Earthworm Jim is a brand that could be developed into various franchises across film, television, video games, comics and merchandise to generate substantial revenue. The document proposes developing Earthworm Jim properties into a kids animated movie, TV series, multi-platform video games, comic books, board games and merchandise. This would require a total budget of $130 million. Investors purchasing 250,000 shares for $100 each could see returns ranging from a minimum 28% gain to a maximum 1148% gain, depending on how well the various franchises perform globally.
2. Earthworm JIM:
I am a brand
≒ The Entertainment industry is always
in search of new brands to develop
potential franchises that yield major
revenue streams
≒ A brand for a worldwide market in
Film, TV, Video-games, Comic-
books and Merchandising
3. Sources (*) Global entertainment and media outlook 2011/2015
(*) http: www.digi-capital.com 2013
Entertainment global size $1,9 trillion in 2015 (*) :
≒ Specially the video-game industry which
will be around $ 70 B in 2015/2017(*). The
market size double each 5 years until
more than 20 years
≒ For the TV and Web-TV market: We have
10 X more TV companies in 2013 around
the world than ten years ago. They need
content !
≒ Kids fictions and animation movies, the
most profitable part of movies industry
JIM Market
5. BUSINESS NEWS
January
01,
2014
Super suit falls
from the sky !.
Awesome Earthworm Jim
Earthworm JIM Super-Hero
allows him to operate
much like a human, with
his "worm-part" acting
as a head and the suit
acting as arms, body,
and legs.Jim must evade
many antagonists, who
are after him because
they want the suit back,
also must rescue and
protect
Princess What's-Her-
Name from them.
Earthworm JIM, an
everyday earthworm is
transformed into a
human-like creature with
super human powers
JIM
e l u d i n g a n d
d e f e a t i n g a l l
e n e m i e s , a n d
saving Princess
What's-Her-
Name.
However
she doesnt
return Jim's
affection,
until...
7. 1993: Earthworm Jim character Created
1994: Earthworm Jim Video Games released for
Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, PC CD-ROM, Sega CD and Game Gear.
1995: Earthworm Jim TV show , Comics and Action Toys
TV Show was made at Universal Cartoon Studios and aired on the Warner Brothers TV network. It ran for
two seasons until 1996.
Action Figure toyline was released by Playmates and Comic Book series published by Marvel Absurd in the USA.
1996: Earthworm Jim 2 released for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis (Mega Drive), Sega Saturn, PC CD-ROM,
Playstation
1999: Earthworm Jim Menace 2 The Galaxy released on GameBoy Color and Earthworm Jim 3D for
Nintendo 64
2000: Earthworm Jim 3D released for PC
2001: Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2 released for GameBoy Advance
2008: Earthworm Jim released on Wii Virtual Console
2009: Earthworm Jim HD released on Mobile and iPhone and Earthworm Jim 2 on Wii
Virtual Console
2010: Earthworm Jim HD released for Nintendo DSIWare, Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network
2011: Earthworm Jim released on DVD and new T-shirts hit the market
2012: Limited edition collectible Earthworm Jim action figure released
2013 : More than 6 Million mobile games downloaded on mobile devices
8. My Five business units
Kids fiction /
animation
TV series Video-games multi-
platform
Comic books and
board-games
Merchandising
Your
Logo
Make an
animation
movie
Produce a
TV series
for kids
Produce
a video
game
Produce
a board
game
Negotiate
some
licenses
10. Earthworm Jim Business Puzzle
IP licensing
Distributor
funding
production
Co-funder
production
$
$
11. My Five business units / Global budget
Kids fiction /
animation
$ 75 MM
T.V series
$ 1 MM for a
pilot
Video-games multi-
platform incl mobile
$ 50 MM
Comic books and
board-games
$ 3 MM
Merchandising
Your
Logo
Total : $ 130 MM
My
12. My production company needs
≒ For movie co-production,
video-game production,
TV pilots etc. ...
≒ C0-production $ 25
MM minimum for my
EW Jim production
company
EW JIM Production
Third party will participate in the
global budget. Up to $ 130 MM,
project by project ...
14. My Five business units goals / Gross retail
Kids fiction /
animation
TV series Video-games multi-
platform
Comic books and
board-games
Merchandising
Your
Logo
Gross retail revenues expect by unit
$ MM Movies T.V. Series Video-Games Comics & B.G Merchandising
Minimum 360 70 130 7 3
Lower 700 135 500 15 60
Medium 970 195 850 25 120
High 1100 490 1100 50 280
18. ≒ 250,000 shares at $100
≒ Value post money $50MM
1. Minimum: Gain will be 28%
2. Lower: Gain will be 174%
3. Medium: Gain will be 396%
4. High: Gain will be 1148%
Return scenarios (* see annex)
Earthworm JIM production
$1MM for 2% of total shares
For you