Jim Henson Company's SID THE SCIENCE KID: THE MOVIE Coming to PBS Kids, 3/25

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SID THE SCIENCE KID: THE MOVIE, a co-production with The Jim Henson Company and Chinese partners Nine Eyes Stone Pictures and Shanghai Animation Film Studios Group, is making its broadcast premiere on PBS KIDS on March 25 (check local listings) and young fans of the popular, award-winning series are in store for more fun when NCircle Entertainment releases "Sid the Science Kid: The Movie" on DVD and on iTunes April 2 ($12.99 SRP). The feature length program, the first-ever for the series, continues the show's mission of engaging preschoolers' natural Curiosity in the world around them.

Select PBS stations across the U.S. will be hosting Sid-themed movie premiere events with hands-on educational activities throughout the month of March. Participating stations include KPTS/Wichita, WPBS/Watertown, WSRE/Pensacola, WYES/New Orleans, WEDU/Tampa, Mississippi Public Broadcasting/Jackson, WGTE/Toledo, KLRN/San Antonio, WYCC/Chicago, WFYI/Indianapolis, KUED/Salt Lake City, KNPB/Reno, Louisiana Public Broadcasting/Baton Rouge, PBS SoCal/Los Angeles, KACV/Amarillo, WNET/New York, WTCI/Chattanooga, WFSU/Tallahassee, WXXI/Rochester, WFWA/Fort Wayne and WHYY/Philadelphia. Select events will include meet and greets with Sid the Science Kid, red carpet arrivals and presentations by real scientists! To learn more go to: https://www.facebook.com/sidthesciencekid.

Additionally, NCircle Entertainment is sponsoring more fun events for kids and families at children's museums in over 20 cities across the U.S. in March andApril. The venues include: National Children's Museum (Washington) 3/20-3/30, Fernbank Science Center (Atlanta) 4/6, Discovery Museum Science & Space Center (Sacramento) 4/6-4/7, Carnegie Science Center (Pittsburgh) 4/13, Pacific Science Center (Seattle) 4/14, Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas) 4/7. More information is available at http://www.facebook.com/NCircleEntertainment.

Sid the Science Kid: The Movie follows Sid and his friend Gabriela through their adventure in The Super Ultimate Science Museum. After winning a science contest in the "Junior Investigator" category for creating an awesome science experiment, Sid and Gabriela are awarded a special inside look at the new museum before it opens to the public. Once there, they meet quirky scientist Dr. Bonabodon, voiced by guest-star Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), who has designed robot tour guides of the future, including Bobbybot, his greatest creation. Sid and Gabriela also meet Yangyang and Niuniu, from China, the winners of the "Future Scientist" category. The four young scientists observe giant honey bees, investigate robots, and even encounter a Tyrannosaurus Rex! But when their robot guide short-circuits, Sid, Gabriela, Yangyang, and Niuniu must use teamwork to save the day. Together they learn that you can be a scientist at any age and that thinking like a kid is sometimes the best way to solve a problem!

The new feature was written by Bradley Zweig, who also serves as an executive producer. Other executive producers are Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford for The Jim Henson Company. For Nine Eyes Stone, Connie Wang is the executive producer and David B Miller is producer. The Jim Henson Company is handling all ancillary distribution of the property including licensing, video and merchandising.

About SID THE SCIENCE KID:
The Award winning "Sid the Science Kid" (PBSKIDS.org/sid) is part of a long line of successful preschool programming from The Jim Henson Company that includes "Dinosaur Train" as well as "Fraggle Rock, "Bear in the Big Blue House," and "Pajanimals." "Sid the Science Kid" is produced using the revolutionary Emmy Award-winning Henson Digital Puppetry Studio, a proprietary technology that allows performers to puppeteer and voice digital characters in real-time, creating an unprecedented level of spontaneity, quality and interactivity. "Sid the Science Kid" airs on PBS KIDS with funding provided by The Boeing Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and VINCI Early Learning Systems. Additional funding is provided by MetLife Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, the S.D. Bechtel., Jr. Foundation, the Johnny Carson Foundation and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

About Nine Eyes Stone and Shanghai Animation Film Studios:
Founded in April 1957, Shanghai Animation Film Studio is the largest animation production base in China. It is a comprehensive film and animation institution, capable of developing and managing the production and distribution of animation and children's films; the publication and marketing of animation books, magazines and other media formats; as well as commercializing intellectual property rights and handling the merchandising of clothes, toys and stationary based upon animation designs. Over the past 50 years, films produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio have earned more than 200 national & international film festival awards, including a Golden Prize at Denmark's Odense Fairytale Film Festival, a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, Five No1. Project Prizes from the Ministry of Propaganda of P.R.C, and Golden Rooster, Hua Biao and the Calf Prizes at Chinese film festivals. Uproar in Heaven, The Cowboy's Flute, Three Monks and Lotus Lantern have all helped to develop the studio's reputation at home and abroad.

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