Star-studded solid to be featured in first Build-A-Bear animated Christmas movie based mostly on best-selling vacation plush increasing the leisure footprint for the corporate

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Build-A-Bear Entertainment, a subsidiary of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE: BBW), together with Foundation Media Partners, at the moment broadcasts that five-time Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum promoting singer/songwriter Julia Michaels, six-time Grammy-winning legend Dionne Warwick and actress Trinity Jo-Li Bliss have been solid within the animated Christmas characteristic GLISTEN AND THE MERRY MISSION. This anticipated movie is the primary animated characteristic for Build-A-Bear based mostly on the corporate’s multi-year best-selling vacation plush assortment.

GLISTEN AND THE MERRY MISSION follows a younger elfling Marzipan (voiced by Bliss) and her mom Cinnameg (voiced by Michaels) as Marzipan should imagine within the magic of the season as she goes on the journey of a lifetime to rediscover the enchanted snow deer named Glisten and save Christmas. The pursuit of their Merry Mission is aided by a colourful cadre of reindeer and elves, together with the sensible Sage Evergreen (voiced by Warwick).

Build-A-Bear President and Chief Executive Officer Sharon Price John will govt produce the movie based mostly on a narrative written by Ms. John, and Foundation Media Chief Executive Officer Patrick Hughes will produce the movie. The screenplay was written by Temple Mathews (“Mariah’s Once Upon a Christmas”) and Ms. John and will probably be art-directed, designed and animated by Ontario, Canada based mostly Big Jump Entertainment with Big Jump’s Chief Creative Officer Cory Morrison directing. Michael Mariano and his frequent collaborator Tracy Mariano will voice direct.

Ms. John famous, “We are truly excited about this incredible opportunity to bring our beloved Glisten snow deer character to life in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Merry Mission story, especially with this dream cast. The journey of Santa and the reindeer along with our adorable emboldened elfling Marzipan, who finds a way to ensure all of the kids receive a toy made with heart on Christmas Eve, is sure to delight holiday fans.”

Over the previous few years, no songwriter has reshaped pop music greater than 5x Grammy^® Award-nominated and multiplatinum-selling artist Julia Michaels. In 2017, she launched into a solo profession together with her 5x-platinum promoting debut single “Issues.” A 12 months later, her friends acknowledged her gorgeous work with Grammy^® Award nominations for “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year.” She launched a collection of critically acclaimed EPs, together with 2017’s fan-favorite Nervous System and 2019’s critically acclaimed Inner Monologue Part 1 and Inner Monologue Part 2. She additionally launched into The Inner Monologue Tour, which marked her first-ever U.S. headline tour following an enviable run touring with Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan, and P!NK. 2021 noticed Julia launch her extremely anticipated full-length debut album, Not In Chronological Order, to important acclaim. Her music continued to attach with songs like “What A Time” and “Heaven” happening to realize Platinum standing. To date, she has additionally notched 25 Billboard Hot 100 entries as a songwriter, together with two no 1’s for Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and Selena Gomez’s “Lose You to Love Me,” along with 4 high 10 hits. She obtained her third Grammy^® Award nomination within the class of “Song Of The Year” for the hit tune “If The World Was Ending,” her fourth Grammy^® Award nomination for her work on H.E.R.’s album Back of My Mind, and simply obtained her fifth nomination as a songwriter for “Best Country Song” on Maren Morris’ “Circle Around This Town.” Her newest launch, “Sorry To Me Too,” kicks off the subsequent chapter of her solo artistry with a bigger venture arriving early 2023. What’s extra, she has additionally been tapped to compose the unique songs for Disney’s upcoming movie “Wish” starring Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, which can arrive Nov 2023, with extra collaborations to increase her unimaginable songwriting legacy. MERRY MISSION marks Michaels’ characteristic movie debut.

Warwick is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who has been a cornerstone of American pop music and tradition for over 50 years. She has earned greater than sixty charted hit songs and bought over 100 million information, having her first hit in 1962 with “Don’t Make Me Over.” Less than a decade later, she had launched greater than 18 consecutive Top 100 singles, together with her basic Bacharach/David recordings, “Walk on By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Message to Michael,” “Promises Promises,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Alfie,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “This Girl’s in Love With You,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Reach Out For Me,” and the theme from “Valley of the Dolls.” In 1985, she reunited with composer Burt Bacharach and longtime pals Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder to report the landmark tune “That’s What Friends Are For,” which grew to become a primary hit report around the globe. Most lately, Warwick was inducted into the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles the place a particular fiftieth Anniversary exhibit was unveiled and an historic program and efficiency was held within the Clive Davis Theater, hosted by Clive Davis, Burt Bacharach and Grammy Museum Executive Director, Bob Santelli. Warwick additionally accomplished recording a brand new studio album commemorating her fiftieth Anniversary produced by Phil Ramone, that includes particular new materials written by her longtime good friend and legendary composer Burt Bacharach.

Bliss is greatest recognized for her collection common roles in “Best Foot Forward” and “The Garcias”. She will quickly be seen as Tuktirey in James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of the Water in December 2022, and will probably be in Avatar 3 and Avatar 4.

ABOUT BUILD-A-BEAR ENTERTAINMENT

Build-A-Bear Entertainment, a division of Build-A-Bear Workshop, the IP-based firm greatest recognized for its memorable and distinctive ‘build-your-own’ retail idea, has been actively creating a wide range of content material whereas cultivating the appropriate relationship for its massive display debut. In addition to the upcoming venture with Hello Sunshine, the corporate has produced a number of feature-length movies in conjunction with Foundation Media Partners, together with Honey Girls, Deliver By Christmas and Christmas CEO. Separately, the extremely anticipated documentary from award-winning director Taylor Morden, which chronicles the compelling journey of Build-A-Bear’s rise from a 1997 retail-tainment start-up, to a profitable multi-million greenback public firm, to its present evolution and digital transformation right into a multi-generational, diversified, omni-channel group that posted its most worthwhile 12 months in 2021, is presently in post-production.

Build-A-Bear is a multi-generational world model centered on its mission to “add a little more heart to life” interesting to a big selection of client teams who benefit from the private expression in making their very own “furry friends” to rejoice and commemorate life moments. Nearly 500 interactive brick-and-mortar retail places operated by a wide range of codecs present friends of all ages a hands-on entertaining expertise, which regularly fosters an enduring and emotional model connection. The firm additionally affords partaking e-commerce/digital buying experiences on https://www.buildabear.com/ together with its on-line “Bear-Builder”, the animated “Bear Builder 3D Workshop” and its age-gated adult-focused “Bear Cave“. In addition, extending its model energy past retail, Build-A-Bear Entertainment, a subsidiary of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., is devoted to creating partaking content material for teenagers and adults that fulfills the corporate’s mission, whereas the corporate additionally affords merchandise at wholesale and in non-plush client classes by way of licensing agreements with main producers. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE: BBW) posted complete income of $411.5 million in fiscal 2021. For extra info, go to the Investor Relations part of buildabear.com.

ABOUT FOUNDATION MEDIA

Foundation’s shoppers and govt workforce have produced a variety of commercially profitable and award-winning movies for main studios and impartial financiers. Foundation’s slate consists of motion pictures from a few of the most prolific filmmakers on the earth, cultivating a few of at the moment’s most dynamic and leading edge new voices. Recent titles embody THE BAD GUYS, based mostly on the best-selling e-book franchise by Aaron Blabey, which was launched earlier this 12 months by Dreamworks Animation and Universal Pictures; THELMA THE UNICORN, based mostly on one other best-selling e-book franchise by Blabey, is presently in PRODUCTION with director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) for Netflix; DELIVER BY CHRISTMAS, which was Build-A-Bear Entertainment’s first movie with Hallmark launched in Fall of 2020; and HONEY GIRLS, the primary Build-A-Bear Entertainment characteristic movie for Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, based mostly on Build-A-Bear Workshop’s pop music trio and launched in 2021.

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