A New Destination for Families: Fantawild Park Opens in Jining

Recently, the launch party for the family-friendly movie Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink, which will hit theaters on the first day of Chinese New Year (February 16, 2018), was held in Beijing. Leading creators of the movie made a collective appearance and officially announced the simultaneous opening of the nationwide pre-sale and advance screening. At the launch event, Chinese and foreign stars included the movie’s “Overseas Promotion Ambassador” who plays “Caroline” on the U.S. TV show 2 Broke Girls, Beth Behrs, and Yingjun Zhao, who showed up as “Logger Vick” for the first time, and the singer of the theme song, Kewei Yu (Yisa Yu), all showed up on stage with surprises for the audience. Together with Briar,Bramble, and Logger Vick, they presented the Boonie Bears “Spring Festival Global Gala” and extended their early New Year greetings to the audiences. In addition, the ending theme song from the movie “世上只有爸爸好” (“Father Is the Best in the World”), composed by Yingjun Zhao, also made its debut at the launch event. By depicting the heartfelt story between Vick and his father, it touched on the audiences’ emotions and gratitude to their own families. The launch event featuring Boonie Bears “Spring Festival Global Gala” heats up this family-friendly animated movie which contains spring festival elements and loads of fun. At this moment, the nationwide presale of the movie has officially began.The advance screenings start from January 27.Conveys Touching Father and Son AffectionCalls On Parents to Accompany Their Children At the launch event, our main characters from the movie ‘Briar and Bramble’ made a surprise appearance, and presented a “report card” of Boonie Bears of the past few years:since its first release in 2014, The Boonie Bears movie series has created one after another new box office records, and quickly broke multiple records for Chinese animated movies. With an accumulative box office of over 210 million USD across 4 movies, Boonie Bears has become one of the most successful animated IPs in China. The launch event also shows the improvement of the movies in every aspect. As the fifth movie in the ‘Boonie Bears’ movie series,“BoonieBears: The Big Shrink” has had an all-round upgrade in terms of content as well as production. Directors Leon Ding and Huida Lin introduced the innovation and breakthroughs of the movie at the event: in the film, a lack of fatherly love during Vick’s childhood causes their father/son relationship to hit rock bottom. After Vick grows up, his father’s effort to make up and reconcile things brings nothing but misunderstandings, making the broken relationship even more difficultto restore… This is exactly one of the characteristics of Chinese-style father/sonrelationship, but also, something that resonates with fathers and sons from any culture. The director makes this “father and son relationship” the main theme of the movie, hoping to encourage families to pay attention to the importance of a father’s love and company during the growth of children. This also embodies the “family” bond concept that ‘BoonieBears’has been emphasizing since the beginning. The movie also presents a fascinating glimpse down into the micro world: First,when a bunch of tiny “new friends” are introduced, the crayfish gang, who go on an adventure with Briar and Bramble; Secondly, the micro world itself is a ton of fun: a four-leaf clover forest that rises like skyscrapers high up into theclouds, a huge hungry frog, a tiny city crisis deep in the sewer… And of course Briar, Bramble, and Vick who shrink and find themselves unexpectedly on a thrilling journey in the micro world. Following the main characters’ point of view, the audiences will also travel along in the tiny world and uncover a mystery concerning environmental protection. Facing a major crisis and saving the environment with the main characters… this again ties back into the core theme of ‘the Boonie Bears’ brand, “environmental protection” as Briar and Bramble always say, “Protecting theForest, The Bear Brothers Way!”Moreover, the director commented that this movie will be the “funniest” thus far, among the existing ‘Boonie Bears’ movie series. Many hilarious parts will not only make the children laugh, but their parents as well. “The Movie is the best choice for families to have a fun and relaxing time during spring festival”. ‘2 Broke Girls’ Joining the MovieListen to the Touching Homecoming Song In AdvanceIn terms of the cast lineup, it is ‘Boonie Bears’first time inviting a renowned and famous Hollywood actress to join one of its movies,which also represents the internationalization of the Boonie Bears. The launch event invited Beth Behrs, who plays an animated version of herself in the movie. The pictures comparing herself and the animated version were also shown at the event. How a real person turns into a vivid animated figure brought an exciting visual experience to the audiences, who wereall very impressed and look forward to the movie. During the event, Beth also sent her New Year’s wishes to the Chinese audiences in an authentic Chinese style. She not only learned the Spring Festival’s traditions and gave her wishes inChinese, but also learned to do the Yangko dance. Her lively and lovable performance also fit the joyful tone of “Boonie Bears: TheBig Shrink” quite well.When asked the reason why she joined Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink, Beth shared that: first of all, she had heard about Boonie Bears before, knowing that it is a very popular and family-friendly animation brand in China. She said that it was a great honor to be invited to join the movie; second, there’re many similarities between the character and Beth herself. They both are “environmentalists” who love to interact with nature. Beth also told us that “this is one of my favorite characters in the movie”; meanwhile, she also showed her love for ‘Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink’ by saying“The Boonie Bears over Spring Festival are fun for the whole family!” inChinese. Later at the launch event, Kewei Yu (Yisa Yu), singer of the theme song, who was unannounced previously showed up as a pleasant surprise and sent early New Year’s wishes to the audiences. The theme of the song is familial affection and reunion. When talking about the reason for performing in Boonie Bears:The Big Shrink this time, Yisa said that it was out of the recognition of the movie, “I’ve long wanted to sing for a good animation, so I was more than happy to oblige when I finally got the invitation”. Moreover, the audience will feel a connection to this touching homecoming song. “I hope people can go home and reunite with their families when they hear the song”. At the event, Yisa sang and shared a small part of the song for the first time, which was enough to create an atmosphere of reunion that the movie brings to audiences, igniting their hopes and longings for the coming Spring Festival. The official version of the song will be released inearly February so then audiences can listen and enjoy to their hearts’ content.Real “Vick” Himself Showed Up “FatherIs the Best in the World” Justifies the Role of FatherThe ending songof Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink, “FatherIs the Best in the World”, which is created and sang by Yingjun Zhao, is also released on the same day. At the event, Yingjun Zhao showed up in Vick’s iconic costume with a vest and an ushanka, and was one of the highlights of the event.Actually, Yingjun Zhao got the title “the real Vick” long before, but this is his first time gaining the “official certification” from the Boonie Bears themselves. The director even commented: “This is my first time seeing Yingjun Zhao in real life. I’m shocked. How could our Vick become a real person standing right in front of me?” Yingjun Zhao himself also joked that “I will be the first one in line if the director ever wants to shoot a live action version. I can’t let Cun Xue(another singer who looks like Vick) take my role.”The ending song “Father Is the Best in the World” was written from a first person point of view. It presents the changes of a child’s emotions toward the father during different stages, which can make people tear up easily. During childhood, the father in their children’s eyes, “doesn’t have so many hugs (for them)” but also “has so much work”, which inevitably creates a sense of estrangement; as children grow inage and mind, they start to understand the burden their “strict father” takes in life. At the end of the song, the lines “Please run slower, time. Don’t let him grow old.” conveys the children’s deep affection toward their father. “Father Is the Best in the World” is a great contrast to “世上只有妈妈好” (“Mother Is the Best in the World”).Since it is a challenge to the classic, Yingjun Zhao said that he was under a lot of pressure. “Mother Is the Best in the World” is a very old nursery rhyme.It’s so classic that you can almost feel it going through your veins. For thepast 20 years, no one has ever tried to write a song called “Father Is the Best in the World”. Despite the hard work, it is still worth the try.Yingjun Zhao also shared his story of creating this song, that he got the idea from the emotional story of Vick and his father in ‘BoonieBears: The Big Shrink’ from inseparable to misunderstanding, and then back to reconciliation. It can be seen from the MV of the song that Vick is inseparable from his dad during his childhood, and a conflict rises between them accumulated due to Vick’s father’s working hard during Vick’s teenage years,then Vick’s father tries to make up for his “faults” in the way that he thinks is best after Vick has grown up, which leads to the outbreak of their conflict…how Vick and his father eventually settle their dispute is a very big part of the movie.  Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink will be released on the first day of Chinese New Year,which will bring a warm and happy viewing experience to the audience during the Spring Festival. It is announced that there will be an advanced screening of the movie since January 27th. At the present moment, the bookings for the advanced screening and presale tickets have already started nationwide simultaneously. The audiences can get their tickets on ticketing platforms.Watch “Boonie Bears” on the first dayof the New Year! It is fun for the whole family over this Spring Festival! ;

The CEO of Fantawild Holdings Inc. Mr. Liu signed an agreement with Huaian government on December 28th for building 2 parks in Huian, Jiangsu, which will be the first and second Fantawild parks in Jiangsu province. The senior management team of Fantawild also presented in the ceremony.Huaian locates in the east of China and is also the central city of Jiangsu north part. According to the local history and culture, Fantatwild will build one park named Road to Modern Era and the other one is a Boonie Bears Park, which is origin from Fantawild Animation IP Boonie Bears. ;

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Dear friends, FANTAWILD will exhibit in IAAPA Attractions Expo 2017 in Orland from Nov. 14th to 17th. Our booth is 1854. There are somthing interesting we want to show you. Sincerely expect your visit!;

Fantawild Animation New Product Launch Event and the 4th Annual Licensee Conference officially kicked off at the Shanghai Kerry Hotel on October 18, 2017. Fantawild rolled out five brand-new programs which drew a lot attention, including Boonie Cub Tune Club, a series of nursery rhyme targeting younger kids from 0 to 3 years old, Boonie Cubs, an edutainment targeted at the pre-school aged 3 to 6, Boonie Bears: The Adventurers, an adventure-themed TV series targeted at children aged 6 to 12, Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink, the 5th theatrical film of Fantawild to be aired in 2018, and Tiger-Team centered around expedition and exploration. What’s more, Fantawild also celebrated the 5th anniversary since the debut of their hit property, “Boonie Bears”. But we won’t stop there. Fantawild promises to continue to bring you the newest, biggest, and most innovative entertainment experiences in the years to come. Opening Speech by Daisy Shang, SVP of Fantawild Holding Inc.3 Animated Programs Tailored for Different Age Groups to Meet with Audience Soon2017 marks the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the animation brand “Boonie Bears”. Based on the creative concept---“The Right Animation for the Right Age”, Fantawild customizes 3 animations: Boonie Cub Tune Club, Boonie Cubs, and Boonie Bears: The Adventurers. The latest news on these programs was made public at the conference. Since its debut in April 2017, Boonie Cubs has delighted audiences across multiple TV channels as well as digital media. It earns an average rating of 1.55% and a maximum rating of 3.044% for every single episode. The show proudly finds itself among the Top 4 Highest Rated TV Series in China. Fantawild advances in leaps and bounds in the field of themed activities, brand licensing, and consumer products sales. Boonie Cubs Season 2 contains 52 episodes, and the production has been completed. It is expected to be broadcast in early 2018. Additionally, a batch of stills and trailers for Boonie Bears: The Adventurers were unveiled at the launch event. This adventure-themed show follows Vick, Briar, and Bramble who are on an adventure with a girl named Carly to help look for her childhood companion---Kitty the tiger. The four friends find themselves in fantastic new lands. Dense jungles, deep mines, and snow-capped mountains are just a few of the magnificent locales our explorers find themselves in. It is finely produced with exciting stories and high-quality animation, which has been praised by early viewers and is expected to make a big splash on the animation scene. The production of all 52 episodes has concluded and they are scheduled for release at the beginning of 2018. It is noteworthy that Fantawild is working on a new nursery rhyme series named Boonie Cub Tune Club. Unlike traditional children’s songs, this series incorporates popular musical elements as well as kid-friendly music styles to offer a refreshing and fashionable audio-visual experience. The adorable personalities of Briar, Bramble, and Vick are perfectly rendered in the animation. Paired with educational lyrics, the colorful pictures will delight as well as nudge the child down the road of education and further language learning. The work is still at the creation stage and is due for release in 2018. 2 Brand New Animations Unveiled and Expected to Make a SplashThe announcement for the long-awaited 5th theatrical release of Fantawild’s Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink, made its first public appearance at the conference. This film promises to capture the imagination with thrills and suspenseful storytelling. The refined yet imaginative film title is impressive enough to draw wide attention. The film, which maintains a consistent level of quality, presents audiences with a wondrous new world from a microscopic view. The hilarious trio, the bear brothers and Vick, guarantee a storyline packed with fun and excitement that keeps you laughing all the way down. Furthermore, Vick’s father also has a part to play in the film. The emotional interaction between the father and son will surely add a more tender feeling to the story. Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink is estimated to hit cinemas in early 2018. For more information, please stay tuned for the film release conference in the months to come. Ben Li, Deupty General Manager of Fantawild Animation Inc., announced the new feature film.Another highlight at the launch event is Fantawild’s announcement that it has entered a deal to make an animation based on Thomas Brezina’s hugely popular Tiger-Team book series. Centered on adventure, it follows three central characters as they travel to exciting locations, solve baffling cases, and face sinister villains. Since it was published in China in 2001, this book series has grabbed a big share of the market by virtue of interesting storylines, rich scientific and humanistic knowledge, the distinct personalities of main characters, plus novel crime-solving tools. In China, it smashed the sales record set up by Harry Potter with more than 7 million books sold in three years, and has climbed to top of Best-Selling Children’s Books List for 23 times. So far, Tiger-Team is already an acclaimed book series, having sold more than 40 million copies worldwide with 83 editions published and translated into 26 languages, a must-have for any child’s library. Fantawild has commenced the animation adaption of the Tiger-Team novel in an all-round way. Besides the in-house creation team, Fantawild will hire Hollywood’s top writing teams to undertake the innovation work, and join hands with Zodiak Kids Studios, a leading children’s media producer and a subsidiary company of Zodiak Media which is the largest media group in France, to work on the global distribution. Fantawild will integrate superior resources via its well-established distribution network, and formulate a comprehensive marketing strategy to develop Tiger-Team, which has gained a considerable fan base worldwide, into a super animation. It will definitely bring more surprises to audiences in the near future! The 5th Anniversary of “Boonie Bears” Heralding Greater Strides in InnovationSince its debut in 2012, “Boonie Bears” has brought joy to countless families. This year marks the 5th anniversary of “Boonie Bears” and Fantawild warmly celebrates that important milestone. Over the past five years, Boonie Bears has grown from a popular animated program into a No.1 animation brand nationwide, with its business sections including TV series, TV films, theatrical films, audio works, stage-plays, consumer products, and brand licensing. It has achieved great success at the box office, held the highest ratings of all TV channels, and is top ranking in new media. Boonie Bears series has been distributed to more than 60 countries and territories in the world, and performs well at the box office in Russia, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, etc. Some Boonie Bears seasons have been broadcast on Sony, Netflix and Disney channels. Recently Boonie Bears has been -distributed to Australia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Greece, further expanding its footprints on the world arena. During the 5th anniversary celebration, Fantawild joined hands with Zoo Coffee, Shenzhen Airlines, Bliss Cake, and many other famous enterprises to carry out a series of promotional activities. In addition, Boonie Bears 5th Anniversary National Tour kicked off on October 1, 2017. There are 100 adorable statues of main characters placed on the spot, which get quite popular among the public and win the heart of numerous fans. In the coming years, Fantawild will make more efforts to infuse fashionable and trendy elements into Boonie Bears, so as to gain more audience and fans of various age groups and push the brand to a new level, which also conforms to the pathway Fantawild maps out for future development. Fantawild Animation is committed to constantly improving the quality of the “Boonie Bears” brand and creating more excellent programs for our audience. Fantawild will innovate its brand promotion and optimize the licensing system to offer more customized marketing solutions for cooperative partners. Fantawild has been and will always be increasing its brand impact and spreading happiness to our audiences the world over. ;

Fantawild Holdings Inc. and Kunming Yiliang County Government agreed and signed agreement on September 19th, 2017, which concluded that Fantawild will design 2 parks, specifically themed Chinese cultural heritage park and Chinese national rejuvenation for Yiliang county.Kunming is the central and tourism city in western part of China. Kunming Fantawild parks will combine with local history, culture and landscape to build Kunming to be a more attractive tourism city in next coming years.;

Huaqiang Group, the mother company of Fantawild Holdings Inc., signed an outline agreement with Jingzhou Government to build a cultural eco-resort which is combined with theme parks, theme towns, smart community and holiday hotels in Ji Nan Eco Cultural Tourism District, Jingzhou on August 15, 2017. This resort covers approximately 433 hectare and its total investment is about USD 3.5 billion (equivalent with RMB 23 billion). Upon the agreement, the two sides will build the second phase project-Road to Modern Era, the third phase project-Tomorrow’s China and the fourth phase project Jing Chu Culture Park, Buddhism Culture Park, Animation Town, smart community and etc., besides the first phase project Jingzhou Chinese Culture Heritage Park which is under construction since August of 2016. All these projects will take full advantage of high technologies such as AR, VR and artificial intelligence, integrate the local traditional stories with modern entertainment factors, to produce an eco-resort full of local culture.;

The concept design report meeting of Zigong Fantawild Dinosaur Kingdom was held in Zigong on August 1st to 2nd. The detailed design planning, presented by Fantawild senior management team, received the recognition from Zigong government.Fantawild Dinosaur Kingdom project was signed on November 17th, 2016. Fantawild would provide one stop theme park solution based on local dinosaur culture. The new park is also close to Zigong Dinosaur Museum, they will jointly attract more visitors to visit Zigong to promote the tourism economy. ;

FANTAWILD high speed train departure ceremony was held in Wuhan train station on 29th, July. High speed train G692 from Wuhan to Taiyuan was named FANTAWILD train. The origin IPs of Fantawild park appeared in the ceremony and brought travellers nice performance. Wuhan is in the middle of China and also the transportation center of high speed train network.  ;

The 23rd park of Fantawild family Xiamen Fantawild Water Park opened for business today, which is also the 3rd Fantawild park in Xiamen. This water park will bring visitors more choice in summer holiday. Xiamen Fantawild Dreamland and Xiamen Fantawild Oriental Heritage Park opened in 2013 and 2017.  ;