Reality Has Never Been More Fun with New App Featuring Garfield

NEW YORK - June 14, 2013 - PRLog -- Garfield’s first all-CGI movie, Garfield Gets Real, penned by Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis, has taken on an entirely new life in the form of an engaging new app by Israel-based Castle Builders (IL).

Tapping into technology to bring Davis’s sprightly story to life, the BooClips Deluxe app takes the digital book to new heights incorporating word-for-word narration, music from the movie, a 3D mode and an exceptional voiceover recording option, and over 15 minutes of video from HD video clips from the movie.

Compatible with the iPad, iPhone, iPod and Windows 8, the Garfield Gets Real BooClips™ app offers a cornucopia of out-of-this-world extras including interactive animations, translation to different languages, easy navigation between pages, an animated magnifying glass, a dynamic bookmark, a puzzle game, coloring book, songs player and in a nod to Garfield’s well-known love for food…an interactive cookbook.

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The cookbook features recipes in an innovative way; recipes are read out loud in sync with the text and are accompanied with cooking-related videos from the movie alongside kitchen safety tips, an ingredients list that is easily converted from European measurements to American, a serving converter that calculates the quantities required for various number of servings, a cooking timer, and a sharing function that allows you to share favorite recipes on Facebook, Twitter or via email.

The story imagines Garfield “in the real world” where he grows bored with his life as a comic strip star. Thinking that life is greener on the other side of reality, Garfield decides to escape, leaving his friends, family and job behind.  He soon realizes that real-life cats don’t enjoy the perks of cats in the entertainment biz.

Garfield gets a huge dose of reality as he makes his way back to Cartoon World and his life on the comics’ page.

About Castle Builders (IL), Ltd.

Castle Builders (IL) is a young evolving software company that specializes in the development of imaginative products for children. Its main goal is to encourage children all over the world to read more, with a commitment to innovation and entertainment. The company works diligently to deliver an inspiring experience directly to the child, by harnessing state-of-the-art technology for the creation of a user-friendly interface and incomparable features. The company was formed in Israel in 2006 by Gil Abramovich, who found an enormous business opportunity in the vanishing world of the traditional reading and anticipated the tremendous trend for digital reading.

Additional information is available on the http://ipad.castle-builders.net company website.

About Garfield

GARFIELD was born on the comics pages on June 19, 1978. The mastermind of cartoonist Jim Davis, GARFIELD is a humorous strip centered on the lives of a quick-witted orange cat who loves lasagna, coffee, and his remote control; Jon Arbuckle, his owner; and Odie, a sweet but dumb dog. GARFIELD was introduced to the world in just 41 newspapers and is now the most widely syndicated comic strip ever, appearing in 2100 newspapers. The strip, distributed by Universal Press, is read by over 220 million people each day and is translated into 42 languages.

The success of the comic strip spawned a popular animated TV show, Garfield and Friends, which appeared on CBS-TV from 1988 to 1995, and is currently in worldwide syndication. In 2009, The Garfield Show debuted on Cartoon Network USA and now airs in 135 countries. PEOPLE magazine called the show, "One of the Year's Best New Kids' Shows" in 2009. Garfield also entertains his fans on a popular web site, garfield.com, and engages kids in interesting and pedagogically sound activities to promote literacy at professorgarfield.org. English, Science and Life Skills are among the topics Garfield and his pals address at learninglab.org, a public service of the Virginia Department of Education. Garfield has long been considered a “classic” or “evergreen” property because he has not only endured, but continues to be fresh and funny after 35 years in the limelight.

Follow Garfield, along with 9.5 million other fans, on Facebook (facebook.com/Garfield) and Twitter (twitter.com/Garfield).