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- Studio: Uni Dist Corp (Music)
- DVD Release Date: July 5, 2011
- Run Time: 765 minutes
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Hasbro, Inc. Teams Up with Ruckus Mobile Media to Bring Innovative Storybook Apps to a Global Audience
Immersive Children’s Apps Based on Hasbro’s Iconic TRANSFORMERS PRIME, TONKA CHUCK AND FRIENDS and MY LITTLE PONY Brands Due to Arrive on Apple and Android Platforms in 2011
PAWTUCKET, R.I. & NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and Ruckus Mobile Media today announced a strategic licensing agreement under which the companies will collaborate in developing interactive storybook applications based on Hasbro brands across all digital platforms. The deal marks Hasbro’s further expansion into digital publishing, a sector the company has identified as a major strategic focus. The first three children’s storybook apps – TONKA CHUCK AND FRIENDS, MY LITTLE PONY and TRANSFORMERS PRIME – are slated to begin roll out in May 2011 and will deliver immersive reading experiences with interactive storytelling including title specific activities, coloring and read-and-record functions.
“With this agreement, we’ve significantly expanded the number of choices in Hasbro’s digital library. Now kids and parents can enjoy Hasbro-branded children’s storybook apps anytime, anywhere.”
“We look forward to teaming with Ruckus to jointly create innovative, content-rich children’s storybook apps based on some of our most popular properties, a core strategy in the extension of Hasbro’s branded play experiences to platforms that resonate with today’s global consumer,” said Simon Waters, Senior Vice President of Global Brand Licensing and Publishing at Hasbro. “With this agreement, we’ve significantly expanded the number of choices in Hasbro’s digital library. Now kids and parents can enjoy Hasbro-branded children’s storybook apps anytime, anywhere.”
Ruckus Mobile Media is joining creative forces with the global branded play company to develop Hasbro-inspired children’s storybook apps with both parent and child in mind, providing shared reading experiences and exciting stories for independent readers. The innovative apps will be built organically for mobile devices, weaving original storylines into overarching series themes and incorporating the latest in touch-screen technology to keep content fresh for young, savvy users who are rapidly becoming more adept at consuming digital media.
“We are tremendously excited about this deal and the fact that we’ll be bringing our creative expertise into developing applications for some of Hasbro’s most popular brands,” said Rick Richter, Ruckus Mobile Media’s President and CEO. “Ruckus is committed to delivering the highest quality family mobile entertainment applications and we’re thrilled to be working with one of the world’s most trusted children’s entertainment leaders.”
Ruckus Mobile Media has been granted worldwide rights in English speaking markets and is scheduled to release the Hasbro children’s storybook apps across a variety of popular mobile platforms, including Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, beginning with TONKA CHUCK AND FRIENDS in May 2011, followed by TRANSFORMERS PRIME and MY LITTLE PONY.
About Ruckus Media Group
Ruckus Media Group introduces traditional storytelling for today’s ways of telling stories by creating applications for mobile devices that entertain toddlers to teens from their fingers to their minds, at home or on the road—and invite their imaginations to grow. Launched in September 2010, Ruckus is now home to fifteen children’s book apps, including Best App award finalists A PRESENT FOR MILO, written and illustrated by Mike Austin; ANDREW ANSWERS, created by bestselling children’s book author Alan Katz; as well as THE VELVETEEN RABBIT: TOLD BY MERYL STREEP and other Read-Play-and-Record-Along classic storybook apps. See http://www.ruckusmediagroup.com for a full listing and additional information.
About Hasbro, Inc.
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company’s world class brand portfolio. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, video games and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its customers through the strategic leveraging of well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. The Hub, Hasbro’s multi-platform joint venture with Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) launched on October 10, 2010. The online home of The Hub is http://www.hubworld.com. The Hub logo and name are trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.
Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. © 2011 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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**TUNE-IN**
Starting this Saturday 4/9 - all original episodes of TRANSFORMERS PRIME will move to Saturdays at 7:00PM EST.
WHAT: “Speed Metal”: Trying to impress a girl and get even with the school bully, Jack convinces Bumblebee to help him win a street race, but the action speeds out of control when Knockout arrives.
WHERE: The Hub cable TV network. To find the channel in your area, please visit http://www.hubworld.com and check the Channel Locator at the top of the page.
WHEN: April 9, 7:00PM EST.
"Transformers Prime" is produced for The Hub by Hasbro Studios and will air weekly Saturdays at 7:00PM EST.
For more information about The Hub, visit http://www.hubworld.com.
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Flint Dille was born to write. His father was the publisher of the original “Buck Rogers” comic strip and he’s followed in the his footsteps as an acclaimed writer of both animation and video games. During the eighties, Flint served as both a writer and Story Editor on a little known series called “Transformers”, including the mini-series, “Five Faces of Darkness” that revealed the origin of the Transformers. So what was it like working on one of the greatest cartoons of all time? What were the politics of writing such a show?
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The Hub is moving premiere episodes of Transformers Prime, G.I. Joe Renegades and Hubworld to Saturdays, instead of their previous Friday premiere timeslots.
Hubworld will air new episodes on Saturdays at 4 p.m. ET starting April 9. Transformers Prime will have premiere episodes on Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET starting April 9 as well. G.I. Joe Renegades will return with premieres on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. ET starting April 16.
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When the descendants of the treacherous Decepticons — now known as Predacons — land on a mysterious planet in search of the powerful crystal fuel Energon, it’s up to Optimus Primal and the heroic Maximals to stop them before they conquer the universe!
Bonus Features:
- Retrospective featurettes
- Art galleries
- New interviews
- 12-pg book
Bonus! The Transformers – Beast Wars: Complete Series set includes a 24-page comic book Transformers Timelines “Dawn of Future’s Past.” Originally published by Fun Publications for BotCon in 2006, this is the official prequel story leading right up to the start of Beast Wars and offers valuable insight into all of the events that led to Optimus Primal’s crew chasing after Megatron and his Predacons! Fans will enjoy this pre- Beast Wars story as well as several other Transformers extras! The story is written by Forest Lee and Pete Sinclair with Beast Wars story editor Bob Forward and Benson Yee serving as story consultants.
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Optimus Prime becomes infected with a Decepticon plague.
A Decepticon plague infects Optimus Prime, so Arcee and Bumblebee sneak onto the Nemesis to find the cure.
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