Tag "Bob and Margaret"

Surprise Bag Announces Joint Venture with marblemedia

September 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Toronto-based entertainment producer marblemedia has joined forces with L.A.-based exec producer, writer and director Frank Saperstein and his newly launched entertainment development company Surprise Bag to develop new TV animated comedy series. Saperstein, who was most recently senior VP of family television at eOne, launched the Surprise Bag banner to [...]

Inside Cartoon Network’s Super Hot Summer

July 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

An offbeat Internet fruit sensation, a group of animated reality kids and mystical LEGO fighters add an extra punch to the cable network’s summer lineup. Remember those summers when all you could find on TV were sad reruns of shows that you hated to watch in the first place? Well, [...]

A High-Tech, Dysfunctional Santa’s Coming to Town

November 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

How the wizards at Aardman joined forces with Sony Animation to deliver the poignant and funny CG-animated holiday adventure, Arthur Christmas. Santa Claus and animation have enjoyed a long, mutually rewarding relationship over the years. From classic Rankin-Bass specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Chuck Jones’ How Grinch Stole [...]