Dennis: Guess this is whats pushing stock..i have no idea what this is but....hot off the wires.........The Mind Factory Announces Joint Venture Negotiations
ORLANDO, Fla.--Pending anticipated favorable negotiations, The Mind Factory(tm) will join in an independent joint venture for the production and exploitation of the television project, Monsters Be Gone(tm).
Negotiations between parties began in October 97. Jeff Segal of Matrix Entertainment Group will join Leonard Grossman and Lisabeth Aubrey as producers to develop, market, and license the project.
Segal was the "founder and president of MCA/Universal Family Entertainment and Universal Cartoon Studios. Prior to Universal, (Segal) was at Hanna-Barbera Productions as Vice President of Creative Affairs. In September 1997, Segal joined forces with the Rainforest Cafe as a consultant to create Rainforest Cafe Entertainment Group (RCEG)."
This independent joint venture represents a first between the involved parties. The terms of venture are in negotiation, yet are inclusive of licensing for the full line of products.
The Mind Factory(tm) announced that they will begin production of a one hour children's television pilot/video, Monsters Be Gone(tm), targeting a 12 and under age group. The production will shoot entirely in Orlando.
Monsters Be Gone(tm) centers around common fears children share and how to overcome them. These fears of the imagination include monsters under the bed, ghosts behind doors, and fear of darkness as well as visits to the dreaded dentist or the scary doctor.
Monsters Be Gone(tm) stars celebrities from the 50's and 60's, reintroducing classic television to younger generations. Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster of the Munster series, will star in the premier episode.
The Mind Factory(tm) is an entertainment based company that caters to children's programming in the forms of episodic television series, made for TV movies, and direct-to-video films. In addition to production the company develops full merchandising lines for children's products.
CONTACT: The Mind Factory(tm), Orlando
Kristi Vannatter, Press Secretary, 407/248-0790
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