Cannes - October 10, 2003
FOOTHILL BRINGS NEW ‘FIRST LOOK’ RELATIONSHIP TO MIPCOM

Foothill Entertainment, Inc. is pleased to bring to MIPCOM several new children’s and family entertainment projects including two new offerings representing the fruits of its new first look deal with UK-based creative workshop, Phew!! Inked shortly after the New York Licensing show in June, the exclusive arrangement gives Foothill rights to all new properties created by Phew!! in addition to the two projects Foothill already represents for them, Food Chain and Wilder West Tales. The first projects being brought to the market by Foothill under this new deal are Me and My Shadow and Gododo.

Me and My Shadow is a hilarious live action ‘tween comedy drama following 15 year old Peter who wakes up one sunny morning and realizes that something was different and very wrong: his shadow had come alive, but as a 16 year old girl! And not just any girl, the bossy, opinionated, stuck-up kind of girl. The ultimate Odd Couple, Peter and Kimberly are seemingly stuck with each other, at least until they can figure out how to get back to normal. But because Kimberly is not really tangible, Peter has to hope that his parents, friends and teachers do not think he is completely crazy and simply talking to himself all the time! In the meantime, they have to make the best of this strange situation. A unique combination of live action with 2D and 3D special effects, Me and My Shadow touches on all those things that make growing up both funny and difficult.

Gododo is a new animation series featuring the last Dodo on earth, which is on a surreal quest to follow these strange arrows that seem to appear. Being led absolutely nowhere in particular, Gododo falls into one hilarious mess after another. With his trusty pal, Ducky, the always optimistic but hopelessly lost Gododo seems to be the butt of a wacky cosmic joke. Each episode is filled with Monty Python-esque hilarity and gags. This non-dialogue series is intended for the 6 to 12 year old and up audience.

While the new arrangement with Phew!! has taken center stage at this market, Foothill is also bringing to MIPCOM several new family entertainment projects. A new live action feature, Dog Dude is a great family comedy which sees a black mutt rescued from the pound become the marketing icon for "Dog Dude Xtreme Dog Füd," thus tossing him snout-long into a vicious custody battle between a struggling blues musician, a bumbling advertising firm, a pet food tycoon, and the boy who really loves him. This hilarious comedy for the whole family is penned by acclaimed Hollywood writer Robert P. Johnson (The Temptations, Bojangles, Tyson). Dog Dude proves the old adage: nothing can separate a boy and his dog…especially fame.

Foothill is also pleased to bring to MIPCOM a unique new magazine series, On Stage, which celebrates the universal popularity of the legitimate stage. The On Stage cameras will travel from Broadway to London’s West End to Hollywood and beyond to bring you news and highlights from the hottest shows in town. Live performances of great plays and musical comedy have been enriching the entertainment menu in places like Chicago with its venerable Goodwin Theatre; Wisconsin with its Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Oregon at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival. Performances at the new Globe Theatre in London are still drawing record crowds just as the original did in the 1600’s. With celebrity interviews and news updates, On Stage will go wherever great theatre has gone. The
On Stage anchors and field reporters will bring this spectacular parade of live theatre to the screens of avid viewers as a one of a kind, brand new weekly television experience.

Founded in September 2000 by former DIC Entertainment executive vice president of business and legal affairs, Gregory Payne and Jo Kavanagh-Payne, former Link Television Entertainment, Inc senior vice president of U.S. operations, Foothill specializes in the co-development and distribution of children’s and family entertainment programming. Their company is based in Santa Barbara, California.



Contact:
Jo KavanaghPayne
Gregory B Payne
805 965 4488

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