Tag "Atomic Betty"

‘Rocket Monkeys’ Ready to Take Off on Teletoon

January 6, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Breakthrough Entertainment’s cheeky Rocket Monkeys will make its Teletoon debut this week on Thursday January 10 at 6:30 p.m. The show, which is created by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson and developed by Alex Galatis and Mark Evestaff, follows the adventures of two inept monkeys who spend their days wreaking [...]

Lagardère Picks Up Zodiak Kids’ Package

March 5, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media’s children’s production and distribution arm, has secured a deal with the Lagardère media group for 80 hours of Zodiak Kids programming. Lagardère has acquired the cartoon series Atomic Betty (130×13’) plus specials (1×45’) for their free TV channel Gulli and renewed their license for both series [...]

The Kinder, Gentler Robots Are Here!

March 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Hub’s Transformers Rescue Bots opens the door to a more peaceful universe for younger fans of the franchise. Just when you thought the masters of the Transformers franchise had pretty much exhausted all possible spin-offs and reboot possibilities, a new animated twist pops up on The Hub network to [...]

McCarron Is Atomic Cartoons’s New Head of Production

October 17, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons (Atomic Betty) has brought in Jennifer McCarron to head up production at the studio, supervising in-house production teams. Over the past 15 years, Jennifer has produced or executive produced dozens of animated television series, video game cinematics, and direct to DVD features, including the popular Barbie Princess franchise with Mattel [...]

Arrrrrr! Atomic’s ‘Pirate Express’ to Set Sail in Cannes

September 30, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Vancouver-based animation studio Atomic Cartoons (Atomic Betty) will launch its new show, Pirate Express, which is currently at the development stage with Teletoon, Canada, to the MIPCOM market in Cannes next week. Targeting 7- to 11-year-old viewers, the show is created by Paris-based studio Ellipseanime, which approached Atomic Cartoons to [...]

Skywriter, Roddenberry Develop ‘Gene’s Journal’ Toon Series

July 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group and Roddenberry Entertainment are developing an animated children’s comedy series called Gene’s Journal, based on the web comic created by Trevor Roth and illustrated by cartoonist David Reddick. A chronicle of legendary science-fiction icon and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s adolescent years, Gene’s Journal will [...]