{"id":9843,"date":"2016-04-05T06:01:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T17:32:28","slug":"mattel-announces-bob-the-builder-deals-fireman-sam-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mattel-announces-bob-the-builder-deals-fireman-sam-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattel Announces Bob the Builder Deals, Fireman Sam Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: The content-creation arm of Mattel has unveiled various international broadcast deals for the all-new <em>Bob the Builder<\/em>, plus a new hour-long <em>Fireman Sam<\/em> special.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Bob the Builder<\/em> deals will see the reboot of the popular preschool brand launch on Channel 11 in Australia, Dreamia-Panda in Portugal, NRK \u2013 Super in Norway, Russia\u2019s Karusel and ATV-Minika in Turkey. The agreements follow the announcement of an upcoming special based on the show, titled <em>Bob the Builder: Mega Machines \u2013 The Movie<\/em>. The special is set for a TV and DVD release next year, with Mattel subsidiary HIT Entertainment handling production and DHX Media distributing worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Keenan, the senior VP of global content and executive producer at Mattel Creations, said: \u201c<em>Bob the Builder<\/em> continues to build momentum across many new markets and, as our stories get bigger, so too does our global reach. <em>Bob the Builder: Mega Machines<\/em> is a testament to this; the film tells the story of Bob&#8217;s biggest build yet and introduces three new \u2018mega\u2019 characters who help reinforce the show&#8217;s themes of teamwork, perseverance and optimism, with plenty of comedy, construction and conflict resolution along the way. We&#8217;re confident that <em>Bob the Builder: Mega Machines<\/em> will delight young audiences around the world and pave the way for further adventures with Bob and the team.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Josh Scherba, the senior VP of distribution for DHX Media, said: \u201c<em>Bob the Builder<\/em> is a tremendous kids\u2019 brand and DHX is delighted to be the worldwide distributor. The new <em>Mega Machines<\/em> movie will be a terrific addition to the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Mattel Creations announced a brand-new, feature-length special for its CG-animated <em>Fireman Sam<\/em> that will launch next year and feature David Tennant as its guest voice.<\/p>\n<p>Tennant (<em>Dr. Who<\/em>) will voice the villain Buck Douglas in <em>Fireman Sam: Alien Alert<\/em>, which is currently being produced by HIT Entertainment and has been animated in China by Beijing-based Xing Xing Digital Corporation. DHX Media will distribute the special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Alien Alert<\/em> is an action-packed <em>Fireman Sam<\/em> adventure for preschoolers, and we\u2019re delighted to have the talented David Tennant on board as the voice of Buck,\u201d Keenan said. \u201cThe special stays true to core <em>Fireman Sam<\/em> values\u2014bravery, loyalty, heroism, community and teamwork\u2014but takes us to new levels of excitement with a sci-fi slant that includes new characters, rescue vehicles, locations and plot twists. Producing <em>Alien Alert <\/em>has been an incredible joy and we&#8217;re confident that our young audience will be captivated by our most dramatic <em>Fireman Sam<\/em> story yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scherba added: \u201cDHX is thrilled to be distributing <em>Fireman Sam<\/em> around the world, and this new feature will make a great addition to the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: The content-creation arm of Mattel has unveiled various international broadcast deals for the all-new Bob the Builder, plus a new hour-long Fireman Sam special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":9844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[266,1039,178,1040,269,271],"class_list":["post-9843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bob-the-builder","tag-david-tennant","tag-dhx-media","tag-fireman-sam","tag-hit-entertainment","tag-mattel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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