Tuesday, July 16, 2013

GOTY (Girl of the Year) 2014 | What We Know

With the new GOTY Saige movie out, everyone is wondering about the GOTY 2014.
A great announcement turned up on the internet a few months ago: Universal Studios seeking tween ballerinas in American Girl 2014.
Along with the casting call came a brief description of the movie:

“American Girl 2014″ centers on Blanche Palmer, a lively and energized 10 year-old girl who is very happy and full of life. Blanche has a dream of being a professional ballet dancer, but she has a bit of stage fright when dancing. This performance anxiety prevents her from exhibiting her true amazing talent. Blanche has an older sister Jade who is considered the very best ballet dancer in her school. The two enjoy a close relationship with each other, however Blanche always feels like she is living and performing in the shadow of her sister’s talent. To complicate her life even more, Blanche has a competitor named Renata who is the same age and dances with perfection since her parents hired a private coach. Renata is very pretty and very testy, and she criticizes Blanche for small mistakes in her performances. Jackie Sanchez, a recently retired world class ballerina, then becomes a role model for Blanche and her sister.

'Blanche's' movie finished filming in late June, and is my speculation that it will be premired on TV in June or July of 2014.

One thing that is probable is that her name isn't actually Blanche. For example, McKenna had a code name, 'Velma', released by American Girl to cover up her real name.

So what is her name going to be?

American Girl has two tradmarked names that they haven't used on a doll yet: Teagan and Isabelle. For the record, Teagan seems more likely because there is a Girls of Many Lands Isabel and an Isabelle in InnerStarU.

However, we could be entirely wrong, as sometimes American Girl doesn't trademark their name until the last minute (Kanani being an example, her name wasn't trademarked until October of 2010). Because of this, her name still remains unclear.

EDIT: I was checking American Girl trademarks again and it turns out that ''Isabel'' is a dead name, even though the InnerStarU Isabel is still Isabel! It's possible that they will switch that with ''Isabelle'' and use Teagan for GOTY 2014 instead. However, the possibility of a last minute trademark is evidently possible.

1 comment:

  1. Yay!!! ThAnks so much. I just got Saige yesterday and she was my first AG doll.
    I'm alreAdy doing further investigations on GOTY 2014. I'd reAlly like more AG dolls. My neighBor is AG OBSESSED!!!!!

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