Genius Brands International “Genius Brands”
(Nasdaq:GNUS), announces today the greenlight of season three of
its flagship animated preschool
series,
Rainbow
Rangers, and a deal with
NETFLIX to stream season one starting in July 2021
in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle
East. The company also announced additional deals for the series,
including
Amazon Prime Video, New Zealand’s
TVNZ, and Israel’s
Noga.
The new media partners for Rainbow Rangers join
an ever-expanding list of top media partners worldwide, including
Genius Brands’ Kartoon Channel! in the U.S. and
Canada, Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse (Canada),
Televisa and BLIM TV
(Mexico), Cartoonito (Italy),
NineNetwork (Australia),
CCTV and iQiyi (China),
Nickelodeon and NOGGIN (Latin
America) TV2 (Hungary), NOGA
(Israel), Mini Mini (Poland), Canal
Panda (Portugal), Discovery Kids (Middle
East), Mediacorp (Singapore), Awesome
TV (Malaysia), and
Pikaboo (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia,
Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina). Season one of Rainbow Rangers
premiered in October 2018 and season two in November 2019.
Andy Heyward, Chairman &
CEO of Genius Brands stated, “In under three years, we successfully
launched and have dramatically increased the presence of Rainbow
Rangers around the world, beginning with Nickelodeon here in the
U.S., and we are now launching the premiere of new episodes to
Kartoon Channel! in the U.S. The fact that the series has been
sought by top tier broadcasters around the world, now including
Netflix, underscores its huge appeal. As we rapidly grow our global
audience and assign global licensing agents, we remain committed to
accelerating the launch of related merchandise worldwide through
big box retailers and online, which we believe will drive value for
our shareholders. Season three stories will have a unique twist to
it, which we believe will have a significant impact on consumer
products worldwide, along with our new master toy licensee.”
Rainbow Rangers is a rescue-based series
that follows the adventures of seven girls who are Earth’s first
responders—protecting people, animals, resources, and the natural
beauty of our world. Hilary Cherniss and Sara Jane Sluke, who were
key writers in Seasons 1 and 2, will become Head Writers of Season
3. Multiple Emmy Award-winning director Michael Maliani
directs the series, and Genius Brands' Chairman & CEO and
multiple Emmy Award-winning producer, Andy Heyward, serves as
executive producer.
About Genius Brands InternationalGenius Brands
International, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNUS) is a leading global kids media
company developing, producing, marketing and licensing branded
children’s entertainment properties and consumer products for media
and retail distribution. The Company’s award-winning ‘content with
a purpose’ portfolio includes the upcoming Stan Lee’s Superhero
Kindergarten, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, for Kartoon Channel!;
Shaq’s Garage, starring Shaquille O’Neal for Kartoon Channel!;
Rainbow Rangers for Nick Jr.; Llama Llama, starring Jennifer
Garner, for Netflix; award-winning toddler brand Baby Genius;
adventure comedy STEM series Thomas Edison's Secret Lab; and
entrepreneurship series Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club.
Through licensing agreements with leading partners, characters from
Genius Brands’ IP also appear on a wide range of consumer products
for the worldwide retail marketplace. The Company’s new Kartoon
Channel! and Kartoon Classroom! are available in over 100 million
U.S. television households via a broad range of distribution
platforms, including Comcast, Cox, DISH, Sling TV, Amazon
Prime, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Apple i0s, Android TV,
Android Mobil, Google Play, Xumo, Roku, Tubi,
KartoonChannel.com, Samsung Smart TVs and LG TVs. For additional
information, please visit www.gnusbrands.com.
Forward Looking Statements: Certain statements
in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as
"may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast,"
"project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements
regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are
forward-looking statements. While the Company believes these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should
not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are
based on information available to us on the date of this release.
These forward looking statements are based upon current estimates
and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties,
including without limitation, our ability to generate revenue or
achieve profitability; our ability to obtain additional financing
on acceptable terms, if at all; the potential issuance of a
significant number of shares, which will dilute our equity holders;
fluctuations in the results of our operations from period to
period; general economic and financial conditions; our ability to
anticipate changes in popular culture, media and movies, fashion
and technology; competitive pressure from other distributors of
content and within the retail market; our reliance on and
relationships with third-party production and animation studios;
our ability to market and advertise our products; our reliance on
third-parties to promote our products; our ability to keep pace
with technological advances; our ability to protect our
intellectual property and those other risk factors set forth in the
“Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and in the Company's subsequent filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Thus, actual
results could be materially different. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by law.
MEDIA CONTACT:pr@gnusbrands.com
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