Molly Quinn will voice Bloom for Nickelodeon

According to Molly Quinn's official fan page...

And she decided to watch the Winx4Life blog. I guess she's a real fan of the show?

Molly Quinn is an actress who currently plays Alexis Castle in the ABC's TV series Castle. Quinn has also starred in movies such as Avalon High and A Christmas Carol (the one with Jim Carrey).

Update: So I guess we're curious to hear what Bloom's new voice will sound like? Here is a video of Quinn during a behind the scenes tour of Castle:




Credits go to the Oblivious Prattler at Una di noi for finding out about it first.

GIRLS MONTH: Sector Guide Special 2011

The firm�s recent deal with Nickelodeon means that all future Winx activity will be supported by a long-term, guaranteed broadcast platform.

Beginning this summer, Nickelodeon will air four new one-hour specials in the US, UK, Latin America, Canada and Benelux. These will summarise the first three series and will be followed by series four in the autumn, and five in February 2012 (all co-produced with Nickelodeon).

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Source: GIRLS MONTH: Sector Guide Special 2011

 

To summarise:

• Summer 2011: Four  one-hour specials
• Fall 2011: Season four
• February 2012: Season five

Yay!

Credit goes to the Oblivious Prattler at Una di noi.

Magica Avventura DVD

Yesterday, the Winx Club 3D: Magica Avventura DVDs hit the shelves in Italy and are already all over online shopping sites.

They are region-locked and only have the Italian dub on it.

Sources:
BelieveInWinx
Michael's Winx Club

Nickelodeon Will Air 52 Winx Club Episodes

According to Nickelodeon, over the next three years they will be airing 450 episodes worth of new animation programmes. About 200 of them will be coming out in 2012.

52 of those 450 episodes will be Winx Club. When they will be released exactly is still unknown.

Nick and More!
PR Newswire

Tecna's Swimsuit

This is rather old but I thought I would share it with everyone. When these first came out, if I remember correctly, Tecna wasn't shown and we were left scratching our head as to what was going to happen to Tecna. I'm guessing the new theme is flowers instead of shells.

Source: Winx Magic

I apologise for the lack of news, but as you may know, not much is going on except for the release of the movie in various languages at the moment.

English Magica Avventura Soundtrack List

These are the English titles (beside their corresponding Italian versions) for the songs in Magica Avventura:

1. A Magical World of Wonder (Tutta la magia del cuore)
2. Believix
3. Good Girls Bad Girls (Insopportabile alchimia)
4. Forever (Per sempre)
5. Don't Wake Me Up (Due destino in volo)
6. Glamour Child (Fatto apposta per me)
7. Supergirls (Supergirl)
8. Love Can't Be Denied (Mentre il mondo gira)
9. Endlessly (Irraggiungibile)
10. Big Boys
11. Love is a Miracle (Ora sei libert�)

I found these by going through the ending credits of the Russian version of the movie. (I'm one of those people who read movie credits.) I think I misread Glamour Child. Rainbow has started claiming copyright for all of the movies posted on YouTube, so it was difficult to find a high quality readeable version of the movie.

Also, I put A Magical World of Wonder up for download. Enjoy!

Winx creator in the pink

As you may or may not know, Rainbow has decided to go public and revitalise the American (North and South) market. Our feelings are reassured in the fact that Rainbow is not going to completely sell itself, the Winx Club or Pop Pixie. It still has the full rights to the Winx Club and Pop Pixie.  This is the article from Variety:

Posted: Sat., Feb. 26, 2011, 4:00am PT

Winx creator in the pink
Viacom draws on Italian animation shop

By Nick Vivarelli

Rainbow Group founder and topper Iginio Straffi, back row, hopes his deal with Viacom can make Rainbo, with fare such as 'Winx 3D,' bowing here at the Rome Film Fest, a constant content provider in the U.S.

ROME

It doesn't happen often that an American colossus like Viacom sets its sights on an Italian animation studio -- and then, rather than snapping it up outright, agrees to purchase just a minority stake.

But, then again, as Iginio Straffi, 45, the former illustrator and comicbook writer who founded Rainbow Group in 1995, puts it, "there aren't that many properties out there with figures comparable to the Winx."

Created by Straffi, these six trendy MTV-generation fairies, which have become one of Europe's top TV exports, have bewitched tween girls in more than 130 countries, and generated more than $2.7 billion, thanks in part to the theatrical film "Winx 3D" as well as myriad merchandising deals.


The partnership, announced in February, under which Viacom will take a 30% stake in Rainbow, follows a global content agreement inked in September under which Nickelodeon secured TV and merchandising rights to Winx Club in the U.S. and pays TV rights for a large swathe of the planet, including Latin America, Canada and the U.K.

The partnership now expands to the co-development and co-production by Rainbow and Nickelodeon of seasons five and six of "Winx Club." And, significantly, it will open up the U.S. theatrical market to Rainbow's upcoming big-budget 3D feature, a gladiator toon penned by Michael J. Wilson ("Ice Age," "Shark Tale") with the working title "Versus Roma," to be completed in a year. The pic figures to go out Stateside via Paramount.

Viacom's first indication that it had found an important partner in Rainbow might well have been that as soon as the initial deal was signed, it set off a flurry of auctions for merchandising rights to Winx toys, clothes and books, especially in the U.S.

Rainbow has always made a major effort to create properties that lend themselves to merchandising "because we had to, in order to survive and grow," Straffi says.

And Straffi sees merchandising as more than just the revenue stream -- one that accounts for about two-thirds of his business. "If the child reads a book or a comicstrip, or plays videogame, all based on our characters, his interest level will remain high even during the gaps when they are not showing on TV," he says. "It helps the product's longevity."

Straffi is excited about the film side of the alliance, which gives him high hopes that his gladiator spoof, with a budget of more than $40 million, will click with U.S. auds.

This, he says, would mark "the first Italian movie to go out wide in the U.S. since (Roberto Benigni's) 'Life Is Beautiful.'?" But unlike "Life," Straffi's pic will be in English.

"I can only wish that if it's successful, Rainbow will become a constant content provider to Nick and other Viacom companies, like Pixar is for Disney."

But, unlike Pixar, don't expect Straffi to sell outright anytime soon, though a flotation is "possible in a few years with me still at the helm," he says.

Straffi is also looking forward to the May 25 opening of his Rome theme park, Magic Land, comprising attractions based on Rainbow's properties such as "Pop Pixie," "Monster Allergy" and, of course, the Winx.

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