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| 29 Sep 2014 06:13 PM |
Rainbow Studios’ popular Winx Club franchise is set for a spin-off, with the new series Winx Club WOW: World of Winx due out exclusively in all Netflix territories by early 2016.
The new show, slated to have two 13x22-minute seasons, will see the Winx Club fairies embark on an undercover journey around the world looking for talented children in art, sports, music and science. The title forms part of Rainbow and Netflix’s growing partnership, which has already led to the release of earlier Winx Club seasons on the digital TV network, along with other Rainbow properties such as PopPixie and Mia and me.
“We are very happy to be building a solid and wide collaboration with Netflix, so extending it to include new and original content is fantastic news,” said Iginio Straffi, the president and CEO of Rainbow Group. “Netflix is an innovative and exciting presence in the field of content distribution and our production teams are busy putting together what will be a brand-new and truly magical experience for Winx Club fans across the globe.”
They will also be releasing the 3rd installment in their theatrical franchise in English speaking territories, after it's theatrical release in other countries is over.
How do you guys feel about this?
I'm excited, because Netflix has made some great TV shows. Just hope we're not disappointed!
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| 29 Sep 2014 06:24 PM |
| Pretty excited, but hopefully it will be good. I wasn't a huge fan of the continuation that Nickelodeon gave to Winx Club, so hopefully Netflix does better! |
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| 29 Sep 2014 07:32 PM |
| Interesting. I wonder if they'll build a new show from the ground up as opposed to just taking and dubbing more of the italain stuff. |
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| 29 Sep 2014 08:16 PM |
Actually, they started to doing that two years ago and it failed.
Seasons 5 and 6 which were co-produced by Nickelodeon, were vastly different than the previous four seasons and they were targeted at a younger audience. With the animation being animated to an English vocal track, the script was basically watered down into a very slow paced, low vocabulary mess.
The CGI in both Seasons 5, 6, and the 3rd film was animated to English audio tracks, instead of the Italian audio like the the previous 4 and other two films.
However, now that Nickelodeon has opted out of their contract for a US release, Season 7 and onward will be produced by Rainbow and aired on Nickelodeon's global networks with little or no interference besides broadcasting rights.
Basically, the show was better without Nickelodeon's interference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T11zSkal1gA
That video just proves what an American dubbing company can do to a script. Very disappointing.
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| 29 Sep 2014 08:17 PM |
So yeah, this project will be a co-production.
Rainbow would never sell the entire brand, and I'm sure the contract is much more strict after Nickelodeon's neglect for the show.
Nick had a 30% stake in Rainbow, which has since been reduced (Finally, they were doing a terrible job)
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| 30 Sep 2014 05:10 PM |
| Awww i wish i had netflix! but sounds cool. Dane if a trailer comes out can u put it on your winx channel or your new one. |
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| 05 Oct 2014 08:44 AM |
I'm too excited for this! I can't wait until 2016 :'c. Well,that's life. I have Netflix,they show great shows on Netflix. I've never heard about PopPixie before and well,now I know. This is beyond amazing. Thank you for keeping us informed Dane.
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| 05 Oct 2014 08:47 AM |
Yeah whatever
Just tell me why you dropped season 1 of black butler, netflix, you dumkopfs |
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| 13 Nov 2014 02:34 PM |
| AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I can't wait!!!! |
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