DIC Movie Toons (originally known as the Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons in the United States) were a series of
animated
made-for-TV movies produced by
DIC Entertainment ,
[a] which lasted for just one season (2002) on
Nickelodeon in the United States.
[1]
[2] It started in 2002, beginning on October 6 and ending on December 29.
All films are nowadays a property of
WildBrain , which holds the rights to most of DIC's library.
[3]
List of movies
Initially, 39 films were ordered from
Nickelodeon to air, with later productions including adaptations of concepts such as
Black Beauty and
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , but only 13 of them did so.
[4]
[5] With the exception of
Groove Squad , which was a completely original story (it was about a group of crime-fighting cheerleaders), all of the made-for-TV films were either based on various DIC productions such as
Inspector Gadget ,
Sabrina: The Animated Series , and
Dennis the Menace , or adapted from stories from classic literature such as
Treasure Island and
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea . In order, the movies featured were:
Inspector Gadget's Last Case (based on both
the original 1983 Inspector Gadget series and
Disney's 1999 live-action movie , but with character designs from
Gadget & the Gadgetinis ) (10/6/02)
[6]
Sabrina: Friends Forever (based on
Sabrina: The Animated Series ) (10/13/02 (10/13/02 ) )
[7]
Time Kid (based on
The Time Machine by
H. G. Wells ) (10/20/02)
[8]
Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control (based on the
1986–1988 animated series version of
Dennis the Menace ) (10/27/02)
[9]
[10]
The Archies in JugMan (based on the
Archie universe as portrayed in
Archie's Weird Mysteries ) (11/3/02)
[11]
Dinosaur Island (based on
The Lost World by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ) (11/10/02)
[12]
My Fair Madeline (based on
Madeline ) (11/17/02)
Groove Squad (11/24/02)
Treasure Island (based on
Treasure Island by
Robert Louis Stevenson ) (12/1/02)
[13]
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (based on
A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens ) (12/8/02)
[b]
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure (based on
Around the World in Eighty Days by
Jules Verne ) (12/15/02)
[14]
[15]
[a]
The Amazing Zorro (based on
Johnston McCulley 's
Zorro ) (12/22/02)
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (based on
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne) (12/29/02)
International broadcasts
In October 2002, Disney Television International purchased the broadcast rights to the movies for DIC to air on
Disney Channel ,
Toon Disney and
Playhouse Disney networks in France, Germany, Italy, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, the Middle East and Scandinavia.
[5]
In November 2002,
Super RTL purchased the German free-to-air broadcasting rights to the films as part of a six-year deal with DIC. Other networks like
YTV in Canada,
Cartoon Network Japan ,
Televisa in Mexico and
RCTV in Venezuela purchased the broadcast rights to the movies in their respective regions.
[20]
Later on, DIC would pre-sell the movies to
ITV in the UK,
Club RTL in Belgium, Mediatrade in Italy,
Alter TV in Greece and Anteve in Indonesia.
[21]
Home media
All of the movies apart from A Christmas Carol were later released to
VHS and
DVD in the
United States by
MGM Home Entertainment .
[22] In 2008,
Gaiam re-released the films on DVD.
In the
United Kingdom , a selection of the films were distributed through
Prism Leisure
[23] and later Boulevard Entertainment.
In France, Italy, Spain/Latin America, Australia and Ukraine, the movies were released by TF1 Video, Eagle Pictures, Sum, Shock and ICTV respectively.
[21]
In Poland, these movies were dubbed and distributed by Kartunz.
[24]
Notes and references
Notes
References
^ Grego, Melissa (8 May 2002).
"Tons of toons for Dic, Nick" .
Variety . Retrieved 2 June 2016 .
^ Godfrey, Leigh (9 May 2002).
"DIC And Nick Partner To Launch Sunday Movie Toons" .
Animation World Network . Retrieved 2 June 2016 .
^
"Catalog - "Movie Toons" " . Dhxmedia.com . Archived from
the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-07-08 .
^
"Shows A - L" . Dicentertainment.com . Archived from
the original on 2003-04-02. Retrieved 2019-06-28 .
^
a
b Ball, Ryan (2002-10-01).
"Disney Takes DIC's Movie Toons International" .
Animation Magazine . Retrieved 2019-07-08 .
^
"Inspector Gadget's Last Case" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-06-27. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
"Sabrina: Friends Forever" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
"Time Kid" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
Arnold, Mark (2017-06-15).
Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace .
ISBN
978-1629331195 . Retrieved 2019-07-09 . There was also an animated TV-movie called Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control released on October 27, 2002.
^
"Dennis The Menace: Cruise Control" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
"The Archies: Jugman" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-04-05. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
"Dinosaur Island" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
"Treasure Island" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^ Seibert, Fred (2002-12-13).
"We're proud of our first movie" . The Frederator Studios Blog. Retrieved 2019-07-13 .
^
"GlobeHunters: An Around The World In 80 Days Adven" . MGM Movie Database. Archived from
the original on 2004-01-11. Retrieved 2019-07-24 .
^
"Movies" . frederator.com . Retrieved 2019-07-11 .
^
"Resume" . barbaraepstein.com . Retrieved 2019-07-11 .
^
"FORECAST SAYS: RADIO CITY FUN" .
New York Daily News . 1999-11-08. Retrieved 2019-07-11 .
^
"Titles in document V3547D955" .
Copyright Catalog . 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2019-07-11 .
^ Fraser, Fiona (2003-11-05).
"DIC secures six-year German deal" . C21 Media. Retrieved 2021-02-22 .
^
a
b Ball, Ryan (2002-04-30).
"DIC Announces Post-MIP Int'l Toon Sales" .
Animation Magazine . Retrieved 2021-02-22 .
^ Burgess, Amanda (2003-08-01).
"MGM experiments with Mad Science merch and media" . Kidscreen. Retrieved 2019-07-11 .
^ Kay, Jeremy (2003-02-21).
"DIC signs UK video deal" .
Screen Daily . Retrieved 2021-02-22 .
^
"Kartunz" . www.kartunz.pl . Archived from
the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .