Winx Club returns with new eps!

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...102060828.html

Nickelodeon has acquired the Winx Club TV rights for the U.S. and the pay-TV rights for Latin America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Benelux. Winx Club features the adventures of six magical fairies who are hugely popular with young girls around the world. The new partnership gives Nickelodeon, the number-one global brand for kids, access to the existing Winx Club TV series and two theatrical films. The agreement also includes the co-development and co-production of seasons five and six of the series.

"It is very exciting for us to be partnering with Iginio Straffi and Rainbow, who have had such tremendous success with this property internationally," said Cyma Zarghami, President of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. "The Winx Club franchise is a big hit with young girls and we think there is great opportunity for it domestically as a property that allows us to fill a gap for girls in the six-to-eight-year-old range."

"We are very proud to start this collaboration with the most prestigious network in the world," declared Iginio Straffi, Founder and President of Rainbow S.p.A. "This is a new challenge for our fairies who, I'm sure, will find a place in the hearts of American and British children."

"We are confident that Nickelodeon's global brand strength and scale combined with Rainbow's strong consumer products base will perfectly position us to take Winx Club to the next level for audiences and partners in multiple markets around the world," said Bob Bakish, President, MTV Networks International.

Nickelodeon will partner with Rainbow to co-develop and co-produce seasons five and six of Winx Club. Seasons five and six will consist of 26 episodes each and will launch on Nickelodeon domestically and internationally (with the exception of Italy) in 2012. Prior to launching the new seasons of Winx Club, Nickelodeon will introduce the series on the network in 2011 by airing four hour-long animated specials based on seasons one and two, as well as the episodes from seasons three and four.

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I didn't know it was GK's birthday again already...

Spoiler:

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How is it that GK didn't post this first?

[GK Punk]

So I wonder if they are just going to air the RAI Dub of the show then?

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by GK

So I wonder if they are just going to air the RAI Dub of the show then?

Well they'll be airing seasons 1 - 4 but also creating 2 new seasons that'll be exclusively airing on Nick first.

Also there'll be a 2nd film. Seasons 5 and 6 are set after it.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Well they'll be airing seasons 1 - 4 but also creating 2 new seasons that'll be exclusively airing on Nick first.

Also there'll be a 2nd film. Seasons 5 and 6 are set after it.

What I'm asking is, there has been up until season 4 2 English dubs of Winx. 4Kids and RAI. RAI aired in Australia and the Philippines, 4Kids aired pretty much everywhere else. I'm wondering about which voice cast will be used since 4Kids has nothing to do with this version. (The RAI English is 100% The same as the Italian version, just dubbed in Canada. 4Kids was edited and "Censored" slightly.)

And yeah, know all about the new movie. I Liked the first one quite a bit so I'm hoping the 2nd will be good. (Yay, The Witches are back!)

[BubblyShell22]

Whoo Hoo! This is awesome news. I hope it'll be on Nick and not NickToons so I can watch this. Well, now I have two things to look forward to in 2012. TMNT and Winx Club coming back.