Tag: Rainmaker Entertainment
India’s Discreet Arts Opens US Ops Headed by Steve Wendland
International animation studio Discreet Arts, headquartered in Hyderabad, has opened a U.S. office in Burbank, California, with animation industry creative veteran Steven Wendland appointed...
WOW!’s Rainmaker Consolidates Under Mainframe Studios Banner
As a return to their roots, Mainframe Studios (A Division of WOW! Unlimited Media) announces Rainmaker Studios will be consolidated under the Mainframe Studio...
Atomic Chief Jennifer Twiner McCarron Upped to Thunderbird CEO
Jennifer Twiner McCarron has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Thunderbird Entertainment, effective immediately, and will continue as CEO of subsidiary Atomic Cartoons....
Gaumont Expands Creative Development Team
Gaumont has expanded its creative development team, promoting Terry Kalagian to SVP for the group, and hiring Kimberly Dennison to the newly created role...
Thunderbird Appoints Key Execs; Jennifer McCarron Heads Atomic Cartoons
Vancouver-based multiplatform company Thunderbird Entertainment has made a series of key management appointments, including naming Ivan Fecan interim CEO of Thunderbird and promoting Jennifer...
Fred Seibert, Netflix’s Andy Yeatman to Keynote MIPJunior
MIPJunior (www.mipjunior.com) has announced that two major influencers in the kids’ animation industry have been confirmed a keynote speakers for the 2017 confab: Fred...
Recently Formed WOW! Off to a Walloping Start
In the first 100 days since its inception,WOW! Unlimited Media has come flying out of the gates to make a legible mark on the...
Youth Media Alliance Brings Taste of Canada to Kidscreen
Montreal-based Youth Media Alliance is planning its next big mission to the Kidscreen Summit in Miami, February 13-16, thanks to the renewed support of...
Image Engine Hires Bolster Artistic Leadership
Oscar-nominated visual effects studio Image Engine is expanding its talent base with the hiring of three additional senior staff at its Vancouver headquarters: Visual...
Frederator, Ezrin Hirsh & Rainmaker Merge as Wow! Unlimited
Fred Seibert’s New York-based Frederator Network has been acquired by Canadian animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment (Escape from Planet Earth) in a share purchase deal,...
New Trailer for ‘Surf’s Up 2’ Enters the Ring
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has debuted a brand-new trailer for Surf’s Up 2: Wavemania. The CG sequel to the Oscar-winning 2007 animated comedy is...
Playing to Win
Rainmaker and Blockade hope animation smarts turn the PlayStation game series into a hit movie.
Adapting any popular franchise into a movie is a tricky...
Rainmaker Appoints Gregory Little SVP of Content
Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment -- the studio behind the first-ever CG animated TV series, ReBoot -- has appointed veteran content exec Gregory R. Little to...
Nicolas Atlan and Terry Kalagian Head Gaumont Animation Biz
Gaumont Vice-CEO Christophe Riandee has announced that the company is expanding its animation activities in the U.S., growing its animated feature division and increasing...
SPA, WWE Hang Ten for ‘Surf’s Up 2: Wavemania’
Sony Pictures Animation and WWE Studios are collaborating on a sequel to SPA's 2007 CG film Surf's Up -- an Oscar-nominated comedy about surfing...
Exclusive Clip: ‘Open Season: Scared Silly’ on Disc March 8
In the mood for some frightfully funny forest shenanigans? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has got you covered, with the latest installment of Boog and...
‘Ratchet & Clank’ Writer Joins ‘Popeye’
Sony Pictures Animation's belabored CG Popeye project finally looks to be moving forward with the studio announced that T.J. Fixman has signed on to...
‘Open Season: Scared Silly’ Set for March
Just in time for Open Season’s 10th anniversary, Sony Pictures Animation will release a new CG feature for the franchise on disc and digital...
‘Ratchet & Clank’ Trailer Debuts
The first trailer for the animated feature adaptation of popular PlayStation videogame franchise Ratchet & Clank has debuted exclusively on Apple iTunes. The film...
Fourth ‘Open Season’ Title Set For 2016
The backwoods hijinx continue as Sony Pictures Animation announces the upcoming home entertainment release of Open Season: Scared Silly -- the fourth installment of...
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