Mipcom 2008 Comprehensive Product Guide 4kids entertainment, inc

Toot & Puddle

Children's Animation (52 x 11min)

Language: English

Writer: Holly Hobbie

Co-Production Partners: NGKE and Treehouse

Producer: Clint Eland, Mercury Filmworks

Delivery Status: In Production

Year of Production: 2008-09, Country of Origin: Canada

A gorgeous new pre-school series that follows the escapades of two very different piggy best-buddies. Toot is a globe-trotting adventurer, while Puddle is more a backyard explorer, finding excitement closer to home.

Are We There Yet? World Adventure

Kids Live Action/Magazine (78 x 7min)

Language: English

Writer: JJ Johnson

Co-Production Partners: NGKE and Treehouse

Producer: JJ Johnson, Sinking Ship Entertainment

Delivery Status: In Production

Year of Production: 2007-08, Country of Origin: Canada

A unique global adventure series hosted by four young sibling duos.

Inside Sumo's Ultimate Clash

People & Places Documentary (1 x 52 min)

Producer: Peter Yost, NGT

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: US

An unprecedented look at the 1500 year-old tradition of Sumo wrestling, culminating in a showdown between the world's two best Yokozuna - Grand Champions.

At MIPCOM: Belinda Menendez (President, NBC Universal International Television Distribution)

Office: H4.05, Level 4, Palais Des Festivals, Tel: 33(0)492.99.87.91/2/3

KATH & KIM

Comedy (12 x 30 min) NBC (new)

Exec. Producers: Michelle Nader, Paul Feig, Wil Calhoun, Mark Koops, Howard Owens, Gina Riley, Jane Turner, Rick McKenna

Cast: Molly Shannon, Selma Blair, John Michael Higgins, Mikey Day

Meet the most dysfunctional duo in suburbia.

KINGS

Drama (1 X 120 plus 11 X 60) NBC (new)

Cast: Ian McShane, Christopher Egan, Sebastian Stan, Allison Miller, Susanna Thompson, Wes Studi, Sarita Choudhury

Golden Globe® winner Ian McShane stars in this inspired exploration of the timeless David vs. Goliath struggle from writer Michael Green (Heroes) and film director Frances Lawrence (I Am Legend).

KNIGHT RIDER

Drama (1 X 120 and 13 X 60 ) NBC (new)

Exec. Producers: Gary Scott Thompson, David Bartis, Doug Liman, Matt Pyken

Cast: Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bruce Davison, Val Kilmer, Paul Campbell

The iconic 1980s television classic that became a high-speed smash hit comes roaring back to life with this updated, high-octane action series!

MY OWN WORST ENEMY

Drama (13 x 60) NBC (new)

Exec. Producers: Jason Smilovic, David Semel, John Eisendrath

Cast: Christian Slater, Madchen Amick, Saffron Burrows, Mike O'Malley, Alfre Woodard, Cierra Ramirez

My Own Worst Enemy raises the question: who can you trust when you can’t trust yourself?

THE STARTER WIFE

Drama (10 x 60) USA (new series)

Exec. Producers: Debra Messing, Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon, Stephanie Davis, Howard Klein, Gigi Levangie Grazer, Molly Madden

Cast: Debra Messing, Chris Diamantopoulos, Judy Davis, Hart Bochner, David Alan Basche, Danielle Nicolet, Brielle Barbusca

After the smash success of the six-hour television event, Emmy® Award winner Debra Messing reprises her leading role in this stylish and addictive series continuation of The Starter Wife.

CAPRICA

Drama (1 x 120) SCI FI (new)

Director: Jeff Reiner

Cast: Esai Morales, Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcomson, Alessandra Torresani, Polly Walker, Roger Cross, Magda Apanowicz

The highly anticipated prequel to the critically-acclaimed Battlestar Galactica, Caprica is a television movie event set 50 years before the Galactica saga that chronicles the last generations of man before the emergence of the Cylon menace.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA

Reality (7 x 60) BRAVO (new)

An up-close and personal look at life in 'Hotlanta, ' "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" follows five glamorous southern belles as they balance motherhood, demanding careers and a fast-paced social calendar.

THE RACHEL ZOE PROJECT

Reality (6 x 60) BRAVO (new)

Exec. Producers: Charlie Corwin, Jamie Patricof, Rachel Zoe

Featuring: Rachel Zoe

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe gives viewers a fly-on-the wall look at how she juggles daily a stable of “it” starlet clientele, fashion houses and magazine editors in this docu-drama series!

CHANGELING

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly

CORALINE

Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ian McShane

DEATH RACE

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane

THE EXPRESS

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Omar Benson Miller, Clancy Brown, Charles S. Dutton

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Mila Kunis – featuring Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Jack McBrayer

FROST/NIXON

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Matthew Macfadyen, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss

THE INCREDIBLE HULK

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt

KIDS IN AMERICA

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Theresa Palmer

MAMMA MIA!

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper

THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Luke Ford

STATE OF PLAY

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Stephen Collins, Della Frye, Rachel McAdams, Anne Collins, Robin Wright Penn, Cameron Lynne, Dominic Foy, Jason Bateman

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman, Emma Watson, Sigourney Weaver

WANTED

Cast: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Common, Thomas Kretschmann

WILD CHILD

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson, Aidan Quinn, Shirley Henderson

THE WOLFMAN

Feature film Highlights

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving

At MIPCOM: Renaud Lombart (MD)

Office: H4.35, Tel: 33(0)613.3584.63.

MUSICIAN OF NATURE

Documentary (52 min)X3

Language: French, Englsih

Director: Bruno Victor-Pujebet

Writer: Vladimir Cagnolari/Bruno Victor-Pujebet

Producer: CINETEVE

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: France

For the first time you will be WATCHING ALL sounds thanks to ONE UNIQUE MUSICIAN; Christian HOLL.

At MIPCOM: Nesim Hason (President), Ron Gell (Chief Content Officer), Radu Nicolau

(President- New Films Int Romania), Rita Baghdadi (Manager- Operations & Development), Anna Gogacz (Sales Assistant)

Office: IFTA 01.02, Tel: 011.33.(0)4.92.99.82.07

RAG TALE

Comedy, Romance (123 min)

Language: English

Director: Mary McGuckian

Writer: Mary McGuckian

Producer: Mary McGuckian, Jeff Abberley, Tom Reeve

Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Rupert Graves, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bill

Paterson, Lucy Davis, Ian Hart, Sara Stockbridge

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2005, Country of Origin: UK

At the official weekly editorial meeting for The Rag, always the same repost: “Who are we going to get this week?” And always the same jokes in response to the predictable roll call of proposals in the worst possible taste.

FRAME OF MIND

Drama (100 min)

Language: English

Director: Carl T. Evans

Writer: Charles Kipps, Carl T. Evans

Producer: Charles Kipps, Carl T. Evans

Key Cast: Carl T. Evans, Arija Bareikis, Chris Noth, Tony Lo Bianco,

Barbara Barrie, Don Harvey, Frank Gio, Noelle Beck, Sharon Angela

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA

A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination.

THE MAKING of PLUS ONE

Comedy

Director: Mary McGuckian

Writer: Mary McGuckian

Producer: Jeff Abberley, Martin Katz, Mary McGuckian

Key Cast: Lothaire Bluteau, Katie Boland, Geraldine Chaplin, Donna D'Errico, Michael Eklund, Pierre Henry, Suzan-Lori Parks, Amanda Plummer

Delivery Status: In Production

Country of Origin: Canada, UK

The story of a Hollywood Nobody, set during the Cannes Film Festival, “The Making of Plus One” packs a punch and pokes more than a little fun at the celebrity obsession fuelling the modern day film industry.

SERBIAN SCARS

Action, Drama, Thriller (100 min)

Language: English- Serbo-Croatian

Director: Brent Huff

Writer: Gary M. Lumpp, Vladimir Rajcic

Producer: Vladimir Rajcic

Key Cast: Vladimir Rajcic, Michael Madsen, Mark Dacascos, Steve Agnew, Bojana Brankovic, Claudia Christian, Jack Dimich, Joe Estevez, Brent Huff

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA- Serbia

Follows a soldier who ventures to America in search of his long lost brother, unaware that his brother may hold the key to a devastating weapon their father developed years ago and that a terrorist now wants to possess.

INCONCEIVABLE

Comedy, Drama (105 min)

Language: English

Director: Mary McGuckian

Writer: Mary McGuckian

Producer: Martin Katz, Mary McGuckian, Jeff Abberley

Key Cast: David Alpay, Lothaire Bluteau, Nicholas Campbell, Geraldine Chaplin, Oona Chaplin, Colm Feore, Kerry Fox, Andie MacDowell, Jennifer Tilly

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: Canada

Lesbians, Infertile Couples, Singles, a pair of Gay men (and the odd widow who needs the inheritance!) - all desperate for that one thing that will change their lives forever – a child.

FUNNY

Comedy

Director: Mustafa Altioklar

Writer: Mustafa Altioklar, Ron Moon, Son Vardy

Co-Production Partners: Nesim Hason

Delivery Status: Pre-Production

Country of Origin: USA

A dangerous drug dealer hides his big score in a rare Marilyn Monroe blow up doll. When the deal goes bad and the score goes missing, Marilyn becomes the center of a crazy night filled with coincidences and second chances.

ZERO POINT

Adventure, thriller

Language: English

Delivery Status: Pre-Production

Two Turkish scientists have a solution to the world’s energy crisis, but one of them has sold the information to the wrong people. Now a Turkish Secret Service Agent and an American CIA Agent must work together to keep it in safe hands.

NINTH MAN

Adventure, Action

Language: English

Director: Jesse Johnson

Writer: Salih Tastan, Jesse Johnson

Co-Production Partners: Nesim Hason

Delivery Status: Pre-Production

Emre, a chosen member of an elite assassin group that has stood the test of time has to choose between tradition and all that he has known or a chance at love and living a normal life.

International Sales Agent

At MIPCOM: CG Anderson (CEO), Michael Werner (Sales Manager) (Mobile 46.707.33.28.55), Judith Toth (Sales Executive) (Mobile 46.704.16.99.83)

Office: 18:17, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8212

GNOMES AND TROLLS

Children / Family (75 min + 5x15 min)

Language: English

Director: Robert Rhodin

Producer: Carl Johan Merner

Prod. Comp: White Shark AB

Voices: EG Daily (HAPPY FEET), Greg Berg (CHICKEN LITTLE, THE WILD AND TOY STORY)), James Arnold Taylor (TMNT), André Sogliuzzo (THE POLAR EXPRESS)

Status: Completed

Country: Sweden, Year: 2008

Junior, a teenage gnome, embarks on a heroic journey together with his best friend Sneaky, a paranoid neurotic crow.

MOOMIN - and Midsummer Madness (Muumi ja vaarallinen juhannus)

Animation (74 min + 26x26 min)

Language: English

Dubbed versions: yes Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic

Director: Maria Lindberg Patrik Syversen

Producer: Tom Carpelan Torleif Hauge

Prod. Comp: Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab Fender Film AS

Status: Completed

Country: Finland

Year: 2008, Subtitles: yes

A tranquil summer day in the Moomin Valley is interrupted by a volcanic eruption and a huge surge.

MANHUNT (ROVDYR)

Horror (76 min)

Language: Norwegian, Subtitles: yes

Director: Patrik Syversen

Scriptwriter: Patrik Syversen and Nini Bull Robsahm

Producer: Torleif Hauge

Prod. Comp: Fender Film AS

Cast: Henriette Bruusgaard, Jørn-Bjørn Fulller-Gee, Lasse Valdal, Nini Bull Robsahm

Status: Completed

Country: Norway, Year: 2008

The Summer of 1974. Four youths on a hiking trip are abducted and dropped off in the woods. Someone is out hunting and they're the prey.

THE MAN WHO LOVED YNGVE (MANNEN SOM ELSKET YNGVE)

Drama (98 min)

Language: Norwegian

Subtitles: yes

Director: Stian Kristiansen

Scriptwriter: Tore Renberg

Producer: Yngve Sæther

Prod. Comp: Motlys

Cast: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Ida Elise Broch, Arthur Berning, Ole Christoffer Ertvåg

Status: Completed

Country: Norway, Year: 2008

Jarle Klepp got everything and will soon launch punk band, Mathias Rust Band with his buddy. But then Yngve, the new boy in class appears.

SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT

Documentary (8 x 30 min or 8 x 23 min)

Directed by: Tony Ryman

Written by: Tony Ryman

Cast: Magnus and Henrik Rongedal

Produced by: Tony Ryman

Status: Completed

Country: Sweden/China

Through this TV series, you will be treated to remarkable insight into the Chinese way of life. We have managed to get closer to the average Chinese person than we ever have believed possible.

THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION (Kautokeino-opprøret)

Drama (96 min)

Language: Norwegian

Subtitles: yes

Director: Nils Gaup (Academy Award® nominated PATHFINDER)

Scriptwriter: Nils Gaup, Nils Isak Eira

Producer: Börje Hansson, Jørgen Storm Rosenberg

Prod. Comp: Filmlance International, Rubicon TV AS

Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Peter Andersson, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Mikkel Gaup, Asle Mathis Gaup, Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup, Mikael Nyqvist, Bjørn Sundquist

Status: Completed

Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Year: 2007

Set in 1852, modernisation is about to enter the village Kautokeino, where authority is held by a ruthless liquor dealer.

SWITCH

Language: Norwegian

Subtitles: yes

Director: Ole Martin Hafsmo

Scriptwriter: Peder Fuglerud

Producer: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg

Prod. Comp: Rubicon Film AS

Cast: Sebastian Stigar, Peter Stormare, Ida Elise Broch, Espen Klouman Høiner, Hilde Lyrån

Status: Completed / 1 screening

Country: Norway, Year: 2007

When Mikkel falls in love with the girlfriend of the local snowboard champion, a fearful journey towards the big tournament begins…

THE KING OF PING PONG (PING PONG KINGEN)

Drama (107 min)

Language: Swedish

Subtitles: yes

Director: Jens Jonsson

Scriptwriter: Jens Jonsson, Hans Gunnarsson

Producer: Jan Blomgren

Prod. Comp: Bob Film Sweden

Cast: Jerry Johansson, Hampus Johansson, Georgi Staykov, Ann-Sofie Nurmi, Frederik Nilsson

Status: Completed / 2 screenings

Country: Sweden, Year: 2007

Rille, who only excels in the ping pong room, descends into a life-and-death struggle with his younger, popular brother when the truth about their father surfaces during their spring break.

BLOOD BROTHERS (Bloed broeders)

Drama Thriller (95 min)

Language: Dutch

Subtitles: yes

Director: Arno Dierickx

Scriptwriter: Jan Bernard Bussemaker, Bert Bouma

Producer: Reinier Selen & Edwin van Meurs

Prod. Comp: Rinkel Film & TV Productions BV

Cast: Erik van Heijningen, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Sander van Amsterdam,

Derk Stenvers, Pierre Bokma

Status: Completed

Country: The Netherlands, Year: 2007

Inspired by an infamous murder case, Blood Brothers tells the story of three young boys, whose actions lead to a fatal outcome.

NO NETWORK (Duggholufólkið)

Children Family (82 min)

Language: Icelandic

Director: Ari Kristinsson

Producer: Ari Kristinsson, Margrét María Pálsdóttir, Richard Welnowsky

Prod. Comp: Taka Film Production

Cast: Bergþór Þorvaldsson, Þórdís Hulda Árnadóttir, Árni Beinteinn Árnason, Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir

Status: Completed

Country: Iceland

When Kalli visits his father at an isolated farm, he has to fight “real life” challenges while encountering fictional creatures.

THE MEN AND BERGMAN

Language: Swedish

Subtitles: Yes

Producer: Stockholm International Film Festival

Production company: Stockholm International Film Festival

Program host: Nils Petter Sundgren

Status: Completed

Country of production: Sweden

The documentary is dedicated to the late Ingmar Bergman where several prominent Swedish actors discuss their work with Bergman in film and theater.

THE WOMEN AND BERGMAN

Documentary (29:00 min)

Language: Swedish

Subtitles: Yes

Producer: Stockholm International Film Festival

Program host: Nils Petter Sundgren

Production company: Stockholm International Film Festival

Country of production: Sweden

The documentary is dedicated to the late Ingmar Bergman A number of prominent Ingmar Bergman actresses discuss their work with Bergman in film and theater.

At MIPCOM: Danny Dimbort (Co Chairman), Christian Mercuri (President International Distribution)

Office: 11.05

RED SONJA

Co-Director & Producer: Robert Rodriguez (“Sin City”, “Grindhouse”)

Writer: David White

Cast: Rose McGowan

Status: Pre Production

A young girl rises from the ashes of tragedy to become the most feared warrior woman of all time: the She-Devil with a Sword.

LEAVES OF GRASS

Director: Tim Blake Nelson

Writer: Tim Blake Nelson

Cast: Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss

Status: Pre Production

A comedy about an Ivy League professor who is tricked into going home to Oklahoma where he becomes embroiled in his pot-dealing twin brother’s problems.

RIOT (SCARED STRAIGHT)

Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Nicolas Cage

Status: Pre Production

A death row inmate is helping to reform a group of juvenile delinquents in a Scared Straight program when a large-scale riot breaks out.

NINJA

Director: Isaac Florentine

Status: In Production

A ninja hiding in New York is forced to confront his past when a brutal gang of Yakuza assassins reveal his identity.

LABOR PAINS

Director: Lara Shapiro

Writer: Stacey Kramer, Lara Shapiro

Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Luke Kirby

Status: Post Production

Thea is a young assistant working at a stuffy publishing house. When Thea’s nightmare of a boss threatens to fire her, her panic leads her to claim she’s pregnant.

FAKE IDENTITY

Director: Dennis Dimster Denk

Writer: Dennis Dimster Denk and Zvia Dimbort

Cast: Val Kilmer

Status: Pre Production

While visiting Bulgaria, an American doctor is mistaken for a spy by an international gangster. A dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues.

AS GOOD AS DEAD

Director: Jonathan Mossek

Cast: Andie MacDowell, Brian Cox, Cary Elwes, Laura Harring

Status: Pre Production

Members of a white hate group torture and plan to kill a man whom they believe killed one of their leaders – but evidence suggests they have the wrong man.

CONAN

Director: TBD

Cast: TBD

Status: Pre Production

The adventure based on the mythical conqueror, Conan the Barbarian.

At MIPCOM: Eliot M Cohen (Managing Director), Joanne Goldring – Cohen (Executive Director)

Office: H4.35, Tel: 0033668813775. Fax: 0044 207 723 3064

Soccer Explosion

Sport / Documentary (8 x 23 mins)

Language: English

Director: Joanne Goldring-Cohen

Co-Production Partners: OVC Media Ltd

Producer: Eliot M Cohen

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2006/2007, Country of Origin: UK

Soccer Explosion is a series of great programmes which features many famous European players circa 1996. Featured players: Ronaldo, Shearer, Gullit, Vialli, Zola, Gascoigne and many more……

Healthy Lifestyle

Health / Documentary (7 x 45 mins)

Language: English

Director: Joanne-Goldring Cohen

Co-Production Partners: OVC Media Ltd

Producer: Eliot M Cohen

Delivery Status: Completed

Year of Production: 2006/2007, Country of Origin: UK

7 part series, each episode focusing on a different aspect of healthy lifestyle, providing a guide to living healthy with help of alternative therapies, Aromatherapy, Yoga, Acupressure, Stress Relief, Reflexology, Feng-Shui & Shiatsu