NEW YORK & SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS is one of the world’s most successful properties and family film franchises generating more than $1 billion at the box office and half a billion dollars in DVD sales over the past four years alone. Today Bagdasarian Productions will launch a new, interactive App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
The App, entitled “iMunk: Alvin and the Chipmunks”, features a richly animated Alvin playing guitar, dancing, doing flips and talking back. Users of the App can speak to Alvin and have him repeat their words in his classic Chipmunk voice. To watch a video of the App in action, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzzRPHD3BTo&showinfo=0&rel=0.
Ross Bagdasarian, CEO of Bagdasarian Productions said, “Janice and I enjoy taking The Chipmunks and Chipettes to places no Chipmunks have ever gone before.”
“iMunk: Alvin and The Chipmunks” is available for $1.99 from the App StoreSM on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore. Following its initial release, updates will be made available allowing users to share recordings via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, convert them into Ringtones and Voicemail notifications and play as Simon and Theodore. Additionally, a variety of new environments and actions will be available for users to experience The Chipmunks in several unique ways. A Chipettes App, featuring Brittany and The Chipettes, is in the works and is slated for release later this year.
The App is being produced in association with DeeTown Technologies, an affiliate of DeeTown Entertainment, the New York-based music studio who has produced the music for the feature films and accompanying soundtracks Alvin and The Chipmunks, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. The three albums have sold 2.5 million units and more than 3 million individual song downloads. Alvin and The Chipmunks won best soundtrack album during the 2008 American Music Awards.
For more information visit http://www.imunks.com and http://www.chipmunks.com.
About Bagdasarian Productions
A leading producer of high quality, family-oriented programming, Bagdasarian Productions, helmed by Ross Bagdasarian and Janice Karman, is best known for its creation and oversight of Alvin and The Chipmunks, The Chipettes, and other related characters. Originally created in 1958, The Chipmunks are presently one of the biggest family franchises with a multi-generational, international following.
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