cmhargrove
06-28-2010, 05:12 PM
So instead of working on the labor problems and a potential shutout next year we get....
Make way, SpongeBob: NFL to launch animated children's series on Nickelodeon
12:58 PM
Move over, Patrick. Eli Manning may be moving in as SpongeBob SquarePants' new best friend.
The NFL announced a new partnership with Nickelodeon on Monday in which the two companies will create a new animated series based on the NFL.
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and Manning, the Giants' QB, will be among the players and coaches who lend their voices to the series.
"This new series combines fantasy, sports, game play, team work, competition and the age old theme of good vs. evil, under one compelling new narrative," Nicktoons general manager Keith Dawkins said.
The series, "Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core," will follow 10-year-old characters Ishmael as he attempts to save humanity when he learns the 32 NFL stadiums hold a benevolent life force that is under attack. Among the other characters:
Sudden Death: the villain determined to end humanity
Rusherz: the superheroes that represent the 32 teams
Blitz Botz: Sudden Death's army of robots
O.T.: Ishmael's mentor
The series will air weekly during the football season and end with a one-hour movie special on Nickelodeon the day before Super Bowl XLV in February.
-- Sean Leahy
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/06/make-way-sponge-bob-nfl-to-launch-animated-childrens-series-on-nickelodeon/1
Make way, SpongeBob: NFL to launch animated children's series on Nickelodeon
12:58 PM
Move over, Patrick. Eli Manning may be moving in as SpongeBob SquarePants' new best friend.
The NFL announced a new partnership with Nickelodeon on Monday in which the two companies will create a new animated series based on the NFL.
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and Manning, the Giants' QB, will be among the players and coaches who lend their voices to the series.
"This new series combines fantasy, sports, game play, team work, competition and the age old theme of good vs. evil, under one compelling new narrative," Nicktoons general manager Keith Dawkins said.
The series, "Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core," will follow 10-year-old characters Ishmael as he attempts to save humanity when he learns the 32 NFL stadiums hold a benevolent life force that is under attack. Among the other characters:
Sudden Death: the villain determined to end humanity
Rusherz: the superheroes that represent the 32 teams
Blitz Botz: Sudden Death's army of robots
O.T.: Ishmael's mentor
The series will air weekly during the football season and end with a one-hour movie special on Nickelodeon the day before Super Bowl XLV in February.
-- Sean Leahy
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/06/make-way-sponge-bob-nfl-to-launch-animated-childrens-series-on-nickelodeon/1
