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Nickelodeon Greenlights Varsity Pictures' Action Comedy Supah Ninjas for 26 Episodes to Join Powerhouse Live-Action Slate in 2011
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posted Oct 2, 2010, 18:08
The series is slated to begin production this year in Los Angeles for premiere in 2011.
(Los Angeles) Nickelodeon has picked up new comedy series Supah Ninjas to join
its hit live-action programming line up, it was announced by Marjorie Cohn,
President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon. Comic book in
tone and cinematic in style, Supah Ninjas follows three unsuspecting kids who
are drafted into the secret world of ninjas. Created by Eric Garcia and Leo
Chu (Afro Samurai) the series will be helmed by executive producers Garcia,
Chu and Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett (Fred: The Movie) under the
Varsity Pictures production banner. The series is slated to begin production
this year in Los Angeles for premiere in 2011.
"Supah Ninjas' cinematic style and fantasy-fulfilling super hero adventures
offer up a unique twist on the everyday trials of adolescence," said Cohn.
"This series adds another flavor to our hit live-action line up and gives
our audience a broader assortment of comedy choices."
Mike Fukanaga (Ryan Potter) was an average high school student – a little
shy, a bit awkward, and hopelessly incapable of talking to girls. But when he
discovers he descends from a long line of ninjas, that all begins to change.
With the guidance of his holographic grandfather, Mike teams up with his best
friend Owen (Carlos Knight) and his crush Amanda (Gracie Dzienny) to form the
"Supah Ninjas", a secret team of ninja crime fighters protecting the
city from criminals. As if fighting crime and surviving high school weren't
hard enough, they are also sworn to conceal their identities, vowing to "stay
in the shadows" and never to reveal their "supah" cool alter-egos.
Supah Ninjas was created by Eric Garcia and Leo Chu and is executive produced
by Garcia, Chu, Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter-Bridgett. The pilot was directed
by Clark Mathis.
The feature film and television production company Varsity Pictures was founded
by producer/director Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett. The company's
credits include the television movie Fred: The Movie, which is based on internet
sensation Fred Figglehorn. The movie, which premiered on Nickelodeon earlier
this month, drew 7.6 million total viewers and became this year's number-one
TV cable movie with key kid 6-11 and kid 2-11 demos. Varsity Pictures also produces
Blue Mountain State for Spike TV and Sonny with a Chance for Disney. The duo's
credits include several successful theatrical projects including Wild Hogs,
Coach Carter and Norbit, which Robbins directed. Brian Robbins began his producing/directing
career at Nickelodeon as a partner in Tollin/Robbins Productions, creator of
classic Nick series All That and Kenan & Kel.
Emmy-nominated duo Leo Chu and Eric Garcia were executive producers and show
runners of the hit anime series Afro Samurai starring Samuel L. Jackson, which
ran for two seasons on Spike TV. They recently expanded the franchise by writing
and executive producing the television movie Afro Samurai: Resurrection also
starring Lucy Liu, which made history as the first anime project to ever win
a primetime Emmy Award. Their recent writing credits include Pond Scum, a film
based on their original pitch for Sony Pictures Animation, the next installment
of the Scooby Doo franchise for Warner Bros. Animation, and the adaptation of
My Neighbors The Yamadas for Disney and Studio Ghibli—the studio founded
by legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. They also served as
writers and producers for MTV's hugely successful Rock The Vote/Choose or Loose
campaign.
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