londres, Rio de Janeiro, Medellín y Ciudad de México se convirtieron en las capitales de la moda Nickelodeon. Bobbey Abley, Christian Colorado, Malafacha, Leonardo Benites, Tities Sapoetra, Peter Jensen, Salar, Maria Francesca Pepe, Suecomma Bonnie y Bad Denim fueron los resposables de darle vida a Spongebob Gold, pero esto es sólo el inicio.

En 2019 es el turno de Lima y LIFWEEK será el escenario. “El origen de la colección es estimulante y atractivo. Me he incorporado a esta gran fiesta con ánimo festivo y un despliegue de prendas que formarán parte de la vida diaria de sus usuarios: chompas, polos, poleras, casacas, ropa interior y hasta ropa de baño. Hay en este enfoque un concepto esencial de lo que siempre he promovido: la moda es para vivirla, para hacerla parte de la realidad y del imaginario a la vez, es un territorio de creatividad atenta al bienestar de la gente, a su estado de ánimo, a su historia e identidad. Recuperar el placer del juego y el disfrute de los personajes de la infancia es parte de este proyecto. El nombre de la colección ¨Sabor Peruano¨, no es casual; su alusión a la gastronomía nacional actúa como un llamado a pensar en cómo nuestros valores se difunden en el mundo”, así lo destacó Edward Venero, quien tiene la responsabilidad de darle vida a lo que será la colección de moda de los 20 años de Bob Esponja.

VNRO explora los espacios de la interculturalidad desde lo cotidiano y lo lúdico. La colección es un fiel reflejo del Fondo de Bikini, un mundo lleno de aventuras que, en esta ocasión, se encuentra con los iconos peruanos del cuchimilco, la piedra de los doce ángulos, el perro peruano, la alpaca en una fusión que nos lleva a este horizonte tan actual donde lo local y lo global intercambian formas y sentidos, para llevar a cabo el espectáculo de la imaginación, donde todo se entrecruza, para generar nuevas realidades. Edward Venero crea con esta colección un mundo en que los actores son los signos peruanos que ingresan en el espacio de fantasía de Bob Esponja para contar nuevas historias.

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From El Comercio:

Edward Venero en LIFWeek: el día que Bob Esponja conquistó la capital | FOTOS Y VIDEO

Edward Venero inauguró la Semana de la Moda de Lima con un original desfile que ‘sumergió’ a los asistentes en el icónico escenario de ‘fondo de bikini’. Como era de esperarse, el diseñador cusqueño sorprendió con una puesta en escena repleta de color, música y burbujas.

A Edward Venero lo caracterizan la efervescencia, el sabor y, sobre todo, la osada imaginación de atreverse a configurar outfits fuera de lo convencional. En esta oportunidad -y en lo que significa su increíble regreso al Lima Fashion Week luego de haber sufrido cáncer- el diseñador cusqueño tuvo como punto de partida en su inspiración a un icónico personaje de Nickelodeon: Bob Esponja.

En un homenaje por sus veinte años de creación, la colaboración ha traído a la conversación fashion tendencias como el tye die, los colores neón y las prendas oversized. A ello, el diseñador sumó texturas como el tul y el algodón.



La puesta en escena, tuvo lugar en el Hotel Los Delfines, y la pasarela se rigió por el ritmo de un surtido playlist. que ‘navegaba’ desde canciones como la actual ‘Fresa’ de Tini Stoessel y el icónico single de Britney Spears ‘Sometimes’. Además, el diseñador incluyó canciones de artistas peruanos -que convirtieron el catwalk de los modelos en dinámicos bailes- como ‘El ritmo de mi corazón’ (Grupo 5) y ‘Sigue mi ritmo’ (Ruth Karina).

“Este desfile se caracteriza por la magia del show, la diversión y piezas que espero la gente se anime a usar todos los días en la calle. Además, representa un viaje de Bob Esponja en el Perú, lleno de color, valor lúdico, energía y, sobre todo, ganas de compartir una historia feliz con el público”, rescató Edward Venero minutos antes de su desfile en LIFWeek.

Y así lo consiguió, pues además de incluir personajes icónicos de la serie animada de Nickelodeon, el modisto cusqueño sumó figuras que reflejan la tradición y cultura de nuestro país en sus diseños, tales como la alpaca, la piedra de los doce ángulos y el perro sin pelo inca.


La colorida propuesta fue bautizada como ‘Sabor Peruano’, y exploró los espacios de la interculturalidad desde los puntos de vista de la vida cotidiana y la recreación de los personajes animados. Para disfrutar más detalles del desfile de Edward Venero en LIFWeek primavera verano 2019-2020, dale un vistazo a la galería que acompaña esta nota o revive la transmisión en vivo que compartimos a continuación.

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Tye dye, estampados y mucho color. @vnro nos llevó a un viaje refrescante bajo el fondo del mar 🤩 Un chapuzón repleto de piezas ready to wear intervenidas en cada detalle ¿Lo mejor? La sinergia entre la estética de los personajes y la onda “chicha” característica de nuestro diseñador. #LIFWeeKPV20 #lifweek #vnro #esvevents #lima #fashionweek #limafashionweek

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¡Sí @vnro, estamos listos! Nos sumergiremos en un mar de colores, prints y recuerdos de nuestra infancia. Esta temporada Bob Esponja se mimetiza bajo la estética de nuestro querido @vnro

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SpongeBob SquarePants, which was recently greenlit for a 13th season, has reigned as the number-one kids’ animated series on TV for the last 17 years, while generating a universe of beloved characters, pop culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical which is now touring North America and a global fan base. SpongeBob SquarePants is seen in more than 208 countries and territories, translated in 55+ languages, and averages more than 100 million total viewers every quarter. SpongeBob SquarePants is created by Stephen Hillenburg and produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, Calif.

Nickelodeon's is currently in the midst of the network's "Best Year Ever", a year-long global celebration of one of the most iconic TV series and characters ever created. The “Best Year Ever” launched with the premiere of “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout,” an original mixed live-action and animated special earlier this summer, and leads up to the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies theatrical, The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge, coming 2020.

More Nick:Nickelodeon to Host 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' Panels at New York Comic Con 2019!

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Nickelodeon is preparing for the return of The Midnight Society with the all-new Are You Afraid of the Dark? three-part limited series event based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic, reimagined for a new generation this October, and to celebrate, Mashable had the chance to go behind-the-scenes at the filming of the new trilogy! Check out what they discovered below!:

Fresh horrors from a classic: Behind-the-scenes of the new ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark'


Submitted for approval of the Midnight Society: Our story begins in a darkened Vancouver warehouse. Fog pours in, illuminated by eerie blue shafts of light escaping from the basement below. A ring master's stage lies at the end of the vast expanse, embroiled in flames. A girl runs past, dressed all in white, terror in her eyes.

This is what it's like behind the scenes of the Are You Afraid of the Dark reboot.

For those who grew up on the original '90s run of Are You Afraid of the Dark, some of those stories remain still seared into our brains decades later: Skeletons jumping out of pools, getting trapped in a mirror, losing your ability to speak in a haunted library, a grinning monster that distorts your face forever.

Or just the sound of wind chimes in the opening credits, as the light from a flickering match goes out.


From what we saw on our set visit for the upcoming limited series premiering Oct. 11 on Nickelodeon, the reboot continues the original's beloved legacy with fresh horrors that new and older generations won't be forgetting any time soon.

"I wanted to capture exactly how terrifying it felt to watch it as a kid," said showrunner BenDavid Grabinski who was a huge fan himself growing up. "When you look back, it's the isolated moments, those images that are the most long-lasting."

Some of it is enough to make you ask, wait, is this still a kids show? But the reality is, in 2019, the threshold is higher, with access to hardcore adult horror just a button click away for anyone.

Some of it is enough to make you ask, wait, is this still a kids show?

"The general rule was not to put in anything that'd keep a kid up for weeks," said Grabinski, before adding mischievously, "But maybe it takes a little longer to sleep the first night."

Despite raising the bar to meet modern standards though, Are You Afraid of the Dark still serves as that "gateway drug" into the genre, giving kids a taste for more mature horror down the line.

It's exactly what happened for nearly every adult crew and cast member on set, who all grew up to go into the business of making horror.

Both the reboot and original were shot in Canada. So much of the Canadian crew feels like it's a literal return to the neck of the woods that spooked them as kids — like a scene we saw shot at a schoolyard with real kids playing in the background, right across from a cemetery.

It not all nostalgic reverence, though. The reboot doesn't retread the original's stories or characters.


"When you think of Are You Afraid of the Dark, what comes to mind is the Midnight Society, kids around a campfire telling stories. But after that, the beauty of the show is it's a blank slate," Grabinski said.

There's no explicit connection to the original group of kids, though Grabinski likes the idea of many Midnight Societies having existed forever all across the country, each operating independently.

The reboot's three-episode arc follows one in the small town of Argento, Oregon (horror aficionados will find many other easter egg references like that). When Rachel, a shy new girl played by Lyliana Wray, arrives at Herbert West Middle School, a member of the secret society sees her drawing nightmarish doodles and invites her to audition.

The reboot is, "much darker, much more dangerous."

Rachel tells the story of the Carnival of Doom. The next day, it comes to town, seemingly sprung into reality from her imagination, bringing with it a barrage of other metaphysical horrors.

But, Grabinski insisted, this isn't a straightforward stories-come-to-life situation like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Goosebumps. A bigger twist is afoot. "Then the mystery becomes, well, then how is it happening? How is this real? Needless to say, you’ll find out."

At the center of the nightmarish carnival is Mr. Tophat, a villain described by Grabinski as "an evil Master of Ceremonies with a great costume and a little bit evil Willy Wonka."

The reboot is, "much darker, much more dangerous. It's right out of any great horror movie," agreed Rafael Casal, the talented multi-hyphenate writer-director-actor from Blindspotting that's now bringing Mr. Tophat to life.

As we talked on the warehouse set of a nightmare sequence, he excitedly ran his hands along the elaborate sequins of his flashy costume, remembering how the original show shook him to his core.

"You needed to stay up late for Nick at Night, the house would be dark, and that opening title sequence with the music," he grabbed his chest as if reliving it right then. "It reminded you of the collective horror from every past episode."


What made Are You Afraid of the Dark so effective wasn't jump scares, Casal said. It was bringing a Twilight Zone-like psychological horror to the everyday fears kids deal with at school and throughout this frighteningly transitional time in their lives.

Having identified with the horror as a kid, he's now itching to play the opposition, an embodiment of the fears the kids face — and ultimately conquer.

Both he and Grabinski joked they'd know they did their jobs right if, for the rest of his life, Casal walks down the street inspiring looks of gleeful terror from young people. He's still thinking of which line he'll whisper back at them to creep them out.

"It reminded you of the collective horror from every past episode."

What makes a great villain, Casal said, is "someone who's wildly unpredictable. You can't understand the origin of their behavior, why they are the way they are. And add a third layer of creepiness: being nice."

Mr. Tophat, who seems to share a twisted longstanding mental connection with Rachel, is as charismatic as he is unsettling. "It makes you ask, what happens when this niceness goes away? What's beneath it?" said Casal. "And the longer he's nice to you, the less you trust it."

It almost sounds like a metaphor for trying to figure out the often baffling rules and mysteries of the adult world as a kid. At that age, adults can seem alarmingly unpredictable, nice one minute, then punishing the next — and you don't even know what you did to cause that shift.

Aside from a perfectly cast and magnetic villain, the developing friendships in the Midnight Society members are as central to the new show as the horror.

Grabinski even required his young cast to watch classics like The Goonies and Monster Squad together, hoping to foster a similarly natural camaraderie on set that'd translate to the screen. Judging from how the five young actors were practically glued at the hip even during breaks, it seems to have worked.


"A big part of every project, especially with kids, is getting to know each other and building your chemistry before," said Jeremy Ray Taylor, who plays the nerdy germaphobe Graham. He knows this from experience, having been part of the losers club from It. "The movie nights bring us closer together, so you start learning how to make it a normal conversation in front of the camera too instead of just acting."

Making the kids feel real and relatable seemed essential to modernizing Are You Afraid of the Dark for 2019. Grabinski asked himself what kind of wonderfully weird teens would actually sneak off to tell scary stories around a campfire at midnight? So naturally, they all had to be horror-lovers themselves, like the sassy amateur zombie movie director Akiko (played by Miya Cech).

"I think kids want to see more realistic acting in shows today," said Sam Ashe Arnold, who's the group's jock, Gavin. "We're updating it by going for something more grounded than the original."

"What always stays the same no matter what is fear of the unknown."

Aside from cast bonding, they also did rehearsals where ad-libbing and improvisation was encouraged. They wanted the kids to sound like kids, rather than like adults writing kids.

"What goes on in the series is basically what we're like in real life," said Tamara Smart, who plays the popular cheerleader named Louise. "In some scenes they'll be like, 'Say whatever you want, make it weird, make it awkward.'"

Despite some updates for a 2019 audience, the limited series closely follows the original's mood and atmosphere. There was initially talk of doing a movie instead (still a possibility down the line).

But the network TV episodic format just felt right. Not only because it leaves you with cliffhangers each week, but like the '90s version, you can cut to commercial after a particularly tantalizing reveal, ramping up the anticipation and tension

"What always stays the same no matter what is fear of the unknown," said Grabinski. "What's around the corner? What's behind this mystery? Trying to solve it alongside the kids is as engaging as it is scary."

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From Bloody Disgusting:

How the “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” Revival Went from a Movie to a TV Show to a Mini-Series [Interview]

For young horror fans in the 1990s, there was only one show that invited them to sit around a campfire and share scary stories: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a seminal Nickelodeon anthology about a secret teenaged cabal, “The Midnight Society,” who gathered every week to share their tales of terror.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?, like many other nostalgia properties, is returning decades after its cancelation. But unlike similar retro kids horror franchises like Goosebumps and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, it’s not going to theaters. It’s not even going to be a TV series. It’s a three-part TV mini-series, written by BenDavid Grabinski (Skiptrace) and directed by Dean Israelite (Power Rangers), with the first installment airing on Nickelodeon on Friday, October 11.

Bloody-Disgusting took BenDavid Grabinski aside at a press event in Los Angeles to talk about the reboot’s evolution from a movie, to a TV series, to the mini-series fans are about to see. And like everything else in Hollywood, it’s quite a journey.

“I’m a huge, huge, huge, super obsessed fan [of Are You Afraid of the Dark?],” Grabinski explains. “I grew up with it. It’s like one of things that’s a giant nostalgia button for me.”


“I was writing a movie for this producer, Matt Kaplan, in summer 2018. It was another horror movie. At the time they were doing an Are You Afraid of the Dark? movie and he needed a writer to come in and I wasn’t really on anyone’s radar, because I wasn’t… I’d been working consistently for a long time but I wasn’t like an A-list dude,” Grabinski adds.

“But I was like, ‘Guys, I really, really, really love this and I feel like I know exactly what this movie should be.’ I wrote a 20-page single-spaced document, writing down what I thought a movie should be of Are You Afraid of the Dark?. Everyone was seemingly blown away by it,” Grabinski says, before he decides to correct himself. “You know, it’s not for me to say but it was enough that I got the job.”

So it seemed pretty straightforward. Are You Afraid of the Dark? was destined for theaters! But only for a little while…

“I wrote a bunch of drafts of that, and then I was directing a movie and while I was doing that I got a call from Nickelodeon saying, ‘Hey, we really liked your script for the movie. Do you have any idea of what we should do if we wanted to make a new show?’ and I immediately said yes, a thousand times, and went in and pitched a show, basically saying what I thought it should be,” Grabinski reveals, enthusiastically.


Alas, it was not to be.

“I got hired and then they decided my initial pitch was probably not a right thing for a first introduction to it, so they wanted me to come up with a new concept,” Grabinski explains. “Because I wanted to come up with something that would work for ten-year-olds who’d never seen it and for someone like me who grew up with it.”

“And I texted the producer, Spencer Berman: ‘I want to do an evil carnival. I want Rafael Casal to play the bad guy, Mr. Top Hat, who’s like an evil Willy Wonka.’ That’s really all I had,” Grabinski confesses. “They really, really responded to that, and then I broke the story for it and then it was like a bullet train because they decided, ‘Oh, we want it to be out next October.’ So I wrote three episodes, we met a bunch of directors, hired Dean [Israelite] and here we are!”

But where, exactly, are we? BenDavid Grabinski explains that this new mini-series isn’t an alternate version of the originally-planned movie, or an extended version of the pilot for the series Grabinski was planning. It’s an all-new, standalone, reintroduction to The Midnight Society… and maybe more.


“The story that I wanted to do [in the reboot series that was originally planned] was not necessarily an introduction to the Midnight Society,” Grabinski says. “What I realized afterwards was like, that’s the wish-fulfillment thing that I always wanted to see when I saw the pilot, which is… the very first episode starts with a kid in the woods, he sits down on a tree stump and they pull a thing off his head and they say ‘Hey, you’re going to tell a scary story and if we like it we’re going to let you into the group.’

“So I’m like, who is this kid? What would it be like to be asked? What is the best story to go into this about a kid who would be invited to join the group, they tell a story to audition, and then where does that story go from there?” Grabinski explains. “And that led to the carnival thing and a lot of other stuff.

“There’s some stuff I want to say and some stuff I don’t want to spoil because it has ‘twists and turns,’” Grabinski says, making air quotes with his hands to denote his self-effacing sarcasm. “Make sure you note that I had quotation marks on that, that I was being sarcastic.” [Editor’s Note: Done and done!]


“But what I realized was that the other idea I had would be like, a really good third season theory. So I put that in my back pocket and I still have that,” Grabinski teases.

BenDavid Grabinski added that the Are You Afraid of the Dark? mini-series could “ideally” lead to a new regular series. He’s quick to remind us that it’s not his decision to make, but that if it was, he’d green light it in a heartbeat.

“I’m not in charge of the purse-strings or the decision-making. I’m just a writer/executive producer person. But I would make a thousand episodes of the show, and I have a million ideas,” Grabinski concludes. “But this to me was the best way to meet the group and bring out this concept of The Midnight Society to a new generation of kids.”

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From Bloody Disgusting:

‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ Writer Promises Horror Nerd References Galore [Interview]

Everyone’s favorite 1990s Nickelodeon horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark? returns to television this month, with a three episode mini-series that reintroduces The Midnight Society – a secret cabal of teenaged horror authors – and pits them against a real-life nightmare. There’s a mysterious and wicked carnival coming to their town of Argento, Oregon… and yes, that is totally a reference to the master of ultraviolent Italian thrillers, Dario Argento.

And that’s just one of many references to horror classics, cult classics and even earlier episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? that screenwriter BenDavid Grabinski (Skiptrace) says savvy audience members are going to find in the new limited series.

“The school is Herbert West Middle School,” Grabinski cites as another example, referring to the antihero of H.P. Lovecraft’s original short story Herbert West: Re-Animator, as well as the gory horror comedy trilogy starring Jeffrey Combs. “It’s all very, very deeply nerdy but in a way that if you don’t know the references you won’t know [they’re] references.”

Grabinski is quick to point out that the references are “mostly mainstream,” but the screenwriter’s definition of “mainstream” may not necessarily apply to everyone in the audience for the family-friendly scary mini-series.

“The kids’ names are Rachel Carpenter, Graham Raimi, Gavin Coscarelli, Louise Fulci and then Akiko Yamato, and then her brother is Officer Hideo Yamato, which is [referencing] Hideo Kojima,” Grabinski explains, adding the creator of the ”Metal Gear Solid” video games to that list of cinematic Masters of Horror.

“So a bunch of just deeply nerdy stuff,” Grabinski says. “There’s a bad guy in the show, you’ll find out his real last name is Cochran because I really like Halloween III.”

“It’s one of those things where it’s like, it passed the smell test. I have a thousand references in it and no one on set knew they were references, which to me is the magical level,” Grabinski says. “It’s like some movies where it’s like, here’s Officer Spielberg and Romero, and I’m like, ‘Well, that’s a little too much.’ We all have our own internal barometer over what is too much and what is corny or too obscure.”

“I mean look, I have a kid talking about how his favorite composer is Wang Chung, so I don’t know how many people made a show with ten-year-olds where someone must really like the To Live and Die in L.A. score, but I’m also probably a crazy person,” Grabinski admits.

The references won’t stop with horror movies and video games and Wang Chung. Fans of Are You Afraid of the Dark? will notice shout outs to the original series, which may raise questions over whether this new limited series is technically a reboot, or set in the same continuity as the beloved 1990s show.

“The way that I view this show is that anything that happened before [in the original Are You Afraid of the Dark?] could have or might have happened,” Grabinski explains. “I’m trying to be a little vague about that. But there’s a lot of homages and Easter eggs to the other things, in a way that makes it seem like this is just a continuation as opposed to a reboot, per se.”

“I revisit a lot in this in some ways, direct and non-direct. Mostly non-direct,” Grabinski concludes.

But if you’re expecting Ryan Gosling to return in a homage to his first acting gig, an Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode called “The Tale of Station 109.1,” you MIGHT be disappointed.

“Here’s the thing: if we had Gosling I’m pretty sure he’d be a significant part of our marketing,” Grabinski laughs. “Or, we’re just so confident that we’re doing the Vin Diesel in Tokyo Drift thing, and at the end Ryan Gosling is just going to come up as like a headless horsemen, and he’s like, ‘Come on, kids! We have an adventure!’ and then leave.”

“And honestly I’d watch that,” Grabinski jokes. “Just, I called him, and he just didn’t call me back. I get it. I think Blade Runner 2049 is a masterpiece. But I understand that he probably wouldn’t want to do a Nickelodeon show.”

The new Are You Afraid of the Dark limited series premieres on Nickelodeon on Friday, October 11, 2019!

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From Den of Geek:

Inside the Return of Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The cast and crew of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot discuss bringing the beloved horror series back.

If you grew up in the '90s it's likely that one of your first brushes with horror was with the Canadian anthology horror show Are You Afraid of the Dark?. The cult hit aired on Nickelodeon for six years and scared a whole generation of kids silly. Now the great news for horror fans young and old is that the series is returning in a three part limited series on Nick. To celebrate the prestige reboot, Den of Geek was invited to Los Angeles' Haus of Creep to chat to some of the cast and creative team whilst trying not to get trapped in the immersive horror experience.

In the depths of ROW DTLA, Haus of Creep throws visitors into a dark world of influencers, twisted reflections, murder, and monsters. The scariest thing about the whole experience, however, is that you're an active part of the story. Once we'd battled through the harrowing hallways and strange storytimes -- one of which saw us being dragged into a closet and having the very hairs on our head threatened by a bald serial killer--we sat down with the new Midnight Society, which features some familiar faces you might know.

Rim of the World's Miya Cech takes on the role of Akiko, a passionate filmmaker who wants nothing more than to be a director. Sam Ashe Arnold from Best Worst Weekend Ever stars as Gavin, who seems to be the leader of the group. A burgeoning genre star in his own right, It's Jeremy Taylor plays deadpan joker, Gavin. And Black-ish's Lyliana Wray is the new girl, Rachel, whose test to become a member of the iconic scary story club is the inciting incident for the three episode miniseries.



Though in real life the things that scare the young cast are relatively normal --like heights, claustrophobia, and the dark-- the new series sees them face down a terrifying foe in the shape of Rafael Casal's Mr. Tophat, the ringmaster of a terrifying and possibly supernatural circus. Whilst that might sound like a narrative that's been done before, Are You Afraid of the Dark? aims to turn things on their head because the so-called Carnival of Doom appears only after a new member of the Midnight Society makes up a story featuring them.

Though in real life the things that scare the young cast are relatively normal --like heights, claustrophobia, and the dark-- the new series sees them face down a terrifying foe in the shape of Rafael Casal's Mr. Tophat, the ringmaster of a terrifying and possibly supernatural circus. Whilst that might sound like a narrative that's been done before, Are You Afraid of the Dark? aims to turn things on their head because the so-called Carnival of Doom appears only after a new member of the Midnight Society makes up a story featuring them.

“They go on an adventure, which I thought was the best of both worlds really because whenever I watched the show I always wanted to see what those kids did when they're away from the campfire. I wanted to see them live, I wanted to see their interests and all that stuff. But in the original pilot--which is perfect--it starts with a kid with the bag on their head and they get the chance to tell a campfire story and join the Midnight Society. But I always wanted to be like, 'Well, who is that person? How do they get chosen? What does it feel like? How do they maintain their secrecy?' All of that stuff to me felt really fun, like a wish fulfillment thing I hadn't necessarily seen yet."

With so many iconic episodes like "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float," and "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost", it's hard to pick a favorite. But writer Grabinski has appreciates the underdog and his tastes lean into the stranger offerings of the '90s classic.

"I really love the alien episodes, and our show, it's not a sci-fi but I do have a running gag where the kids are arguing about whether alien stories are horror or sci-fi,” he says. “It was also a way for me --if I'm lucky enough to do more of these-- to kind of set up and establish that we're at least dealing with sci-fi.”

The Midnight Society is made up of young actors who weren't even born when Are You Afraid of the Dark? first debuted, so it's unsurprising that most of them hadn't even heard of the series before getting the gig. But Cech did have a bit of a familial insight as her mom was a fan.

“My mom has watched the original version,” she says. “She's been telling me all about it and I've been able to see a couple of things. So that's pretty cool."

Ashe Arnold agrees and adds that the love for the original show has made taking on the job extra special.

"I didn't know what it was before I booked the job,” she says. “But upon being able to talk about it, everyone's reaction when they hear the name has been overwhelmingly positive. It's really cool to be a part of something that already has this, you know, gigantic, loyal fan base behind it and holding it up. It's exciting."

Wray was another Are You Afraid of the Dark? newbie when she got the job but she was shocked by how effective the classic series was.

"I had never heard about it before auditioning. But I've gotten to see a few episodes and it's a lot scarier than I expected it to be," she says.

Taylor was in a similar position despite his proven horror chops. "I didn't know it existed. And then I told my friends and family like, 'I just got this new role in a show called Are You Afraid of the Dark?' And they were like, 'Wait, that's coming back???' It's definitely like Sam said, it's really, really cool to be a part of something that already has a cult following."

Whereas the cast of Are You Afraid of the Dark? 2019 is just discovering the dark joys of the series, the people behind the camera are all huge fans of the show. Matt Kaplan--founder of ACE Entertainment (To All the Boys I Loved Before), which is producing both the show and the upcoming Are You Afraid of the Dark? movie, shared his excitement with us in the bustling bar.

"When we got approached to do both the movie and the show I think all of us were like this was one that was perfect for our company and we felt like it really represented our childhoods... and we wanted to scare some kids," Kaplan says. "We were really trying to do justice to the original series as we remade it. And hopefully we can build some stars as successful as Ryan Gosling."

For Grabinski, the joy came from creating a story for the young horror hounds who will get to enjoy the show this time around.

"The most fun thing to me is that you're making this show about kids who would watch the show,” he says. “If you're going to go out in the woods and tell scary stories then you love horror. And I just want it to feel like a love letter to the original show but also the genre. I'm such a big fan of both. Something that's very fun to me about having middle school kids who are really into, like, The Changeling and The Gate, and they read Lovecraft and talk about Tangerine Dream scores which is a little anachronistic in 2019, except this is about obsessives.

“The way I view it is that not all kids are gonna know these references, but the kids in the Midnight Society would. There's a fun feeling to have a kid watch it and go on their phone or their mom's phone and Google some sort of references they find. It's buried in references. That's not what I think that the appeal of the show is but I think it's sort of like a cherry on top."

And if young fans fall in love with horror through the lens of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, the cast and crew have some suggestions of other genre fare that they should explore. "Definitely Monster Squad, The Gate, and Poltergeist if their parents let them," Grabinski says. "It!" Cech adds. For Kaplan it’s all about the classics. "The Shining, and Scream... depending on how old they are," the producer says with a laugh.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? hits Nickelodeon on October 11.

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From Seventeen.com:

Go Behind the Scenes of the Are You Afraid of the Dark? Reboot, If You Dare

The horrors aren't real... right?


Everyone remembers the first Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode they watched growing up. The Nickelodeon series was THE scariest thing on TV in the '90s. Just when fans conquered their nightmares from the OG series, a highly-anticipated reboot is just around the dark, creepy, totally sinister-looking corner.

A three-part special airs on Nickelodeon October 11, 18, and 25 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT), introducing die-hard AYAOTD fans, as well as first-time watchers, to another crop of Midnight Society members. Needless to say, we can't wait for this new chapter in the franchise. The trailer looks super creepy, and since the spooky special effects will undoubtedly be better than they were in the '90s, we just know this reboot will traumatize us all over again (but, like, in a good way).

Seventeen.com hung out in Vancouver on the set back in July, and we made sure to snap some fun pics and shoot some short videos of the movie magic in action.

So, if you need a reminder that the scares aren't actually ~real~, check out our behind-the-scenes footage. We're submitting it for your approval.

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Star Lyliana Wray (who plays Rachel Carpenter — her last name clearly an homage to famous horror movie director and writer, John Carpenter), looks totally chill standing next to a ~spooky~ zombie and showrunner/writer/executive producer BenDavid Grabinski.

To get the new Midnight Society kids in the zone for filming such a creepy project, BenDavid suggested they watch a list of horror movies, including The Monster Squad, The Gate, Poltergeist, and The Goonies.

While The Goonies isn't exactly terrifying, it's still a film about kids going on adventures with freaky outcomes. "To me, Goonies isn’t a horror movie, but what we’re trying to do, which is similar to what It did, is capture that joy of a kid-on-an-adventure thing, and then fusing that with horror, because I think they go together very well," BenDavid told Seventeen.com.

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Remember that episode of Rugrats where Chuckie was terrified to go down the big kid slide? If that slide had looked like the one on the Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot, we wouldn't blame him.

When we asked Rafael Casal, who plays the villain Mr. Tophat, what one thing he wanted fans of the original series to know about the reboot, his response was chilling. Laughing, he said, "It will be just as scary for them as it is for kids."

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On the Set of the "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Reboot

One of the eeriest moments we watched being filmed was the first glimpse audiences will get of Mr. Tophat. In the scene, Rachel runs past a door and he's illuminated behind her. We were watching from the video village area while a light board operator pressed a button at exactly the right time to reveal Mr. Tophat. You can hear director Dean Israelite yell "action" at the start of the clip.

If this moment looks familiar, that's because it was included in the trailer at the 39-second mark.

"I think the show is two things at once," BenDavid said, when asked what other horror movies or TV shows besides The X-Files influenced him while writing the script. "It is sort of a loving homage to the original show, but it is also, to me, a love letter to being a fan of horror itself — whether it is classic short stories by great authors or classic horror movies, classic horror TV shows."

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Moments after first filming that scene, Rafael watched the playback and freaked himself out. "Oh, these poor kids," he laments, followed by mischievous laughter.

Because his character is being kept under wraps leading up to the premiere, we have to simply speculate on who Mr. Tophat is as a person — or should we say evil entity?

When asked what some of his horror inspirations were to bring Mr. Tophat to life, Rafael said, "I think it’s probably a little bit of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas, I think we got a little A Clockwork Orange in there, and I think we’ve got a little Moriarty from Sherlock gone insane."

When Rafael posted the first look photo on Instagram on September 14, he captioned it with clever puns that give us a clearer pic of who Mr. Tophat will (probably) be: "Young Trilly Wonka. Timothee ChalaBAY. Trap Skellington. Panic out in Frisco. Theezlejuice. The BAYest showman. Edward thizzlehands. The Mad Rapper."

We also feel like we should mention how Rafael hilariously couldn't stop messing with his snazzy Mr. Tophat pants during our interview. They are mesmerizing — like those sequin pillows that reveal an image or another color underneath. We can't wait to see them in action onscreen.

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After Rafael saw the scene, Lyliana came over to watch the playback, joined by BenDavid. While Rafael laughs, Lyliana smiles and says, "That's actually really cool."

Rafael admitted he didn't stay in character in between takes — meaning he wasn't scaring the kids when the cameras weren't rolling — but he did notice them staring at him.

At the time of the interview, many of the really scary scenes hadn't been filmed yet, so Rafael noted that because his teen co-stars had been spending so much time together, working on funny scenes and imaging the carnival, seeing him brought it all home.

"We haven’t shot the carnival yet. So, I think when I come on set, they’re reminded that there’s this whole other part that we haven’t gotten to yet that reminds them that the show is really scary."

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The Carnival of Doom's organ didn't look spooky in the daylight, sitting off on the side of the set while the opening scene was being filmed nearby, but you just know it will be creepy when it's on full display.

Interestingly, the character Graham (played by It and It Chapter Two star Jeremy Ray Taylor) is an aspiring composer who is particularly passionate about horror music. Could this play a part in the reboot, like how Andy had to play a bone organ during that intense scene in The Goonies?

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On the left is a photo we took on the set; on the right are two blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments from the AYAOTD trailer. The stage definitely looks 1000x cooler with lights and when it's ready for its closeup.

BenDavid told us this unique set piece is where we'll first see Mr. Tophat in full.

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Part of the same scene as when Rachel runs past an illuminated Mr. Tophat, this clip shows Lyliana taking direction from Dean Israelite, who tells her when to look towards the camera, as the camera follows her path. Poor Rachel is freaked TF out in this scene, breathing heavily, and it's probably all thanks to Mr. Tophat.

The original AYAOTD was crazy terrifying, and the reboot boasts to be no different. "All the adults who grew up on that show have this sort of delightful trauma in the back of their minds that we’re almost nostalgic about and want another dose of," Rafael said, laughing.

Both millennials and Gen Z-ers can enjoy this reboot because, as actor Sam Ashe Arnold says in the trailer, "We're all afraid of something."

"What kids don’t want to be in a crew of misfits doing something a little bit against the rules? And then who doesn’t want to watch that get out of hand and see how they navigate it?" Rafael continued. "I’m just so excited for friends of mine who also grew up on it to see it and see that it’s going to meet them where they’re at now and then also invite this whole new group of people."

The interviews conducted have been edited for length and clarity.

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[Photos courtesy of Nickelodeon, Stacey Grant for Seventeen.com]

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Are You Afraid of the Dark? will debut on Nickelodeon in the U.S. and YTV in Canada on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT), with parts two and three to follow Oct. 18, and Oct. 25, respectively. Click the following link for more info: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2019/09/nickelodeon-debuts-are-you-afraid-of.html

Originally published: Monday, September 30, 2019.

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The cast of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? recently sat down with ExtraTV to promote the highly anticipated reboot of the '90s Nickelodeon hit!



The '90s kids’ cult classic is coming back for a three-part limited series, reimagined for a new generation. The three new episodes will have members of the Midnight Society telling a terrifying story about the Carnival of Doom and its evil ringmaster.

Nickelodeon is preparing for the return of The Midnight Society with the all-new Are You Afraid of the Dark? three-part limited series event. Based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic, and reimagined for a new generation, part one of Are You Afraid of the Dark? will debut on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT), with parts two and three to follow Oct. 18, and Oct. 25, respectively.

Across the three hour-long episodes, Are You Afraid of the Dark? will follow members of an entirely new Midnight Society, who tell a terrifying tale of the Carnival of Doom and its evil ringmaster Mr. Tophat, only to witness the shocking story come frightfully to life. In the just-released trailer, viewers meet the new members of the Midnight Society, get a glimpse at the uncertainty that awaits and prepare for an adventure beyond their wildest nightmares.


The new members of the Midnight Society are: Rachel, played by Lyliana Wray (Top Gun: Maverick); Gavin, played by Sam Ashe Arnold (Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.); Akiko, played by Miya Cech (Rim of the World, Always Be My Maybe); Graham, played by Jeremy Taylor (IT: Chapter Two, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween); and Louise, played by Tamara Smart (Artemis Fowl, The Worst Witch). The Carnival of Doom’s ringmaster, Mr. Tophat, is played by Rafael Casal (Blindspotting).

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is produced by ACE Entertainment (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Perfect Date) with ACE founder Matt Kaplan and Spencer Berman serving as executive producers. The series is written by BenDavid Grabinski (Skiptrace, Happily) and directed by Dean Israelite (Power Rangers movie, Project Almanac), both of whom are also executive producers. Chris Foss is also an executive producer.

One of the Nickelodeon’s most iconic series from the ‘90s, the original Are You Afraid of the Dark? delivered riveting stories of horror to young audiences, all from a kid’s perspective. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is owned by DHX and was created by D.J. MacHale and Ned Kandel, who are also executive producers on the project.

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From The A.V. Club:

What's your story: Meet Are You Afraid Of The Dark's new Midnight Society

When Nickelodeon announced it was bringing back Are You Afraid Of The Dark? for a spooky three-part limited series, the internet got goosebumps. Would the stories still thrill and chill? Would the show satisfy both nostalgic adults and scare-happy kids? And would the show still be incredibly Canadian?

The chilling answers to those questions will be fully revealed when the first episode of the series premieres Oct. 11, but for a small sneak peak, The A.V. Club sat down with the show’s all-new Midnight Society while on a set visit up in Vancouver. In the clip [here], the kids tell us about their characters, from the secretly dorky cheerleader to the Cronenberg-obsessed film buff.

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From CBS2 Los Angeles:

Actor Jeremy Taylor Talks Reboot Of 'Are You Afraid Of The Dark?'



Actor Jeremy Taylor drops by the KCAL9 studio to talk about his new Nickelodeon miniseries "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?", a reboot of the original hit 1990s series.

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More Nick:'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' Reboot Sneak Peek: Watch the New York Comic Con 2019 Footage!

Originally published: Sunday, October 06, 2019.

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Nickelodeon voice actor Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko's Modern Life, The Fairly OddParents) recently discussed Nickelodeon's upcoming animated series The Casagrandes, in which he voices Carlos, with the hosts of Good Day Sacramento! Check out the awesome interview below, and make sure to catch the premiere The Casagrandes, a spinoff of Nick’s animated hit The Loud House, Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT), following an all-new Loud House at 1 p.m. (ET/PT), only on Nickelodeon!:



A new home in the city holds big adventures, laughs and love around every corner in Nickelodeon’s new original animated series The Casagrandes, premiering Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT). A spinoff of Nick’s animated hit The Loud House, The Casagrandes tells the story of 11-year-old Ronnie Anne who moves to the city with her mom and older brother to live with their big, loving family, the Casagrandes. Following its premiere, the series moves to its regular timeslot on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT) beginning Saturday, Oct. 19, on Nickelodeon.

Starring Izabella Alvarez (Westworld) as 11-year-old Ronnie Annie, Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) as her brother Bobby and Sumalee Montano (Nashville) as her mom Maria, the series showcases the culture, humor, and love that’s part of growing up in a multigenerational Mexican-American family. After moving in with their grandparents in Great Lakes City, Ronnie Anne adjusts to her new life living under one roof and over the family-run mercado (local market), which is a gathering place for everyone in the neighborhood.


Alvarez, PenaVega and Montano bring these characters to life, alongside: Carlos Alazraqui (The Fairly OddParents) as Carlos, “Tio;” Roxana Ortega (The League) as Frida, “Tia;” Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids) as Carlota; Jared Kozak (Born this Way) as CJ; Alex Cazares (The Boss Baby: Back in Business) as Carl; Ruben Garfias (East Los High) as Hector, “Abuelo;” and Sonia Manzano (Sesame Street) as Rosa, “Abuela.” Additionally, Eugenio Derbez (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) gives voice to Dr. Santiago, a physician living and working in Peru, who is Ronnie Anne and Bobby’s father.


Ronnie Anne’s new apartment building holds new friends and neighbors, including: Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) as Stanley Chang; Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) as Becca Chang; Leah Mei Gold (Legion) as 12-year-old Sid Chang, Ronnie Anne’s new friend; and Lexi Sexton as Adelaide Chang, Sid’s 6-year-old little sister.

In the first episode, “Going Overboard,” Ronnie Anne finds out her Tio Carlos was a famous skateboarder and she begs him to teach her some new moves. Then, in “Walk Don’t Run,” Ronnie Anne and Sid start a dog-walking business to save up for a new skateboard in a plan that quickly gets out of hand.

The Casagrandes premiere will encore at 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The Casagrande family was first introduced in the The Loud House special, “The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos,” which premiered May 2017 and ranks as the highest-rated premiere for the series in Live+7 with both K2-11 (6.6/1.8M) and K6-11 (8.1/1.3M).

More Nick:Culture & Comedy: LatinX Artists and Writers Tap Into Their Heritage for 'The Casagrandes'!

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Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Virgin Media have agreed a new multi-year distribution deal in the UK and Ireland spanning TV channels, on-demand rights and a range of new streaming applications.

The renewed partnership ensures Virgin Media customers will continue to enjoy access to some of their favourite TV networks including Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Network, as well as associated catch up rights and box sets.

As part of the new deal, Virgin Media will add three more of Viacom’s branded apps – My5, Pluto TV and MTV Play – to the app section of its user interface for the first time, making significant additional hours of content accessible to Virgin Media’s TV customers.

In addition to offering catch-up and extended on-demand access to a range of Channel 5 content, My5 also showcases a number of third-party ‘channels’ from partners including A+E and PBS America and a range of exclusive content including scripted series from the U.S., Australia and Israel.

Pluto TV, the ad-supported streaming platform acquired by Viacom earlier this year, features more than 60 channels in the UK including Pluto TV Drama, Pluto TV Romance and Pluto TV Crime, plus thousands of movies and series on-demand – all of which will be made available for Virgin Media customers to enjoy.

For the first time, Virgin Media’s Player TV and Mixit TV customers will be able to access MTV’s award-winning content through the MTV Play app which will also be available on Virgin Media’s TV service, offering 1,800 hours of Box Set content as well as the MTV channel and catch up services.

Virgin Media Subscribers to the MTV channel will continue to be able to enjoy catch up and Box Set content as part of their existing subscription in addition to access to the standalone MTV Play app for no additional fee.

Update (10/10) - Virgin Media is slated add Nick Jr. HD, a simulcast of the main Nick Jr. SD channel with programming broadcast in high definition, soon, reports to Virgin Media insider Media Boy! Nick Jr. HD is currently only available on Sky in the UK and Ireland.

Media Boy Blog also reports that Viacom could be planning to either turn MTV Classic into an on demand only service or to axe the channel completely.

The news follows Viacom and Virgin partnering in May 2018 for the UK debut of Nick Play, an enhanced version of the Nickelodeon Play app and Viacom's first mobile streaming app featuring long form content, which gives Virgin Media customers who subscribe to the Nickelodeon channels free access to the Nick Play VOD mobile app.

Arran Tindall, Senior Vice President (SVP), Commercial and Content Distribution, for Viacom International Media Networks, said: “This renewed and broadened partnership with Virgin Media speaks to the strength of our brands and content, as well as our investment in new streaming apps, which will allow Virgin Media customers to access their favourite Viacom content in new ways. Virgin Media has a great track record of innovation as a platform and as a partner and we’re delighted to have reached agreement with them to deliver further innovation for the benefit of their customers.”

David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media, added: “This is great news for our customers who can continue to enjoy Viacom’s diverse range of channels and content. The inclusion of three brand new apps will give our customers greater flexibility to watch their favourite shows at a time that suits them.”

The pact includes on-demand access to series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol and The Loud House, MTV UK reality series Geordie Shore, and Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, among others.

The previous agreement was due to expire at the end of August 2019. For a brief period of time, Virgin Media viewers reported on social media and customer forums that they could see pop-up messages on various Viacom channels warning them that various Viacom services would be withdrawn at midnight 31st August into 1st September. A short-lived website was launched informing viewers of the channels that would be withdrawn from the cable platform.

More Nick:Nickelodeon UK to Premiere 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' in October 2019!

Originally published: Monday, October 07, 2019.

H/T: Special thanks to RegularCapital for the update!; Additional sources: RXTV Log, Media Play News, Wikipedia.

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Things are about to get spooky on the legendary Double Dare obstacle course when Nickelodeon's iconic game show returns for a week of brand-new Halloween-themed episodes, premiering weeknights at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) starting Monday, October 21, 2019, only on Nick USA!


Double Dare Halloween Week:

Monday, October 21, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. - Halloween Week Game 1: (#213)

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. - Halloween Week Game 2: (#214)

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. - Halloween Week Game 3: (#215)

Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. - Halloween Week Finals: (#216)

Confirmed celebrity guests taking part in Double Dare Halloween Week include Baby Ariel & Anna Camp (Game 2) and Martellus Bennett & Nick Young (Game 3).

Additionally, it's been revealed that Tiffany Haddish, Duff Goldman, Ally Brooke, Shaun White will be contestants in Double Dare Holiday Week later this year!

Also I actually saved a video from Anna Camp's Instagram story back in March... her sheet says "Episode 214" confirming she is in "Halloween Week Game 2". pic.twitter.com/vgOpy6XOW2

— Kevin🌐 (@RealMagitroopa) October 3, 2019

And just in case people are skeptical, in regards to the, "Tiff + Duff sources are images online" for them being in "Holiday Week"... pic.twitter.com/kafnaWev0Q

— Kevin🌐 (@RealMagitroopa) October 9, 2019

Join in on all the fangtastic fun by visiting Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America this October to play Double Dare Challenge: Double Scare Edition! Fans can answer trivia questions, tackle physical challenges, navigate the super sloppy + spooktacular Double Dare obstacle course + get Slimed! Get in the game…if you dare! West Market Square, Friday + Saturdays at 4 + 7 p.m., Sundays at 1 + 4 p.m., Oct. 11 – Oct. 27. Info: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2019/09/celebrate-halloween-at-nickelodeon-boo.html

Hosted by digital creator and actress Liza Koshy, Nickelodeon's Double Dare revival sees a new generation of fans compete in the messiest and most physically challenging competition of their lives. With Double Dare remaining an iconic touchstone for its original millennial audiences, the new version will feature the gameplay and challenges they remember, as well as appearances from blasts from the past and stars from today, including original series host Marc Summers, who returns to give color commentary on the challenges, lending his vast knowledge of the game and expertise to each episode. The revived Double Dare premiered on Nickelodeon during Summer 2018.

More Nick:'Double Dare Live' Announces Fall/Winter 2019 Tour Dates!

Originally published: Thursday, October 3, 2019.

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Nickelodeon Brazil (Brasil) has announced the finalists of Meus Prêmios Nick 2019, Nickelodeon's Brasil's 20th annual local version of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards!


Update (27/9) - Nickelodeon Brasil has announced the exciting news that Melim will be performing at Meus Prêmios Nick 2019, taping on Wednesday 16th October 2019 and airing on Saturday 19th October 2019 at 19:00!

Update (10/10) - Nickelodeon Brasil has announced that actor, singer and YouTuber João Guilherme (Nick Master Slime) will be the host of Meus Prêmios Nick 2019!

Meus Prêmios Nick is Brazil's largest children's and teen awards, and celebrates kids’ favourites from the worlds of entertainment, music, sports and more! Like previous years, Meus Prêmios Nick 2019 will feature lots of musical performances, irreverence, orange blimps, jokes, social responsibility and, of course, slime!

Over the past month, NickHeads in Brazil have been voting for their favourites to become finalists in each category, with the top four (out of eight) most voted for nominees in each of the 20 voting categories going onto the final stage of voting.

To celebrate the 20th annual MPN, this year's awards will include three new categories celebrating the best of the best over the last 20 years.

In "Melhores Apresentadores (20 anos)", kids can vote for their favourite Meus Prêmios Nick presenter: Lucas Silveira (2010), Di Ferrero (2010), Rodrigo Faro (2012), Sabrina Sato(2014), Fabio Porchat (2015), Christian Figueiredo (2016), Larissa Manoela (2017) and Maisa (2018).

In the "Melhor Show (20 anos)" category, fans can vote for their favourite Nickelodeon show from the last 20 years: NXZero (2009), Anitta (2015), Luan Santana (2018), Kally’s Mashup (2018), Big Time Rush (2012), Drake Bell (2010) and Ludmilla (2016).

Meus Prêmios Nick wouldn't be Meus Prêmios Nick without slime! Fans can vote for their favourite slimy moment from the past 20 years in the "Slime Épico" category: Isa TKM (2009), Di Ferrero e Lucas Silveira (2010), Spencer – iCarly (2013), MariMoon e Larissa Manoela (2013), Fábio Porchat (2014), Eduardo Sterblitch (2014), Felipe Castanhari (2017) eMaisa, Matheus and Kauan (2018).


Kids across Brazil can now vote for who they want to see win a coveted Nickelodeon Orange Blimp Award in the second round of voting online at meuspremiosnick.com.br, on Instagram (using the dedicated posts) and on Twitter using the hashtags below. Fans can vote as many times as they wish to support their favourites from the worlds of entertainment, music, sports and more!

To vote on Twitter:

Each voting Tweet must feature both the unique hashtag and #MPN in it for the vote to be counted:

#Nominee + #MPN
For example, if you want to see The Loud House win the blimp for Desenho Animado Favorito, your Tweet should look similar to:

#MPN #LoudHouse
* If you use more than one voting hashtag in the same tweet, response or comment, each hashtag will be counted as one vote.

* You can use emojis in your Tweets

* Each retweet counts as one vote!

To vote on Instagram:

Fans should look out for the voting category posts on Nickelodeon's Instagram page, @nickelodeonbr.

When they see the category they want to vote in, fans can reply to the post use the following formula to cast their votes:

#Nominee + #MPN

Nickelodeon will reveal the winners of Meus Prêmios Nick 2019 at a star and slime-studded ceremony later this year.

Below are the nominees for Meus Prêmios Nick 2019 - remember, only YOU have the last word about who wins a orange blimp award!

Artista de TV Feminina
Female TV Artist

Maisa (Programa da Maisa) – #Maisa
Marina Ruy Barbosa (O Sétimo Guardião) – #MarinaRuyBarbosa
Maia Reficco (Kally’s Mashup) – #MaiaReficco
Isabela Souza (Bia) – #IsabelaSouza

Artista de TV Masculino
Male TV Artist

João Guilherme (As Aventuras de Poliana) – #JoaoGuilherme
André Lamoglia (Juacas) – #AndreLamoglia
Rafael Vitti (Verão 90) – #RafaVitti
Leonardo Cidade (Jezabel) – #LeoCidade

Artista Musical Favorito
Favorite Musical Artist

Luan Santana – #LuanSantana
Anitta – #Anitta
Melim – #Melim
Pabllo Vittar – #PablloVittar

Artista Internacional Favorito
Favourite International Artist

Now United – #NowUnited
Ariana Grande – #ArianaGrande
BLACKPINK – #Blackpink
BTS – #BTS

Canal de Youtube Favorito
Favorite YouTube Channel

Irmãos Neto – #IrmaosNeto
Rezendeevil – #Rezendeevil
Você Sabia? – #VoceSabia
Bibi Tatto – #BibiTatto

Gamer do Ano
Gamer of the Year

TazerCraft – #TazerCraft
Malena – #Malena
Flakes Power – #FlakesPower
Haru – #Haru

Fandom do Ano
Fandom of the Year

BTS Army – #Army
Anitters – #Anitters
Luanetes – #Luanetes
Uniters – #Uniters

Hit Nacional Favorito
Favourite National Hit

Ouvi dizer – Mellim – #OuviDizer
Brisa – Iza – #Brisa
Juntos – Paula Fernandes e Luan Santana – #Juntos
Facilita – Kevinho – #Facilita

Hit Internacional Favorito
Favourite International Hit

Shallow – Lady Gaga e Bradley Cooper – #Shallow
Señorita – Shawn Mendes e Camila Cabello – #Senorita
Boy with Luv – BTS e Halsey – #BoyWithLuv
Never Really Over – Katy Perry – #NeverReallyOver

Inspiração do Ano
Inspiration of the Year

Marta – #MartaInspiracao
Luisa Mell – #LuisaMellInspiracao
Maisa – #MaisaInspiracao
Whindersson Nunes – #WhinderssonNunesInspiracao

Instagram do Ano
Instagrammer of the Year

Larisssa Manoela – #LarissaManoelaIG
Maisa – #MaisaIG
Lorena Queiroz – #LorenaQueirozIG
Luara Fonseca – #LuaraFonsecaIG

Revelação do Ano

Giulia Benite – #GiuliaBenite
Sofia S Furlani – #SofiaSFurlani
Vitão – #Vitao
Luluca – #Luluca

Style do Ano

Renato Aragão – #RenatoAragaoStyle
Pabllo Vittar – #PablloVittarStyle
Luis Mariz – #LuisMarizStyle
Klara Castanho – #KlaraCastanhoStyle

Desenho Animado Favorito
Favorite Animated Series

Bob Esponja – #BobEsponja
Loud House – #LoudHouse
Miraculous: As Aventuras de Ladybug – #Ladybug
O Incrível Mundo de Gumball – #OIncrivelMundoDeGumball

Programa de TV Favorito
Favorite TV Show

The Voice Kids – #TheVoiceKids
MasterChef – #MasterChef
Programa da Maisa – #ProgramaDaMaisa
Bia – #Bia

Programa Nick Favorito
Favorite Nickelodeon Show

Kally’s Mashup – #KallysMashupNick
Henry Danger – #HenryDangerNick
The Thundermans – #TheThundermansNick
Bob Esponja – #BobEsponjaNick

Filme do Ano
Movie of the Year

Vingadores: Ultimato (Avengers: Endgame) – #VingadoresUltimato
O Rei Leão (The Lion King) – #OReiLeao
Turma da Mônica – Laços – #TurmaDaMonicaLacos
Homem-Aranha: Longe de Casa (Spider-Man: Far From Home) – #HomemAranhaLongeDeCasa

Categorias especiais – 20 anos de Meus Prêmios Nick!

Melhor Apresentador (20 Anos)
Best Presenter

Fabio Porchat (2015) – #FabioPorchatApresentador
Maisa (2018) – #MaisaApresentadora
Larissa Manoela (2017) – #LarissaManoelaApresentadora
Christian Figueiredo (2016) – #ChristianFigueiredoApresentador

Melhor Show (20 Anos)
Best Show

Anitta (2015) – #AnittaShow
Luan Santana (2018) – #LuanSantanaShow
Kally’s Mashup (2018) – #KallysMashupShow
Big Time Rush (2012) – #BigTimeRushShow

Slime Épico (20 Anos)
Epic Slime

Isa TKM (2009) – #IsaTKMSlime
Spencer – iCarly (2013) – #SpencerSlime
MariMoon e Larissa Manoela (2013) – #MariMoonLarissaManoelaSlime
Maisa e Matheus E Kauan (2018) – #MaisaMatheusKauanSlime

Who do you want to see nominated for a coveted Nickelodeon Orange Blimp Award? Vote for your MPN 2019 favorites NOW at meuspremiosnick.com.br, on Instagram and on Twitter!

Meus Prêmios Nick 2019 is sponsored by Acrilex, Nickelodeon Slime ice treats by Kibon, L.O.L. Surprise (Candide), A Família Addams, and Samsung Galaxy A80.

From POPline:

BTS, Anitta, Pabllo Vittar, Luan Santana e Maísa entre os finalistas da 20ª edição de “Meus Prêmios Nick”

A Nickelodeon acaba de divulgar a lista dos finalistas da 20ª edição de ‘Meus Prêmios Nick’, o maior evento da TV paga infantil que comemora 20 anos em 2019. O tema deste ano? Festa!

As votações da segunda fase estão abertas e podem ser feitas pelo site (meuspremiosnick.com.br), Twitter e, nesta etapa, também no Instagram (nas publicações sinalizadas), utilizando a #MPN e a hashtag com o nome do indicado no mesmo tweet.

A cada edição de ‘Meus Prêmios Nick’ as categorias são renovadas e a premiação bate recorde de votos. Neste ano, são 20 categorias no total e três categorias especiais entram na lista para celebrar os 20 anos do MPN: Melhor Apresentador, Melhor Show e Slime Épico.

Em breve, serão anunciados os shows que vão rolar no palco do MPN 2019, uma das noites mais aguardadas pela garotada.

Confira abaixo a lista completa das 20 categorias e seus finalistas [acima]

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COMO VOTAR ‘MEUS PRÊMIOS NICK 2019

Você pode votar nos seus indicados favoritos pelo site (meuspremiosnick.com.br) e também pelo Twitter e Instagram, da seguinte maneira:

Poste no mesmo tweet/post usando #MPN e a hashtag do seu indicado! (Exemplo: poste #MPN #BobEsponja – para votar no Bob Esponja como “Desenho Animado Favorito”)

No tweet/post você pode escrever o que quiser desde que as hashtags também estejam lá!

Mesmo que você use a mesma hashtag 3 vezes no mesmo tweet/post, isso só irá contabilizar um voto!

Retweets também contam como voto!

Atenção: é possível votar em indicados diferentes no mesmo tweet, desde que você use #MPN e as hashtags dos seus indicados. (Exemplo: poste #MPN #BobEsponja #Club57 #KallysMashup – para votar no Bob Esponja como “Desenho Animado Favorito”, em Club 57 como “Programa de TV Favorito” e Kally’s Mashup como “Programa da Nick Favorito”, respectivamente.

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From Febre Teen:

BANDA MELIM CONFIRMA PARTICIPAÇÃO NOS MEUS PRÊMIOS NICK 2019

Que nós amamos o Meus Prêmios Nick todo mundo já sabe.

E a Nickelodeon acaba de anunciar que a banda Melim irá subir ao palco da 20ª edição para uma apresentação que vai aquecer o coração do público. A premiação vai ao ar dia 19 de outubro, às 19h, na Nickelodeon

A banda Melim, é formada pelos irmãos Gabriela Melim, Rodrigo Melim e Diogo Melim, a banda soma diversos hits e possui influência de diversos estilos musicais. “Meu Abrigo”, “Ouvi Dizer” e “Dois Corações” são alguns dos sucessos do trio.

Além disso, já fizeram várias parcerias de sucesso como “Um Sinal’” com Ivete Sangalo e “Eu Pra Você”, com Sandy. No ‘Meus Prêmios Nick’ 2019 eles concorrem a ‘Artista Musical Favorito’ e ‘Hit Nacional Favorito’, com a música ‘Ouvi Dizer’.

A cada edição de ‘Meus Prêmios Nick’ as categorias são renovadas e a premiação bate recorde de votos. Neste ano, são 20 categorias no total e três categorias especiais entram na lista para celebrar os 20 anos do MPN: Melhor Apresentador, Melhor Show e Slime Épico.

Em breve, serão anunciados os demais shows que vão rolar no palco do MPN 2019, além do apresentador (a) que vai comandar uma das noites mais aguardada.

Clique aqui para votar na premiação.

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From Capricho:

João Guilherme será o apresentador do Meus Prêmios Nick 2019

O evento acontece dia 16 de outubro, em São Paulo


Estamos bem pertinho da 20ª edição do Meus Prêmios Nick 2019 e a gente tem um notícia exclusiva para te ajudar a segurar a expectativa: João Guilherme será o apresentador da premiação!

Já neste ano, João foi convidado pela Nickelodeon para representar o Brasil no Kids’ Choice Awards, em Los Angeles, por isso criou uma relação com a empresa desde março: “Gosto muito dos Meus Prêmios Nick, acompanho desde pequeno, então eu estava esperando participar de alguma maneira do evento. Aí recebi essa notícia e fiquei muito feliz”, contou.

Ele também comentou que espera que a edição tenha muito slime e seja bem engraçada: “Vou subir no palco e vai ser só alegria, sou uma pessoa muito animada, o que eu acho que é bem a vibe do MPN”. Uau! Vale lembrar que o ator está concorrendo à categoria de Artista de TV Masculino, por seu trabalho em As Aventuras de Poliana.


João ainda confirmou que apresentará uma música de abertura com direito à coreografia e tudo. Estamos curiosas! E ah, tema deste ano será “Festa dos Sonhos” e contará com diversas apresentações legais, como a da banda Melim.

O Meus Prêmios Nick 2018 acontece no dia 16 de outubro, no Credicard Hall, em São Paulo. Entretanto, a premiação só vai ao ar no dia 19 de outubro, às 19h, na Nickelodeon.

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From Área VIP:

João Guilherme, filho de Leonardo, conta novidade na web: “Estou muito feliz”

João Guilherme é cantor, ator e agora apresentador! Isso mesmo, apresentador, e a grande novidade foi contada através das suas redes sociais na tarde desta quinta-feira, 10.

Como todos sabemos, João já integrou o elenco de algumas novelas do SBT, como ‘Cúmplices de um resgate’ e atualmente está no ar como o personagem Luca Tuber, na trama infantil ‘As Aventuras de Poliana‘.

Em seu Instagram, João contou aos seus mais de onze milhões de seguidores que será apresentador do ‘Meus Prêmios Nick 2019’. A notícia levou os seus fãs e seguidores à loucura.

Para quem não sabe, o ‘Meus Prêmios Nick’ é o maior prêmio infantil da TV mundial, e já se consagrou como o maior evento do tipo no país. O evento ocorrerá no dia 19 de outubro e muitas categorias já podem ser votadas, como ‘Artista de TV Feminina’, ‘Canal de Youtube Favorito’, ‘Revelação do Ano’, entre outros.

O músico publicou um vídeo em seu Instagram em que aparece a propaganda da atração e na legenda, ele comemorou o fato de ser apresentador: “Estou MUITO FELIZ em anunciar aqui pra vocês que esse ano sou o apresentador da maior festa da @nickelodeonbr o #MPN que honra!”, escreveu ele. A publicação já conta com mais de 16 mil visualizações.

Nos comentários, os seguidores também celebraram com o artista: “VAI SER PERFEEEEITOOOOO!!!!”, “Vou ter que voltar a assistir Nickelodeon”, “AAAAA VAI SER PERFEITO”, “eu estou MUITO FELIZ por você!”, foram apenas alguns dos muitos comentários.

Recentemente, João desabafou sobre sua relação com o seu pai, o sertanejo Leonardo. Em entrevista ao jornal carioca Extra, o ator comentou a repercussão e revelou que essa ‘separação’ é algo que o incomoda bastante: “A gente se fala, até mais do que quando eu era criança. Claro que não é com tanta frequência, só que não é algo que me incomoda. Meu post foi em tom de brincadeira, mas também tem as correrias do dia a dia de ambos os lados”, disse ele, que conversou com o periódico nos bastidores do festival Rock in Rio.

Confira a publicação de João contando a novidade:

View this post on Instagram

estou MUITO FELIZ em anunciar aqui pra vocês que esse ano sou o apresentador da maior festa da @nickelodeonbr o #MPN que honra! 🤩🔥

A post shared by João Guilherme (@joaoguilherme) on Oct 10, 2019 at 9:51am PDT

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Mais Nick:Nickelodeon Brazil Partners with Festcolor to Launch Nickelodeon Slime Party Ware Line!

Originally published: Tuesday, September 03, 2019.

Additional source: Google Translate.

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