ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS PARTNERS WITH
NICK CANNON'S NCREDIBLE ENTERTAINMENT TO
DEVELOP SCRIPTED AND NON-SCRIPTED TV SHOWS
BASED ON "JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS"
Archie Comic Publications, Inc. is excited to announce a partnership with entertainer and multi-media mogul Nick Cannon's NCredible Entertainment to develop a scripted and non-scripted television series based on "Josie and the Pussycats."
As part of Cannon's vision to revive the famed rock trio, a worldwide search for the new Josie, Melody and Valerie will be chronicled on a potential reality competition series. The plan also includes a possible Josie offshoot, a dramedy scripted series starring the new band members. In addition, Archie plans to launch several new and exciting publishing projects for "Josie and the Pussycats" to coincide with the new series.
"We are thrilled to be working with Nick Cannon and the NCredible Entertainment team," states Archie Comics Co-CEO Jon Goldwater. "His relentless passion and compelling creative vision is exactly what Archie Comics is all about. Through this partnership we envision endless possibilities with Archie's vast library of intellectual properties married with Cannon's range of interests and talents."
"Archie Comics and Josie and the Pussycats are both iconic brands that I am excited to be working with," adds Chairman & CEO of NCredible Entertainment Nick Cannon. "It is my vision to create a multi-platform campaign to bring the "Josie and the Pussycats" brand to life. I am grateful for the opportunity and look forward to experiencing huge success together.
"Josie and the Pussycats," created at Archie Comics, is the first all-girl rock ';n' roll group in history and is an innovation that changed the face of music.
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS PURRING AGAIN
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Who wants to be a comic-book pop star?
Actor Nick Cannon and Atlantic Records are launching a worldwide search for three girls to resurrect Josie and the Pussycats, a band based on the Archie Comics characters.
Cannon, who dubbed them "the first rock 'n' roll girls group," hopes the search will yield a reality competition series and a scripted comedy-drama, both to air on Nickelodeon's TeenNick channel where he serves as chairman.
The characters inspired two cartoon series in the 1970s and a 2001 live-action feature film starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid and Rosario Dawson.
The "Josie" project is one of many in the works at Cannon's recently launched production company NCredible Entertainment. Its slate includes a comedic year-in-review special that will air on New Year's Day on MTV, and a hip-hop puppet show for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programing block.
NCredible also is venturing into publishing, signing a deal with Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division to produce a multimedia book series to coincide with the upcoming premiere of the Cannon-written and -directed Nickelodeon movie "The School Gyrls."
The film features the NCredible-signed three-girl singing group whose debut album will be released by Island Records. Cannon penned the first book, a movie novelization, and plans to be involved in the writing of the six original novels under the pact. There also are plans for potential second movie and a possible TV series.
Cannon also is making his foray into radio with a daily morning drive show on CBS Radio's WXRK-FM New York (92.3 Now). He debuts on the top-40 station January 19.
"I always wanted to do radio," said Cannon, who has frequently filled in for radio hosts Ryan Seacrest and Steve Harvey.
Cannon, who married Mariah Carey last year, is keeping his summer job and will return as host of NBC's "America's Got Talent" next year.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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ABOUT ARCHIE COMICS
The Archie Comics brand is one of the most successful and longest running comic book lines in the history of the industry. Archie Comics is the NUMBER ONE producer of English language humor comics in the world. Archie comics are published in dozens of different foreign languages and distributed all over the world. Archie Digital Comics launched in 2009 and within four months, Archie Comics' "FRESHMAN YEAR" #1 became the most downloaded comic in iTunes history. In addition, Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie and their pals at Riverdale High are developing feature film, television, music, interactive media, direct-to-video and theatrical animation projects, along with other Archie properties such as Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Katy Keene and dozens more.
ABOUT NCREDIBLE ENTERTAINMENT
Launched in 2009, NCredible Entertainment is a multi-media company founded by Nick Cannon, serving as the home to all of Cannon's various endeavors in film, TV, music, digital media, publishing and radio, with offices in both New York City and Los Angeles.
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