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    Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

    http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33154

    Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. There was a story that hit the trades this morning about a new company being formed with independent financing with an aim to produce 2-D genre films.

    I was excited when I read that... thinking of a full on 2-D horror film, R-rated and gory... I'm tired of anime getting all the "adult" animation.

    But it's not quite that, unfortunately. However, this company, called Frederator Films, have the SAMURAI JACK movie, with Genndy Tartakovsky on-board to write and direct. It looks like each of their projects will have budgets around or under $20 million.

    If this means they give Tartakovsky creative freedom and the resources to make a badass SAMURAI JACK movie, then I'm all for it.

    The other two announced projects are THE NEVERHOOD, based on the video game of the same name and to be done as claymation with the game's creator writing and directing and THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, which is a hip-hop project, apparently. Don King (yes, that Don King) is already attached as a voice. What are your thoughts on all this?
    There's a link to Variety.com which I can't view from work for some reason but... my god, if this is true...
    Last edited by Magus; 06-26-2007, 02:44 PM.
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    Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

    Originally posted by SirTMagus View Post
    There's a link to Variety.com which I can't view from work for some reason but... my god, if this is true...
    Here's the variety article.

    Toon trio starts Frederator
    Company aims to animate 2-D genre films
    By DAVE MCNARY
    A trio of toon veterans are launching Frederator Films as an indie feature film company with a mission to produce 2-D animated genre movies budgeted below $20 million.

    Fred Seibert's partnered with Kevin Kolde and Eric Gardner, with all three acting as producers on the projects. Seibert's the former president of Hanna-Barbera and longtime producer via Frederator Studios, which debuted a decade ago with "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" for Cartoon Network; that show spun off "Cow & Chicken," "Powerpuff Girls" and "Dexter's Laboratory," and Frederator followed with "The Fairly OddParents," "ChalkZone" and "My Life as a Teenage Robot" for Nickelodeon.

    Kolde ran Spumco, the banner of John Kricfalusi ("Ren & Stimpy"), for more than a decade, while Gardner is the topper at Panacea Entertainment, a talent management and production company with clients including Donny Osmond, Richard Belzer, Paul Shaffer, the Sex Pistols, Elvira and members of the Rolling Stones.

    Seibert told Daily Variety that the new banner can take advantage of 21st century technology to develop offbeat content into feature films.

    "Fred is the master at identifying voids in the marketplace and filling them with paradigm-shifting content," Gardner said. "There has been a dearth of both 2-D and genre animated feature product, which Frederator Films will be rectifying." Pics will be aimed at young males.

    First projects from the shingle:

    * "Samurai Jack," a feature version of the Cartoon Network skein. The creator, Genndy Tartakovsky, is attached to write and direct.

    * "The Neverhood," a claymation feature based on the DreamWorks videogame of the same name. Doug TenNapel, who created the game, is aboard to write and direct.

    * "The Seven Deadly Sins," a hip-hop project with Don King hired as the first voice actor.

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      #3
      Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

      Sweetness. About time someone stuck it to Disney.
      ...and that's why.

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        #4
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        I've never heard of Neverhood, but Samurai Jack news is awesome. It all pales in comparison to new Futurama though.
        The Cyclops having only one eye, needed to seek shelter from the harsh sun. The shadow cast by the spheres gave him temporary respite.

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          #5
          Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

          This is awesome news!

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            #6
            Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

            Although I never played Neverhood, it looked charming.

            Can't wait for Jack, though.

            "Couch co-op is the only true co-op." Richard of the Cooks.

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              #7
              Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

              makos dead, so i dunno.

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                #8
                Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

                I gotta say, none of these make me excited. A Cartoon Network show, claymation based on a video game, and a "hip-hop" project.

                Last edited by Red Dragon; 06-26-2007, 06:37 PM.

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                  #9
                  Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

                  You'd best acquaint yourself with Samurai Jack and The Neverhood, buster.

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                    Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

                    Originally posted by Red Dragon View Post
                    I gotta say, none of these make me excited. A Cartoon Network show, claymation based on a video game, and a "hip-hop" project.

                    To be fair, the game already had claymation. It was claymation.

                    "Couch co-op is the only true co-op." Richard of the Cooks.

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                      #11
                      Re: Be still, my heart - SAMURAI JACK and NEVERHOOD movies

                      It's still a movie based on a video game.

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                        #12
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                        They'll all suck.

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                          #13
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                          whatta grump. :3
                          I'm stoked for the Samurai Jack movie.

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                            #14
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                            Aint it Cool News though...

                            They've said many movies would be made that havn't.

                            Also: You shumcks have never heard of The Neverhood?!
                            Well then.

                            And then Skullmonkeys.

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                              #15
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                              The Neverhood and Samurai Jack both rock.

                              All naysayers here can suck it.

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