Curiosity
Ink Media and
Toon2Tango Partner to Develop
Santa.com into
CGI
Animated Musical Christmas Special
BOCA RATON FL –
July
7,
2021 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.
(NASDAQ: GROM), which recently entered into an agreement
to acquire Curiosity Ink Media – a producer of original
multiplatform family entertainment – today announced that
Curiosity and
global
production and distribution powerhouse Toon2Tango
GmbH
& Co. KG will develop
Santa.com
into
an original
animated
musical holiday special. The special will serve as
a feature length companion to Santa.com,
Grom's previously announced ecommerce initiative in which visitors
can enjoy the merriest time of year in a virtual North Pole.
The announcement was made
jointly by Curiosity Ink Media's Chief Content Officer, Russell
Hicks and Toon2Tango Chief Executive Officer, Ulli
Stoef.
Inspired by
annual favorites
like
"Rudolph The
Red Nosed
Reindeer" and "Elf," Santa.com
tells the
story of how Santa's retirement results in a fully automated North
Pole. Elves oversee a workshop in which holiday wishes are
fulfilled by robotic candy cane arms and gifts are delivered by
peppermint drones. The updated system works smoothly and
efficiently until Cyber Scrooge hacks the system and threatens to
cancel Christmas. However, proving that technology can never
replace the true spirit of Christmas, Yo-Yo the Elf embarks on a
worldwide adventure to round up the now retired reindeer, find
Santa's broken sleigh and lure Santa out of retirement.
The feature length
special serves as a
brand
companion to the Santa.com
website,
which Grom and Curiosity will debut
in November
2021.
This virtual holiday
hub
allows
visitors to
register their wish lists, tour the North Pole,
play holiday-themed games,
and
even
schedule a virtual visit with Santa
Claus. The site
offers
one-stop-shopping for
users
to browse, purchase and send personalized gifts from the comfort of
home.
The
ecommerce venue
represents an opportunity to tap into the growing holiday retail
market, projected to top $1 trillion this year, including a 11.3%
climb in ecommerce to over $206B in
sales.*
The partnership
builds on Curiosity's recent alliance with Toon2Tango to develop
preschool original IP franchise Baldwin's
Big Adventure into an animated
series. The Munich, Germany-based production company, who are
specialists in
development
and global
distribution
of
kids' and family
content,
will aid Curiosity's efforts to
enhances their global reach in animation production and brand
building to prepare IP for global audiences.
"The world needs a
fresh, fun and inventive take on Christmas and Toon2Tango is the
perfect partner to help us craft a new, instant holiday classic,"
explains Hicks. "Their visual storytelling approach blends
seamlessly with Santa.com's
heartwarming story,
original musical score and richly defined
characters to capture the fun and
nostalgia of Christmas and
create a
new holiday tradition the whole family will love."
"We are very happy to
partner with Curiosity on this very fresh approach to a Christmas
Story," adds
Stoef.
"The
idea offers everything Toon2Tango is looking for in order to bring
outstanding original IP to the small and big
screen."
About
Toon2Tango
Toon2Tango is a
boutique company specializing in IP creation, development,
financing, production, distribution and brand building within the
kids and family entertainment sector. The company is positioned as
a worldwide operation working across all types of children's and
family entertainment IP. Toon2Tango also actively engages in
co-financing and acquisition of quality programming with a strong
international appeal. Its founders are Hans Ulrich
Stoef
and
Jo Daris,
two major names in the international television and movie arena for
over 25 years.
About
Curiosity Ink Media
Curiosity Ink Media
is a global media company that develops, acquires, builds, grows
and maximizes the short, mid & long-term commercial potential
of Kids & Family entertainment properties and associated
business opportunities. Driven by a best-in-class leadership team,
Curiosity Ink Media's multi-faceted I.P. library is designed to
amass ongoing value through strategic stewardship, partnerships and
highly targeted market entry.
About Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.
Grom
Social Enterprises, Inc. is a growing social media platform and
original content provider of entertainment for children under 13
years of age, which provides safe and secure digital environments
for kids that can be monitored by their parents or guardians. The
Company has several operating subsidiaries, including Grom Social,
which delivers its content through mobile and desktop environments
(web portal and apps) that entertain children, let them interact
with friends, access relevant news, and play proprietary games
while teaching them about being good digital citizens. The Company
owns and operates Top Draw Animation, which produces award-winning
animation content for some of the largest international media
companies in the world. Grom also includes Grom Educational
Services, which has provided web filtering services for K-12
schools, government and private businesses. For more information,
please visit gromsocial.com.
*Source:
emarketer.com Holiday 2021 Preview
Forward-Looking
Statements
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contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking
statements.".
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statements include statements regarding the intent, belief, or
current expectations of Grom and members of its management team as
well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may
differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking
statements. Important factors currently known to management that
may cause actual results to differ from those anticipated are
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and Exchange Commission which are available at www.sec.gov as well
as the Company's web site at www.gromsocial.com. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking
statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of
unanticipated events or changes to future operating
results.
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For
Grom Social Enterprises/Curiosity Ink Media
Marianne
Romano
+1-818-681-0849
Romanomarianne@me.com
For
Toon2Tango
Claudia
Hennekemper
claudia.hennekemper@toon2tango.com
+49-89-2080-4710
For
Investor Relations
John
McNamara
TraDigital
IR
+1-917-658-2602
john@tradigitalir.com
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