Paris and Los Angeles-based Cyber Group Studios and WarnerMedia’s Boomerang International have given the green light to Season 2 of “Taffy,” an original 2D HD animated comedy made in the spirit of “Looney Tunes” and “Tom & Jerry” but targeting modern audiences.
Based on an original creation by Cyber Group Studios and developed with Boomerang, Season 2’s 78 new seven-minute episodes will be aired by Boomerang in international markets and in France on the M6 Group-owned Gulli channel. The renewal, which expands “Taffy” to a total 156 episodes, comes in the run-up to this year’s 2020 Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival where “Taffy” competes in official selection in the TV-film category.
Drinking deep at the well of classic 2D knockabout comedy of feral rivalry, “Taffy” turns on Bentley, a loyal hound dog living in pampered luxury with billionaire lady owner Mrs Muchmore, and his endless and spectacularly unsuccessful attempts to out and oust raccoon Taffy,...
Based on an original creation by Cyber Group Studios and developed with Boomerang, Season 2’s 78 new seven-minute episodes will be aired by Boomerang in international markets and in France on the M6 Group-owned Gulli channel. The renewal, which expands “Taffy” to a total 156 episodes, comes in the run-up to this year’s 2020 Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival where “Taffy” competes in official selection in the TV-film category.
Drinking deep at the well of classic 2D knockabout comedy of feral rivalry, “Taffy” turns on Bentley, a loyal hound dog living in pampered luxury with billionaire lady owner Mrs Muchmore, and his endless and spectacularly unsuccessful attempts to out and oust raccoon Taffy,...
- 6/11/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Rainmaker Entertainment, the Vancouver-based full service, CG animation studio has named Terry Kalagian, VP of Business Development, per Warren Franklin, CEO and Catherine Winder, President. Kalagian, a veteran animation producer/development consultant, will focus her efforts on cross-platform distribution opportunities for Rainmaker.s original content, as well as work-for-hire projects and newly revived ReBoot properties, working on Rainmaker.s internal development slate with Kimberly Dennison, Director of Development. ReBoot, Rainmaker's groundbreaking CG animated TV series from the mid-1990's, will be revitalized through a series of feature length and short form projects, with fans already participating in the development efforts via the official ReBoot Fansite . Luna, the first of a series of original animated shorts is currently in production. Kalagian previously spent ten years with the Cartoon Network, as VP Research and VP of Programming, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, participating in the development of Wulin Warriors, Atomic Betty, Code Lyoko, Scary Godmother II,...
- 9/17/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
TORONTO -- Canadian TV producers and distributors are looking to leap onto the burgeoning new media market with a host of Interactive, multiplatform projects in their luggage as they head to Cannes for the Oct. 9-13 MIPCOM market. "Television is the main content, but we're also developing multiplatform content with it: Mobisodes, backstories for the Web, online gaming. You have to be thinking in that way," Ira Levy, executive producer and founding partner at Breakthrough Films & Television, said Thursday. Breakthrough, he noted, has developed multiplatform content that includes space-based science facts, blooper reels, animated interviews and music videos for its Atomic Betty cartoon series. The company also is developing with a Welsh partner The Moose, a collection of short animated comedies aimed primarily at the online and mobile markets.
- 9/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Canadian producer Breakthrough Films and Television will produce the adult-oriented cartoon, Buddy's, for U.S. gay-themed network here!. Toronto-based Breakthrough said Friday its animation division will produce 26 half-hours of the animated comedy series, aimed at an 18-45 demo (HR 1/12). The cartoon series, created by Scott Thompson, Paul Bellini and Luciano Casmiri, is based on the Buddy Cole character first performed by Thompson on The Kids in the Hall, a 1990s sketch comedy series on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The here! cartoon will revolve around Buddy Cole and his "family" working and living around a downtown gay bar. Breakthrough has retained worldwide distribution rights to Buddy's and will seek pre-sales from international broadcasters at NATPE. Breakthrough formed its cartoon division, Breakthrough Animation Inc., in 2003 in partnership with Kevin Gillis, and is best known for Atomic Betty, which airs in 120 markets worldwide.
- 1/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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