INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED KID'S SERIES "MAKES WAVES" IN A NEW SEASON

Released: June 7, 1999

(REGINA) Principal photography for Season 3 of the one-of-a-kind hit series Incredible Story Studio, began Monday, June 7th and continues shooting until September 13th, 1999. Known as the series that makes kids'stories into movies, it will soon be seen by millions of children worldwide.

Season 3's thirteen new episodes will bring the series total to 39. Three half-hour specials will highlight the third season, proof-positive that Incredible Story Studio is evolving as a dramatic series and that its kid writers are learning more about scripting for television. Creativity abounds in Season 3, with stories that range from the absurd adventures of a chronic coach potato, to the invasion of crusty toilet people, to a historical drama about a boy who travels back in time to resolve a conflict of epic proportions!

Producer and Co-creator Virginia Thompson knows Incredible Story Studio has all the right stuff to be a hit series, not only here in Canada, but around the world.

"It's so exciting to watch a series written by children travel worldwide and at the same time, to implement our creative writing program in Canada as well as in the U.K., France and Germany.

We're creating a truly international series written by kids ... it's everything we hoped it would be!"

Executive Producer Kevin DeWalt is ecstatic about the strides Incredible Story Studio has taken in the last year.

"The future looks bright for Incredible Story Studio. With the signing of Discovery Channel, Walt Disney Television International, South African Broadcasting Corporation and Nickleodeon in Australia, we are literally going to the ends of the earth to take this series to kids of all cultures, all ethnic backgrounds in their own language!"

BUENA VISTA TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL has picked up the first 26 episodes of the series for their Disney Channels in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, with options for additional episodes.

DISCOVERY KIDS (DISCOVERY CHANNEL USA), NICKELODEON AUSTRALIA, the SOUTH AFRICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SABC) as well as broadcasters in Ireland, Israel and Poland will begin airing the series this spring.

By September 1999, Incredible Story Studio will be broadcast to more than 100 million homes worldwide.

Incredible Story Studio is a co-production between Minds Eye Entertainment and Verite Films, both of Regina. Kevin DeWalt is executive producer. Virginia Thompson and Rob King are producers. Rob deLint is co-producer. Virginia Thompson and Rob deLint are the series creators.

Incredible Story Studio is produced with the financial participation of YTV, WIC Premium Television, SCN, Telefilm Canada, Canadian Television Fund - License Fee Program, The Shaw Cable Children's Programming Initiative, The Shaw Television Broadcast Fund, Independent Production Fund, The Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit, Government of Canada - Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program, Saskatchewan FutureSkills, Minds Eye International, with development support from SaskFILM.