Cookie Jar and DiC To Merge

Ghostbusters isn't a DIC franchise. If Cookie Jar wanted to do a new series, they'd have to talk to Sony Pictures Entertainment about that (same thing with Karate Kid). Oh yeah, Sony also controls Dinosaucers since that show was originally syndicated by Coca-Cola Telecommunications (Coca-Cola once owned Columbia Pictures, which is now part of Sony).

The Chipmunks is controlled by Bagdasarian Productions.

Sonic is controlled by Sega of course; Mario is controlled by Nintendo of course. BKN holds the TV rights to all three Sonic shows. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show might be CBS' territory TV wise since Viacom originally syndicated that show. Not sure about SMB 3 or SMW, though.

Ultraforce is now controlled by Marvel Comics after they acquired Malibu Comics, who originally controlled the Ultraforce property. In the mean time, BKN currently holds the TV rights.

Although Cookie Jar technically has the rights to the Heathcliff and Dennis the Menace that DIC created (they can have those broadcast on TV or released on DVD whenever they want); if they wanted to created new such shows, they would need to talk to the respective copyright owners (King Features for Dennis; Creators Syndicate for Heathcliff).

C.O.P.S. and MASK were DIC originals as far as I know (I know that Inspector Gadget is one for certain), so maybe...

Captain N is not quite that simple. DIC created the original concept, but most of the characters that appear in that one were created by other (video game) companies. "Kevin" was a character from a series of early NES commercials, plus I THINK Nintendo owns the Captain N name.

I'm really sorry for shooting down your post, but Cookie Jar would (hypothetically) only be able to do remakes (or whatever) of original DIC productions (of which they've made plenty in addition to adaptations).
 
So, Cookie Jar suddenly becomes well known (well, more well known than ever) in just under 5 years (they came in 2004) with having two incredibly large franchises, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake by their sides. I wonder what other "cookies" will Cookie Jar buy to put in their jar? Corus must be pissed at this.
 
Unless they can get KidsCo launched here in the states, I don't see much hope for Cookie Jar's lofty goals. Three hours a week, often shuffled around, isn't sufficient for a major entertainment brand.
 
Cookie Jar has been around since the 1970s when they were Cinar. Cinar produced a lot of shows over the decades, including Arthur, Young Robin Hood, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, among others.

The reason I said Corus is grumbling is because they own the Care Bears productions Cookie Jar doesn't, mainly the 80s series. Cookie Jar owns both the original DiC specials, the current DiC series, and, of course, the franchise itself.

I'd like to see what's Corus's next move going to be myself.
 
I was kind of prepared for a possible rebranding since, IIRC, they had registered the domain name www.cookiejartv.com.

And King Hippo, I don't mean to nitpick, but technically it's "The Incredible World of DIC".

In any case, my only real concern here is whether or not future DVD releases of DIC series retain their original DIC logos. I'm hoping they do. I really hope that Cookie Jar doesn't go on pretending as though "FilmFair", "DIC", and "Cinar" never existed. It may cause confusion among those who might not be aware otherwise, and thus takes unfair advantage of that.

Enough about that, though. We'll know what this block (not to be confused with This TV's "Cookie Jar Toons" block) is all about soon enough.
 
Rights to air series and physical owners can often be different things entirely.

God knows the industry has been screwed many times by X person holding production rights to a series or a work and it being torqued in an unintended way. There have also been some positive productions too however.

Such things as the last Superman movie, the latest Star Trek movie and *shudders* Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon are all examples of a series in the hand of a production company who wasn't necessarily intended.

Now I am basing my last post wholly based on Wikipedia which God knows is a good reference but by no means Gospel.

A lot of those series DIC produced and Cookie now has access to do look promising. I'll concede that the state of their production rights is highly in question and ultimately, the only people who truly know who has rights to exactly what aspect and production method of which properly lies in the hands of the litigators.
 
Well, The Chipmunks, Dinosaucers, Ghostbusters and Karate Kid isn't owned by Cookie Jar Group (This also includes Teddy Ruxpin, Camp Candy, Extreme Dinosaurs, both ALF series, G.I. Joe, Kissyfur, Kidd Video, Power Team, New Kids on The Block, Stunt Dawgs, and Where's Waldo). The only two shows from CINAR that Cookie Jar doesn't own or co-own is David The Gnome and The Adventures of Little Koala. I don't think Cookie Jar owns Patrol 03 or has most of the shows co-produced with Gamount/Alphanim from 1997 to 2004.

Ultraforce: Cookie Jar has rights to the show, as stated on their library page.

The Super Mario Bros are owned by Cookie Jar, while the characters are Nintendo bound. The Legend of Zelda is in the same way.

All Sonic tv series (except for Sonic X) are owned fully by Cookie Jar, while Sega holds Sonic.

All Captain N characters, comics and indica (except the series, which is on Cookie Jar's KEWL Cartoons site) is also Nintendo bound (with an exception on certain video games like Mega Man, which is Capcom).

And it's Dennis The Menace.
 
I know all about that, what I meant that ever since Cinar changed its name to Cookie Jar in 2004 (which actually former Nelvana toppers Michael Hirsh (one of the three founders with Pat and Clive) and Toper Taylor and other shareholders bought), CJ itself was getting more recognition, and I didn't even see your post until just now. Ain't Corus changing their management at the moment?
 
Just a quick correction, Jeff. The original Care Bears specials were actually made by a company called "Atkinson Film-Arts" (although DiC did use the "I wanna be a Care Bear" song from the second special as the opening theme to DiC's Care Bears TV series [the pre-Nelvana one from 1985 or so]). However, A F-A is now defunct, so DiC might own them. I'm not certain.
 
Whats the status of GI Joe (Dic version), hulk hogans rock n wrestling (it is on cookie jar's website, but ive also heard that the wwe owns the rights), and pole position?
 
lol so true... I wonder what that means for the Nelvana Care Bear serie... not that it would be a smash hit in video or anything huh?
 
It would be nice if they shown some of the old DIC shows like Beverly Hills Teens or Rainbow Brite Or better yet they put them on DVD.:D
 
Well, DiC replaced their 1984 and 1987 logos all the time. Maybe just the DiC logo appear and then Cookie Jar's logo is next.

And KidsCO. isn't happening because of:

1. Cookie Jar's partnership with This TV and CBS prevents it.
 
GI Joe is a Hasbro project and we know for fact they have the rights completely covered. A recent animed movie was shown on Adult Swim, IIR, the intent is for that to be test pilot for a potential series pending the popularity of the theatrical movie.

As far as the Nintendo stuff goes; thats very hazy territory. Most the contracts Nintendo signed back then were very, very, very open contracts. TPTB were less then educated on US Copyright law.

It's lead to Nintendo being INSANELY protective of properties after they got screwed around by Sony / Philips with their primary franchises. (Trust me, Nintendo wishes Wand of Gamalon would be forgotten forever).

I can't claim for sure, but I tend to have a feeling DIC still has some rights on Nintendo characters.

Either way, we already know rumors of a new Captain N series has been circulating around for a few months now.
 
But how would it work? Outside of Mario, Zelda, and Sonic, there are very few Wii/DS games that could work as cartoon plots, and i doubt theyd cross over with those franchises (well, maybe legend of zelda since there was a crossover on the original series).
 
Hey, Cookie Jar got a new showcase!

I'm sure you all heard about MGM and Weigel's new digital network, ThisTV launching this fall, right? Hmm . . . okay. If you haven't, it's a 24/7 digital channel availiable as subchannels that will air films and television series from MGM's huge library, and Cookie Jar Entertainment will air a daily morning and afternoon children's programming block, including satisfying the three-hour FCC E/I mandate with shows like Calliou and Doodlebops and non-E/I shows like Johnny Test and others. And considering they have the entire DiC library on tap, expect to see classic and current DiC shows as part of the new network. Could be nice.
 
I wasn't finished.


2. NBC Universal and Corus Entertainment (Nelvana) owns a stake in qubo on NBC and the digital channel. That is, unless Cookie Jar wants to have a stake in the channel and Big Idea, ION and Scholastic Entertainment would forefit their partnership, then ot would be changed into KidsCo.
 
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