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10-09-2003, 02:56 PM
Thanks to animated movies.com....
The Pride Show Must Go On
The Siegfried & Roy show--which earned the hotel-casino The Mirage about $44 million in annual revenue since it debuted in 1990--is over for good, and its 267 employees have been let go.
But it sounds like the future is getting a little brighter for DreamWorks' CG animated series Father of the Pride. Manager Bernie Yuman revealed on CNN's Larry King Live last night that "Siegfried and Roy is collaborating with our friend Jeffrey Katzenberg at Dreamworks... We signed a contract. We're going to have Father of the Pride which starts [on NBC] in September.
We have been intricately involved in the creative process. Jeffrey had us by his side through the entire process. It's from the point of view of the Siegfried and Roy animal family, and in reality, I think it's pioneering television. You know, there's been a few things on TV that [are] unlike anything else.
You think about the Simpsons and the Cosby Show or Seinfeld. This is that kind of thing. And NBC is fully behind us and Jeffrey Katzenberg..." Asked if it would start next year, Yuman replied: "Yes, September of '04 on Thursday nights." Siegfred Fischbacher added that the show was in "digital enhanced, Shrek-like animation. That's very exciting. It's great and it's a great people."
The Pride Show Must Go On
The Siegfried & Roy show--which earned the hotel-casino The Mirage about $44 million in annual revenue since it debuted in 1990--is over for good, and its 267 employees have been let go.
But it sounds like the future is getting a little brighter for DreamWorks' CG animated series Father of the Pride. Manager Bernie Yuman revealed on CNN's Larry King Live last night that "Siegfried and Roy is collaborating with our friend Jeffrey Katzenberg at Dreamworks... We signed a contract. We're going to have Father of the Pride which starts [on NBC] in September.
We have been intricately involved in the creative process. Jeffrey had us by his side through the entire process. It's from the point of view of the Siegfried and Roy animal family, and in reality, I think it's pioneering television. You know, there's been a few things on TV that [are] unlike anything else.
You think about the Simpsons and the Cosby Show or Seinfeld. This is that kind of thing. And NBC is fully behind us and Jeffrey Katzenberg..." Asked if it would start next year, Yuman replied: "Yes, September of '04 on Thursday nights." Siegfred Fischbacher added that the show was in "digital enhanced, Shrek-like animation. That's very exciting. It's great and it's a great people."