Paramount Plans New Project Based on Kidrobot Characters

September 11, 2008 World Screen

HOLLYWOOD, September 11:
Paramount Pictures and W!LDBRAIN have teamed up to develop a feature film based
on Kidrobot limited-edition toys for the Nickelodeon Movies family label.

The movie, produced by
former Paramount executive Scott Aversano, will be the first in a series of
projects to be developed around the Kidrobot characters. Executive producers on
the project are Paul Budnitz, the president and founder of Kidrobot; Bob
Higgins, the head of creative at W!LDBRAIN; and Charles Rivkin, the president
and CEO of W!LDBRAIN.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski