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CINEMATIC HORROR ICONS COME TO LIFE IN ALL-NEW “UNIVERSAL MONSTERS” MAZES AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS’ “HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS”

4/29/2019

Universal Pictures’ Legendary Monsters Return to Wreak Havoc at Universal Studios Hollywood and Make Frightening Debut at Universal Orlando Resort

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., ORLANDO, Fla. (April 29, 2019) – “Universal Monsters” will come to life in all-new terrifying Halloween Horror Nights mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, inspired by Universal’s original cinematic monsters and the movie studio that invented the horror films. The terrifying experiences on both coasts will wake some of the most frightening and legendary monsters in horror history and bring them face-to-face with guests at the nation's premier Halloween events.

On the heels of last year’s successful “Universal Monsters” experience, Universal Studios Hollywood will introduce an all-new horrifying maze, “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man,” that delves deeper into the Universal Monsters’ lore. Loosely based on Universal’s 1943 horror movie of the same name, this reimagined tale for the 21st century takes guests on a terrifying journey that bears witness to a deadly confrontation between these two horror icons and the epic battle that rages between them. Guests will follow in the footsteps of the Frankenstein Monster, lured by exotic music towards a nearby gypsy camp while desperately seeking sanctuary from a mob of angry villagers determined to destroy him. It is within the gypsy encampment that the Frankenstein Monster meets The Wolf Man and where the madness begins as guests are led along a path of destruction through the murky Moors, to a creepy cemetery and into the smoldering ruins of Castle Frankenstein and its icy cellars beneath.

Once again, GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, SLASH, long hailed as one of the best electric guitar-players of all time, will collaborate with Universal Studios Hollywood to compose an original score for the maze. Click here to witness the rise of the undead that begins this fall at Universal Studios Hollywood.

At Universal Orlando Resort, guests will be hunted by every single grisly monster from the anthology, including Dracula, The Wolf Man and Frankenstein, in the all-new experience, “Universal Monsters.” Each sinister environment will bleed from one to the next as guests press through the darkened realms of horrifying creatures. Guests will face bloody terrors in Dracula’s castle and flee from what is behind the cryptic howls of the grim forest. They’ll run from the horrifying manmade monster within Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, and fall prey to an ancient Egyptian curse as they are pursued by the evil Mummy. Guests will try to escape the mysterious Creature lurking in the Black Lagoon, or become victims of other horrors waiting in the shadows. Click here to witness the terror that is coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort.

Universal Studios’ “Halloween Horror Nights” is the ultimate Halloween event. For more than 25 years, guests from around the world have visited “Halloween Horror Nights” to become victims inside their own horror film. Multiple movie-quality mazes based on iconic horror television shows, films and original stories come to life season after season. And, the streets of each park’s event are transformed into highly-themed scare zones where menacing scare-actors lunge from every darkened corner.

“Halloween Horror Nights” begins Friday, September 6 in Orlando and on Friday, September 13 in Hollywood. Additional details about the events will be revealed soon. A limited time ticket offer and vacation package for Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights are on sale now. For more information about “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, visit www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com.

About Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood is The Entertainment Capital of L.A. and includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour. As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows. Attractions include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” which features a bustling Hogsmeade village and such critically-acclaimed rides as “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™”, and the highly-anticipated Summer opening of “Jurassic World—The Ride.” Other immersive lands include “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” as well as “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, located adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons Ride™” and DreamWorks Theatre featuring “Kung Fu Panda Adventure.” The world-renowned Studio Tour is Universal Studios Hollywood’s signature attraction, inviting guests behind-the-scenes of the world’s biggest and busiest movie and television production studio where they can also experience such thrill rides as “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” and “King Kong 360 3D.” The adjacent Universal CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex also includes the all-new multi-million dollar, redesigned Universal CityWalk Cinema, featuring deluxe recliner seating in screening room quality theatres, and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert stage.

Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood are available online at Hollywood.HalloweenHorrorNights.com and on Facebook at: “Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood,” Instagram at @HorrorNights and Twitter at @HorrorNights as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Watch videos on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube and join the conversation using #UniversalHHN.

About Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Orlando Resort is a unique vacation destination that is part of the NBCUniversal Comcast family. For more than 25 years, Universal Orlando has been creating epic vacations for the entire family – incredible experiences that place guests in the heart of powerful stories and adventures.

Universal Orlando’s three theme parks, Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal’s Volcano Bay, are home to some of the world’s most exciting and innovative theme park experiences – including The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley. Universal Orlando’s hotels are destinations unto themselves and include Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, the Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort and Universal’s Aventura Hotel. Its entertainment complex, Universal CityWalk, offers immersive dining and entertainment for every member of the family.

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Project Anime: Tokyo Wraps Successfully

4/22/2019

Project Anime: Tokyo Wraps Successfully

Santa Ana, Calif. (April 22, 2019) – On March 22, more than 60+ attendees of Project Anime: Tokyo were given the opportunity to gain better insight in working with Japanese rights holders and learn more about the business of anime and manga. Organizers of anime events from around the world, heard from the companies behind the upcoming Gundam movie, learned about the growth of the U.S. manga market, and enjoyed an informative keynote from Japan Times/OtakuUSA reporter, Matt Schley. Held annually in Tokyo around the massive Anime Japan event, Project Anime: Tokyo, is hosted by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA).

“Project Anime: Tokyo’s chief goal is to help anime events around the world learn best practices,” said event director Azusa Matsuda. “This year, we added programming designed to provide attendees information about how anime is growing and being received around the world.”

Project Anime: Tokyo 2019 also provided attendees with a State of the U.S. Manga Market 2018 White Paper presented by Nonlinear World. The in-depth analysis of the revived U.S. Manga Market and its steady growth was a true highlight of Project Anime. White Papers such as these have become a new feature of our B2B conference. The White Paper is available for download on the Project Anime website here.

In addition to the presentations, attendees had an opportunity to meet and interact with representatives from the anime and manga industry at an evening reception.

Attendees hailed the event as a success, commenting: “In a word: enlightening. Super useful,” “[the] right thing for us,” and noting that it was “a good networking event with good information provided.”

Project Anime’s next event takes place in Los Angeles on July 2-3, leading into the 28th annual Anime Expo. With four times the amount of programming, attendees can look forward to getting all the information they need to understand the worldwide growth of the anime and manga business. The focus this year will be “Where Hollywood Meets Anime”, and will feature speakers from both sides of the Pacific talking about upcoming projects.

Project Anime: Los Angeles (July 2-3, 2019)
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles
404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

About SPJA
SPJA is a non-profit organization dedicated to popularize and educate the American public about Japanese entertainment and pop culture, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between professionals and fans. For more information, please visit www.spja.org.

About Project Anime
Started in 2012, Project Anime began as a single two-day event in Los Angeles. It is now an international brand hosting events around the world. Our mission is to facilitate communication, inspire vision, and promote growth surrounding the Japanese Pop Culture Business and Events Industry. For more information, please visit http://project-anime.org/.

JURASSIC WORLD’s Iconic Tyrannosaurus rex and Mosasaurus Invade Universal Studios Hollywood in Dynamic New Ad Campaign, "It Just Got Real," as Anticipation Builds for the New Mega Attraction, “Jurassic World—The Ride,” Opening This Summer

4/17/2019

Click Here to Watch the It Just Got Real Spot

Universal City, CA, April 17, 2019 – Pandemonium disrupts several elaborate film productions underway on Universal Studios’ bustling movie studio backlot, sending cast and crew running for their lives.

As panic and chaos ensue, the source is revealed: JURASSIC WORLD’s unstoppable Tyrannosaurus rex tramples her way across sets and sound stages to ignite Universal Studios Hollywood’s new marketing campaign, It Just Got Real, in support of the theme park’s eagerly awaited mega attraction, “Jurassic World—The Ride,” opening this summer.

Click here to watch the It Just Got Real spot.

“Jurassic World—The Ride” will debut an original storyline that takes place within the theme park as depicted in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s film, JURASSIC WORLD, on the day the Indominus rex escapes.

The exciting thrill ride will soar to new heights with the addition of several iconic dinosaurs from the movie, including the colossal Indominus rex and the magnificent aquatic Mosasaurus that will mesmerize onlookers in her natural habitat from behind a three million gallon glass encased Aquarium Observatory tank.

“Jurassic World—The Ride” comes to life under the direction of the award-winning and inspired minds at Universal Creative, the Academy Award®-winning special-effects visionaries at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm, Ltd., Universal Pictures and acclaimed filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow and Frank Marshall.

The aesthetics of “Jurassic World—The Ride” will be dramatically enhanced welcoming guests to a reimagined space reflective of the JURASSIC WORLD films. In addition, there will be a fresh new entry statement, stonework landscaping and a contemporary redesign of the iconic JURASSIC WORLD gates, illuminated with billowing flames.

Engaging and interactive queue-line videos featuring facts and information about the dinosaurs within the ride will set the tone for the expedition ahead, as guests learn more about these imposing prehistoric creatures that first roamed the earth more than 65 million years ago.
Once aboard specially designed rafts, guests will navigate the lush environs of dense vegetation, traversing new areas besieged with towering dinosaurs meandering at just an arm’s length away from visitors. Encounters with such docile creatures as the Stegosaurus and Parasaurolophus will quickly turn awry as predatory Velociraptors and Dilophosaurus begin to wreak havoc, turning guests from spectators to prey. When the Tyrannosaurus rex begins to battle one of the attraction’s new ferocious dinosaurs, the rafts will spill down a treacherous 84-foot waterfall as the sole means of escape.

Located adjacent to the ride will be a new elaborately themed “Raptor Encounter” where Blue, the most beloved Velociraptor from the JURASSIC WORLD franchise, will engage guests in daring face-to-face encounters.

In addition, a new interactive “Dino Play” area will incorporate educational components within an inspired space where children of all ages can explore and excavate giant dinosaur fossils.

With so much to see and do at Universal Studios Hollywood, the new California Neighbor Pass invites guests to experience 175 days of fun for $149 when purchased online. Visit www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com for more details. Blackout dates and restrictions apply.
More information is available at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com. Like Universal Studios Hollywood on Facebook and follow @UniStudios on Instagram and Twitter.

Universal Studios Hollywood is The Entertainment Capital of L.A. and includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour. As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows. Attractions include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” which features a bustling Hogsmeade village and such critically-acclaimed rides as “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™”, and the highly-anticipated Summer opening of “Jurassic World—The Ride.” Other immersive lands include “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” as well as “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, located adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons Ride™” and DreamWorks Theatre featuring “Kung Fu Panda Adventure.” The world-renowned Studio Tour is Universal Studios Hollywood’s signature attraction, inviting guests behind-the-scenes of the world’s biggest and busiest movie and television production studio where they can also experience such thrill rides as “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” and “King Kong 360 3D.” The adjacent Universal CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex also includes the all-new multi-million dollar, redesigned Universal CityWalk Cinema, featuring deluxe recliner seating in screening room quality theatres, and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert stage.

SUMMERTIME 2019 AT KNOTT’S BERRY FARM OFFERS ALL NEW ADVENTURES DAY AND NIGHT

4/16/2019

Debuting Calico River Rapids, New Nighttime Entertainment and Much More!

Buena Park, Calif. – There’s something fun for everyone at Knott’s Berry Farm this summer with all-new original adventures that can’t be found anywhere else. Starting with an exciting new white water attraction, Calico River Rapids, a brand-new nighttime party, Knott’s Summer Nights, more action-packed immersive western adventures with Ghost Town Alive!, to Knott’s Soak City Waterpark reopening its gates for another fun-filled, wet and wild summer. There’s only one place bursting with adventures all summer long, both day and night, and that place is Knott’s Berry Farm.

Tales of the West continue with the return of the award-winning, interactive Ghost Town Alive! on select days from May 24th – September 2nd . Guests are invited to visit the beloved town of Calico to experience an authentic old west adventure by becoming the star in the all- new storyline. Each guest has the power to unlock experiences with characters, influence the day’s events, and take on new challenges in this “alive” version of the Old West.

Just on the outskirts of Calico, a new expedition in an uncharted territory awaits eager explorers with the debut of the park’s newest attraction, Calico River Rapids. Opening this summer, the new white water raft ride takes explorers on a search for new land where indigenous wildlife, treacherous roaring rapids, dynamic water effects plus a variety of wild surprises will be encountered along the way. The attraction comes to life with new animatronics and special effects designed and manufactured by Garner Holt Productions, Inc.

At the Charles M. Schulz Theatre Beach Blanket Beagle brings the beach fun to the farm with this musical dance party set to the classic beach comber tunes of the 60’s and 70’s, and stars the coolest beagle around, Snoopy! Showing on select dates from June 7th – August 11th.

The summer adventure continues long after the sun goes down, with an all-new nighttime summer party that will liven up the night. Beginning June 7 – August 11th, Knott’s Summer Nights offers numerous ways to enjoy the nighttime festivities as live music, food and games take over the Knott’s midway. Guests can enjoy a variety of bands including Suburban Legends, Hiatus and Suffragettes among others that rotate at the Calico Park stage nightly. Rock out to a top 40’s band at the Calico Mine Stage or bop to beats of the Boardwalk DJ around Charleston Circle Fountain. A summer night party is not complete without an abundance of food and drinks, and no theme park does food quite like Knott’s. Seasonal flavors collide as the Knott’s culinary team creates tasty twists to classic summer favorites. From build-your-own S’mores stations, nacho boats, grilled peach cobbler, to handcrafted ice cream flavors, guests can experience food in a whole new way at Knott’s this summer. Oversized classic games and festoon lighting will set the stage for guests to enjoy their summer nights at Knott’s, while the Knott’s Party Crew encourages good ol’ fashion fun with games and competitions that will bring out the competitor in everyone. With a hub of live music, unique summer food offerings, Instagram-able photo opportunities, interactive experiences, and family-friendly games, Knott’s Summer Nights will be an event to remember.

A hot summer day calls for a visit to Knott’s Soak City Waterpark, Orange County’s largest water park, as it kicks off another splashed-filled summer season opening select dates starting May 18th through September 8th. The 15-acre water park is home to a total of 23 speed, tube and body slides, a giant wave pool, one of the longest lazy rivers in the country and an interactive kid’s area with shallow pools and tot-sized water slides.
With something fun for everyone, Knott’s is THE place to be this summer.

The best way to enjoy all of the fun offered day and night during Knott’s summertime and all of the other Seasons of Fun is with a 2019 Season Pass. A Regular Season Pass includes unlimited admission in 2019 to Knott’s Berry Farm with no blackout dates, and a Gold Season Pass includes unlimited admission in 2019 to both Knott’s Berry Farm and Knott’s Soak City Waterpark with no blackout dates. Regular passes are just $98 or five easy payments of $15.50 after an initial payment and Gold Passes are $118 or five easy payments of just $18.50 after an initial payment. These offers end on April 28, 2019. Applicable taxes and fees apply. Payment plans are only available at knotts.com.

For more information about summertime at Knott’s and Knott’s Season Passes, please visit knotts.com. Join the conversation about the newly announced summer lineup debuting at Knott’s this year by using #CalicoRiverRapids #KnottsBerryFarm or #KnottsSummerNights.

About Knott’s Berry Farm and Cedar Fair Entertainment Company:
What began as a roadside berry stand and chicken dinner restaurant in the 1920s has evolved into Knott’s Berry Farm, one of Southern California’s most popular theme park destinations combining world-class thrill rides with traditional family favorite attractions and entertainment. Knott’s is also home to Knott’s Soak City Water Park, Knott’s Marketplace, and the full-service Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel. Knott’s Berry Farm is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: FUN), a publicly traded partnership and one of the largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world. The Company owns and operates 11 amusement parks, two outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and four hotels. For more information, see www.cedarfair.com.

Voodoo Doughnut at CityWalk - Easter Doughnuts Now Available!

4/16/2019

Voodoo Doughnut CityWalk is celebrating Easter with some adorable doughnuts inspired by an Easter egg hunt. These delightful treats are available through April 21!

Easter Basket Doughnut – Plain cake doughnut topped with vanilla frosting and green coconut flake “grass”, with 3 chocolate eggs nestled in the center

Easter Egg Doughnut – Egg-shaped yeast doughnut filled with chocolate Bavarian cream and decorated in beautiful pastel colors

More information about Universal CityWalk and Universal Studios Hollywood is available at www.CityWalkHollywood.com and www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com. Regular updates can be found on Universal Studios Hollywood’s Twitter @UniStudio, Facebook-Universal Studios Hollywood and Instagram @UniStudios.

Universal Studios Hollywood Sends Guests on a Tour of the Underworld for a Nightmarish Version of Everyone’s Favorite Seasonal Celebrations in the All-Original Halloween Horror Nights Maze, “Holidayz in Hell”

4/15/2019

Click Here for a First Look at What the Horrific Holidayz will Hold

Universal City, CA, April 15, 2019 – From New Year’s Eve to Valentine’s Day, from Easter to the Fourth of July and from Thanksgiving to Christmas, Universal Studios Hollywood adds a demented twist to life’s biggest moments in the all-original Halloween Horror Nights maze, “Holidayz in Hell.”

Inspired by the popular scare zone of the same name, the “Holidayz in Hell” maze will feature an original score by Electronic Music Artist and Producer Figure and offer guests new reasons to dread the holidays. A tortured Tunnel of Love, inhabited by a crazed Cupid on a quest for hearts to break or take will make this Valentine’s Day anything but romantic; an unhinged Uncle Sam will create a sinister July 4th killerbration; treacherous turkeys will gobble, gobble an unsuspecting family; and a sick Santa will adorn Christmas Trees with human body parts, with many other milestone killer holidays.

Ah, the Holidayz from Hell have arrived.

Those who survive the Holidayz need not let down their guard just yet as a creepy Christmas-themed scare zone with additional frights awaits to fill beating hearts with holiday fear.

In addition to the music of Figure, who previously created a series of original sounds for Halloween Horror Nights, guests can expect to hear a new rendition of their favorite holiday tunes, remixed to accompany this hellish new maze.

"Halloween Horror Nights" at Universal Studios Hollywood begins Friday, September 13, and brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror. Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes and frightful scare zones uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions as part of Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.

Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood are available online at Hollywood.HalloweenHorrorNights.com and on Facebook at: “Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood,” Instagram at @HorrorNights and Twitter at @HorrorNights as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Watch videos on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube and join the conversation using #UniversalHHN

Universal Studios Hollywood is The Entertainment Capital of L.A. and includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour. As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows. Attractions include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” which features a bustling Hogsmeade village and such critically-acclaimed rides as “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™”, and the highly-anticipated Summer opening of “Jurassic World—The Ride.” Other immersive lands include “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” as well as “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, located adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons Ride™” and DreamWorks Theatre featuring “Kung Fu Panda Adventure.” The world-renowned Studio Tour is Universal Studios Hollywood’s signature attraction, inviting guests behind-the-scenes of the world’s biggest and busiest movie and television production studio where they can also experience such thrill rides as “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” and “King Kong 360 3D.” The adjacent Universal CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex also includes the all-new multi-million dollar, redesigned Universal CityWalk Cinema, featuring deluxe recliner seating in screening room quality theatres, and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert stage.

Universal Studios Hollywood Takes Guests on a Whirlwind Journey through New York City in an All-New “The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!” Ride Inspired by Illumination’s Worldwide Blockbuster Movie, Opening in 2020

4/10/2019

Universal City, CA, April 10, 2019 – Adoption day is the ultimate rite of passage for every animal seeking a home, and it’s now the inspiration for Universal Studios Hollywood’s lively new ride, “The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!,” opening in 2020 based on Illumination’s 2016 global blockbuster and upcoming sequel, which answers the question, “What do your pets do when you’re not at home?”

In this all-new fully immersive experience, guests will assume the roles of stray puppies as they join a familiar cast of leading characters from The Secret Life of Pets — Max, Snowball, Gidget, Chloe and Duke, along with a host of other animal friends — on the ultimate quest of finding forever homes.

“We are thrilled to be able to bring another exciting Illumination movie-based ride to our guests,” said Karen Irwin, President and COO, Universal Studios Hollywood. “The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!’ will capture the essence of the popular film and invite our guests to live vicariously through some of their favorite characters as they embark on a one-of-a-kind experience only available at Universal Studios Hollywood.”

The innovative adventure will blend live, dimensional and animated characters with hyper-realistic media as guests zip along a track aboard ride vehicles through bustling New York City streets towards the Pet Adoption event and the ultimate happy ending: forever homes. Along the way, guests will face an array of challenges and meet up with fellow animal pals eager to help guide them toward their destination.

“The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!” will be located adjacent to the popular “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” attractions.

Illumination’s The Secret Life of Pets 2, the next chapter in the franchise, arrives in theaters June 7, 2019.

With so much to see and do at Universal Studios Hollywood, the California Neighbor Pass invites guests to experience over 175 select days of fun for $149 when purchased online. Blackout dates and restrictions apply.

More information is available at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com. Like Universal Studios Hollywood on Facebook and follow @UniStudios on Instagram and Twitter.

About Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood is The Entertainment Capital of L.A. and includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour. As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows. Attractions include “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” which features a bustling Hogsmeade village and such critically-acclaimed rides as “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™”, and the highly-anticipated Summer opening of “Jurassic World—The Ride.” Other immersive lands include “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and “Super Silly Fun Land” as well as “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, located adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons Ride™” and DreamWorks Theatre featuring “Kung Fu Panda Adventure.” The world-renowned Studio Tour is Universal Studios Hollywood’s signature attraction, inviting guests behind-the-scenes of the world’s biggest and busiest movie and television production studio where they can also experience such thrill rides as “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” and “King Kong 360 3D.” The adjacent Universal CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex also includes the all-new multi-million dollar, redesigned Universal CityWalk Cinema, featuring deluxe recliner seating in screening room quality theatres, and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert stage.

About Illumination
Illumination, founded by Academy Award® nominee Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of event-animated films. The company’s franchises include three of the top-eight animated films of all time, and its iconic, beloved brands—infused with memorable and distinct characters, global appeal and cultural relevance—have grossed more than $6 billion worldwide.

Illumination, which has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures, is the creator of the hugely successful world of Despicable Me, which includes Minions, the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time and the most profitable film in Universal’s history, as well as the Academy Award®- nominated Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3, which made more than $1 billion at the global box office.

Illumination recently launched two original properties that captivated audiences worldwide: The Secret Life of Pets, which achieved the best opening for an original movie, animated or otherwise, in U.S. history, and the global smash, Sing. And in 2018, Illumination’s Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch had the biggest opening weekend of any Christmas-themed movie in history. Illumination’s upcoming films include The Secret Life of Pets 2 in June 2019, Minions 2 in July 2020, and Sing 2 in December 2020.

MIDSUMMER SCREAM WELCOMES THE CRYPT KEEPER HIMSELF TO HEADLINE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PANEL FOR HBO’S “TALES FROM THE CRYPT”

4/4/2019

LONG BEACH, CA - Hey there, kiddies! Midsummer Scream, the world’s largest Halloween and horror fan convention, will be commemorating the 30th anniversary of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt at the Long Beach Convention Center August 3 and 4.

On Sunday, August 4, Midsummer Scream will host 30 Years of Tales From the Crypt with cast and crew who helped create the show and its spin-offs on the main stage in the Grand Ballroom, including John Kassir, the voice of the Crypt Keeper, Academy Award-winning special effects supervisor Richard Edlund, Masters of Horror filmmaker Ernest R. Dickerson, and others.

Inspired by the 1950s-era line of EC Comics that were ultimately banned for depictions of the undead and other horror themes, a live-action version of Tales from the Crypt was a natural fit for premium cable channel HBO, which had minimal network standards.

Tales from the Crypt was executive produced by Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill, Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and featured a main title theme by Danny Elfman. Spanning 96 episodes from 1989 to 1996, Tales from the Crypt was often helmed by A-list directors and starred leading Hollywood talent. The series would go on to spawn two feature films, an animated series, and several music albums including a Christmas record!

30 Years of Tales From the Crypt will offer a behind-the-scenes look at making the series and feature films, and a discussion of both its appeal and enduring legacy.

Panelists:

John Kassir is an actor, comedian, and voice actor, best known as the voice of the Crypt Keeper on HBO’s Tales from the Crypt, its movie spin-offs, and the animated series, Tales from the Cryptkeeper.
Richard Edlund is an Academy Award-winning special effects supervisor and producer with credits including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Species, The Monster Squad, Fright Night, Poltergeist, and the title sequence used to open each episode of Tales from the Crypt.
Ernest R. Dickerson’s film and television career includes directing Surviving the Game, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Bones, and several episodes of The Walking Dead and Dexter. He is currently shooting several episodes of CBS All Access’ true-crime drama Interrogation.
William Malone’s directing credits include two episodes of Tales from the Crypt, as well as three episodes of Freddy’s Nightmares, and the feature films House on Haunted Hill and Feardotcom.
Gregory Melton’s production design work includes feature films Idle Hands, Majestic, The Mist, the first season of The Walking Dead, and TV series Freddy’s Nightmares, Tales from the Crypt, and most recently, 106 episodes of Agents of Shield.
The panel will be moderated by Robert Parigi, a post-production supervisor and associate producer who worked on two seasons of Tales from the Crypt and the feature film spin-off, Demon Knight. Parigi also wrote and directed Love Object.

John Kassir will also be meeting fans and signing autographs all weekend on the Midsummer Scream show floor.

Tickets are on sale now at MidsummerScream.org. More news and information regarding Midsummer Scream 2019 will be announced in the weeks and months ahead.

About Midsummer Scream
Midsummer Scream is presented by David Markland (Executive Director), Gary Baker (Executive Producer), Claire Dunlap (Supervising Producer), and Rick West (Creative Director). Its goal is to showcase the diversity of Southern California’s haunt and horror community as a welcoming beacon for fans around the world to converge on Los Angeles for a weekend of excitement, networking and non-stop spooky fun! Be sure to follow Midsummer Scream on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Periscope for breaking updates and information.

Japanese TV Anime Series "SHIKIZAKURA" will Have Voice Cast Audition atANIME EXPO 2019!

4/2/2019

“SHIKIZAKURA” is the first TV animation series with 12 episodes, created in Tokai region (Central Japan). It is scheduled to be on-air in 2020.

The production company of the series is SUBLIMATION, known for their works such as “Love Live!” series, “Tokyo Ghoul” series, “Psycho-Pass” series, “GHOST IN THE SHELL: ARISE” series and “EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.”

CHUKYO TV is excited to announce that it will hold voice cast audition during ANIME EXPO (AX) 2019 for an English-speaking role which will occur in one episode. This is the first time in AX history that a winner can join the cast of a Japanese anime.

Entry details and additional information will be announced in late April.

In addition, virtual YouTube influencer, MIYA KIMINO, will promote the voice cast audition on her channel. MIYA is a bilingual character delivering the information of Japanese culture centered on anime to the world. Her channel gathers more than 170,000 enthusiastic fans from all over the world. MIYA is also “the Aichi Tourism Virtual Supporter” and “SHIKIZAKURA” will take place in Aichi-prefecture. This is why MIYA is a perfect fit to promote this audition.

“SHIKIZAKURA” Production Committee
CHUKYO TV. BROADCASTING CO.,LTD. (President ：Nobuo Komatsu)
Sublimation Inc. (CEO：Atsushi Koishikawa)
tamakoshi Co.,Ltd. (CEO：Kodo Takagi)
Nakanihon KOGYO Co.,Ltd. (CEO：Toru Hattori)
K&K DESIGN CO., LTD. (CEO：Shuji Kikkawa)

Outline
Title: SHIKIZAKURA
TV series 12 episodes: 30 minutes length
Genre: Near-Future Science Fiction Action Drama
Animation Technique: Hybrid (2D & 3DCG)
Production Studio: SUBLIMATION
Director: Shinya Sugai
Character Design: K&K Design
Completion Date: 2020
Official Site: https://www.ctv.co.jp/shikizakura/

ANIME EXPO
Date: July 4 - 7, 2019
Venue: Los Angeles Convention Center
Organizer：Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA)
* ANIME EXPO is the largest North American anime convention gathering more than 350,000 people every year.

About SPJA
SPJA is a non-profit organization dedicated to popularize and educate the American public about Japanese entertainment and pop culture, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between professionals and fans. For more information, please visit www.spja.org.

MIYA KIMINO
She is MANEKI-NEKO（beckoning cat）who descended on earth to share Japanese culture with the world and acts as a bridge between Japan and other countries to bring prosperity to the world.

Official site：
https://japanese-hanjo.tv
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8TPE5nLLOqlNnBivmQwww

Celebrate National Boysenberry Day at Knott’s by Dressing Your Berry Best on April 3rd

4/1/2019

WHAT: On Wednesday, April 3, Knott’s Berry Farm is celebrating National Boysenberry Day to commemorate its historic roots and the little berry that started it all, the boysenberry. A boysenberry is a hybrid berry composed of blackberry, raspberry, and loganberry. In 1932 Walter and Cordelia Knott put their stamp on the berry world by being the first to harvest the boysenberry successfully. The Knott family then began selling boysenberry jams, jellies, and preserves, due to the popularity of its boysenberry products it later led to the birth of Knott’s Berry Farm. Today all the boysenberry in the world can trace its roots back to Knott’s Berry Farm. To show love to the berry that placed Knott’s on the map the park is inviting guests to dress their Berry Best by sporting formal boysenberry themed outfits for National Boysenberry Day. During the event, guests are encouraged to dress as stylish as needed by wearing bowties, gloves, suits or skirts. Knott’s provides the best back-drops for all the stylish outfits which guests can share online with friends by using #NationalBoysenberryDay

Guests entering the park will receive a commemorative National Boysenberry Day pin to mark the special occasion and at 4 pm in Calico Mine Stage guests dressed in their berry best will have the option to participate in the first-ever National Boysenberry Day Fashion Show where the town’s Judge will select a participating guest with the most festive and creative outfit as the fashion show’s winner. The winner will receive a boysenberry prize and the reputation of being known as the berry best dressed. Most importantly on National Boysenberry Day guests will also have the opportunity to indulge in over 75 unique boysenberry food items that are exclusively available during the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival which is available from March 29 – April 28th.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019/ National Boysenberry Festival Fashion Show at 4pm

WHERE: Knott’s Berry Farm – 8039 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park CA 90620/ Fashion Show at the Calico Mine Stage

HOW: For more information on Knott’s Boysenberry Festival please visit knotts.com; or join the conversation by using #BoysenberryFestival or #NationalBoysenberryDay on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram

Here is some inspiration for your #NationalBoysenberryDay attire, Courtesy of @Atomic_Redhead:

Photo Courtesy of @Atomic_Redhead

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