BATMAN FOREVER LICENSEES LIST LICENSING! CAMERA! ACTION!: WARNER BROS. CONSUMER PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES FIRST "BATMAN FOREVER" LICENSEES Kenner, Acclaim, Armitron & Signal Artwear Top the Licensee List (Burbank, CA -- September 10, 1994) Batman fever is heating up once again. In conjunction with the June, 1995 release of the third installment of the Dark Knight saga, Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced the first licensees for "Batman Forever." "The first two Batman movies were record-setting merchandising bonanzas and 'Batman Forever' will make the trilogy the greatest licensing success of all-time," says Dan Romanelli, president of Warner Bros. Worldwide Consumer Products. "And the new 'Batman Forever' logo presents even greater merchandising potential with a new range of licensees." The new movie also presents an opportunity to expand Batman-branded merchandising programs, says George Jones, president of Worldwide Licensing for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "We will be working closely with our retailers and licensees to develop mutually beneficial programs to capitalize on the tremendous interest for 'Batman Forever."' "Batman Forever" will be produced by Tim Burton and Peter MacgregorScott and will be executive produced by Michael Uslan and Benjamin Melniker. Following is the first list of "Batman Forever" licensees and their respective merchandising categories Apparel & Accessories: AAI will produce children's jewelry and hair accessories. Allison Manufacturing will produce toddler and boys' t-shirts, sweatshirts and short sets . American Marketing Enterprises will produce boys' and men's boxer shorts and swimwear. Angel-Etts of California will produce children's athletic footwear, canvas footwear, weather protective footwear, slippers and beach footwear. Armitron will produce children's and adult digital and analog watches. Bolero USA will produce boys' and men's neckwear, silk boxers and glow boxers with coordinated t-shirts. Butterick Fashion Marketing will produce costume patterns. Essex Manufacturing will produce children's rain slickers, ponchos and umbrellas. Fresh Caps USA will produce hats, caps and visors. Gemini Shirtmakers will produce boys' denim/woven/twill coordinates and knit tops . Giant Merchandising will produce children's and adult screen printed t-shirts and sweatshirts . Handcraft will produce men's, ladies and children's socks and hosiery. Lee Company will produce men's and boy's belts, buckles, suspenders and bag belts . PCA Apparel Industries will produce boys' and men's pajamas and robes, toddler . beach pants, jams and shorts and boys' short sets and sweat suits. Pel-Bar Industries will produce children's socks for upstairs markets. Salant Children's Apparel (Obion) will produce infant and toddler blankets sleepers and pram suits (footed and non-footed). Signal Artwear will produce children's and adult knit/fleece tops and shorts. Sun Sportswear will produce boys' and men's knit and fleece tops with coordinating bottoms. Union Underwear will produce boys' briefs, undershirts and briefs sold as sets, girls' panties and undershirts as sets and infant one piece undergarments. Universal Industries, Inc. will produce children's and adult hats, caps and visors, knit hats and gloves. Wormser Company will produce children's and adult long and short underwear sets and outerwear. Domestics and Housewares: Bakery Crafts will produce plastic picks, rings, cake plaques and pop tops. Barth & Dreyfuss will produce beach and bath towels, aprons, kitchens textiles, shower curtains and plastic bathroom accessories. Bibb Company will produce juvenile and toddler bedding, snuggle pillows and coordinating borders. Ero Industries will produce slumber bags, slumber tents, pool floats, swim accessories, swimming pools, backpacks and tote bags, jumbo stick-ups and self adhesive wall decorations. General Industries (Division of Nevitz) will produce printed and woven rungs. Happiness Express will produce night lights, switch plates, lamps, PVC key rings, pillow pals, key toppers, doorbells, cup caddies and coin purses with clips. Headlites International will produce three dimensional character molded wall lights (scones) . Kay Home Products will produce tin lap trays and tin snacks tables. McGlynn Bakeries (Deco Pac) will produce edible images (cake decals), plastic decal cupcake picks and cake decorating kits. Priss Prints will produce removable self-adhesive wall stickers. Stencil Aire, Inc. will produce reusable vinyl stencils for cake and cookie decorating . Town & Country Linen Corp. will produce placements, throw pillows, napkin rings tablecloths and bedrests. Universal Heights, Inc. will produce polyvinyl die-cut wall decor-applied by adhesive or static cling. Wilton Industries will produce shaped cake pans, cookie cutters, cake molds, baking cups, mini baking cups, icing decorations, cake toppers and shaped candles . Zak Designs will produce melamine dinnerware sets, placemats, play smocks, acrylic tumblers and flatware. Gifts & Novelties: Creative Plastics will produce plastic school boxes and utility cases. Personal Care: Rovar Soaps will produce character shaped molded soaps. Tsumura will produce a full line of toiletries and fragrances. Publishing: Little Brown & Company will produce a junior novelization. Warner Books will produce mass market novelizations. Western Publishing will produce children's storybooks, sight and sound books, coloring and activity books, tale and tape books, jigsaw puzzles, magic slates and shaped books. Stationery Paper Goods & Back-to-School: Gibson Greetings, Inc. will produce greeting cards, gift wrap, gift bags and stickers . Impact International will produce backpacks, barrel bags, book bags, belt bags, tote bags, soft wall locker bags, nested and soft luggage, wallets, snack pack backpack, pencils, chalk, portfolios, binders, theme books, memo pads, filled binders, study kits, book covers, spiral agendas and dividers. Landmark General Corporation will produce wall calendars. Thermos will produce hard and soft sided lunch kits. Unique Industries will produce party goods, gift wrap, gift bags, etc. Toys & Games: Anagram, Inc. will produce animated character mylar balloons, including panoramic, character shaped and round. Collegeville/lmagineering will produce children's and adult costumes, masks and hats to be sold with costumes, Halloween accessories, including inflatable decorations, make-up, trick or treat bags and door defenders. Craft House will produce magic rocks, poster pen sets, paint by crayon/by number, 3D easy paints, rub and color, gumball dispensers and window scenes (transparent color vinyl pieces that stick on windows.) Kenner Products is the master toy licensee, producing action figures, vehicles, roleplaying toys, etc. Micro Games of America will produce a Two Face medallion FM radio with headphones, electronic time clocks with radios, Bruce Wayne electronic diaries, Batman alarm clocks with radios, real video phone telephones with LCD animation, portable cassette players with headphones and talking Riddler heads that repeat back what you say. Morris Costumes will produce high end children's and adult costumes, latex masks, make-up kits and accessories. Revell-Monogram will produce model kits of vehicles and environments. Rubies Costume, Co., Inc. will produce children's and adult costumes, masks and hats to be sold with the costumes, Halloween accessories, including decorations, make-up and trick and trick or treat bags. Toy Max will produce Creepy Crawler mold packs, Incredible Edible refills, MiniShaker Maker sets and Creepy Crawler Tattoo Graphix. U.S. Playing Card will produce children's playing cards. Video Games & Computer Software: Acclaim Entertainment will produce video games compatible with Sega and Nintendo systems, coin-operated arcade systems, Sony PSX, 3DO and PC floppy disks and CD-ROM systems. Atari Corporation will produce video games compatible with Atari Lynx systems. Data East Pinball, Inc. will produce coin-operated pinball machines. Sega of America, Inc. will produce video games compatible with Sega Saturn and 32X systems. Tiger Electronics will produce hand-held LCD video games, tabletop and wrist LCD games . Warner Bros. Consumer Products, which includes the Licensing and Studio Stores divisions, is a Time Warner Entertainment Company. With interests in publishing, music, filmed entertainment, program distribution and theme parks, Time Warner is the largest media and communications organization in the world. Batman and all related elements are property of DC Comics (TM) and (c) 1994. All rights reserved. Transmitted: 95-02-17 12:21:14 EST (liclist)