Philippe Dauman, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Viacom Inc, announced the very exciting Nickelodeon news during a conference call with analysts on Thursday 29th January 2015 to discuss the company's 1Q15 earnings report, that Nickelodeon Productions and Paramount Television are also close to completing their brand-new live-action, musical-comedy series "School of Rock", based on the 2003 hit movie of the same name from Paramount Pictures, with Nickelodeon USA planning to debut the show between July and September 2015!![]()
"School of Rock The Musicial" logo from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway adaptation of the film, via BroadwayWorld.com
"School of Rock" is a brand-new live-action series which follows a group of unconventional prep schoolers who are taught the joy of rock 'n' roll by Dewey Finn (Tony Cavalero, "Splitting Adam"), a down-on-his-luck rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at their school.
"School of Rock" is written by Jim and Steve Armogida ("Crash & Bernstein", "My Family"), who will also serve as executive producers and show runners. The movie's director Richard Linklater and producer Scott Rudin will executive produce the television series.
Nickelodeon ordered 13 episodes of "School of Rock"in August 2014.
Paramount's original "School of Rock" movie starred Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove ("Drake & Josh", "iCarly") in one of her first acting roles, in which she portrayed the character Summer Hathaway.
Additionally, Philippe Dauman also announced in the same conference call that Nickelodeon USA is planning to air more than 150 new episodes and specials in the second quarter (January to March 2015), with a focus on adapting to the networks' viewers changing tastes!
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Nickelodeon and Paramount are also close to completing Paramount's first television production this year with School of Rock, which is set to air on Nickelodeon in the fiscal fourth quarter.
"School of Rock The Musicial" logo from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway adaptation of the film, via BroadwayWorld.com
"School of Rock" is a brand-new live-action series which follows a group of unconventional prep schoolers who are taught the joy of rock 'n' roll by Dewey Finn (Tony Cavalero, "Splitting Adam"), a down-on-his-luck rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at their school.
"School of Rock" is written by Jim and Steve Armogida ("Crash & Bernstein", "My Family"), who will also serve as executive producers and show runners. The movie's director Richard Linklater and producer Scott Rudin will executive produce the television series.
Nickelodeon ordered 13 episodes of "School of Rock"in August 2014.
Paramount's original "School of Rock" movie starred Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove ("Drake & Josh", "iCarly") in one of her first acting roles, in which she portrayed the character Summer Hathaway.
Additionally, Philippe Dauman also announced in the same conference call that Nickelodeon USA is planning to air more than 150 new episodes and specials in the second quarter (January to March 2015), with a focus on adapting to the networks' viewers changing tastes!
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