New Video Game-Based CGI Series to Premiere on Nickelodeon

NEW YORK, August 13: Nickelodeon’s new CG-animated series Tak
and the Power of Juju, based on the popular
Nick/THQ video game, will premiere on the network with two back-to-back
half-hour episodes on Friday, August 31, from 8 p.m.

Tak and the Power of Juju is Nickelodeon's first CG-animated series produced at the Nickelodeon
Animation Studios in Burbank. In support of the launch, Nicktoons Network,
Nickelodeon’s 24-hour animation network, will air the premiere episodes the
following day, September 1, at 11 a.m. The series will air regularly on Sundays
at 10 a.m. on Nickelodeon.

The Tak franchise was first introduced by THQ as a video
game in 2003, and 3 million units have been shipped worldwide since then. “Tak
and the Power of Juju” was the first installment in the series of games and has
since sold over 1 million units worldwide. The second installment, “Tak 2: The
Staff of Dreams,” came one year later and was followed by “Tak: The Great Juju
Challenge.”

Leading up to the premiere, Nickelodeon will offer
additional short form videos of Tak and the Power of Juju, as well as instant replays of episodes, on
TurboNick, its broadband player, after its on-air premiere. In August,
short-form videos of Tak and the Power of Juju will be available on Nickelodeon Mobile on various
wireless carriers. Tak and the Power of Juju post-premiere episodes will stream on
video-on-demand and will be available for download to purchase on Nickelodeon's
direct-to-video distribution partner platforms.

There is also a dedicated online destination for the series.
Once on the Tak and the Power of Juju
site, visitors can explore multiple worlds, tour Tak's village, hang out in the
Juju bizarre and enter exclusive Juju destinations. Features available on the
site include games and videos, character biographies, downloadable
screensavers, icons and wallpaper, and other distinctive Tak and Nick.com
content.

Tak and the Power of Juju follows the teenage jungle-boy Tak, voiced by Hal Sparks (Talk
Soup), and his fellow Pupununu villagers as
they deal with their fate as the unluckiest tribe in the world. Their lives are
sometimes helped—and frequently made more complicated—by the
strange and mystical Jujus, with whom Tak has a special bond. Tak is the only
Pupununu who holds the "Power of Juju," which allows him to access
magic usually only available to 177-year-old shamans.

"Tak is a great
example of Nickelodeon's ability to develop an original character-based
property and broaden it to multiple entertainment platforms," said
Marjorie Cohn, the executive VP of original programming and development at
Nickelodeon Television. "As our first in-house CG-animated series, it is
another example of Nick's leadership in creating diverse, cutting-edge
animation."