Nickelodeon Announces Upcoming Animation Slate and New Model for Discovering and Cultivating Talent
On Tuesday, May 7, Nickelodeon Animation Studios provided a special presentation to give an early look at their next generation of animated shows. The presentation was opened by Nickelodeon’s President of Content & Development, Russell Hicks who introduced the presentation with a retrospective montage of Nickelodeon from its early years to today. Hicks announced Nickelodeon’s initiatives with their Shorts Program and also SpongeBob SquarePants Shorts Program, in which fans will be allowed to pay tribute to SpongeBob with their own shorts based on the cartoon. Next up, Jenna Boyd, Nickelodeon Animation’s Senior Vice President of Animation Development, talked more about their Shorts Program; a new way for up and coming creators to showcase their animation which Nickelodeon could eventually translate to a series. Many of the shorts will be aired on Nickelodeon or streamed on Nick.com. A reel was shown of the various Class of 2012 Nick Shorts. One of the shorts showcased is now being developed as a full series for Nickelodeon in Pam & Sid’s Port-a-Party. The full