Aniventure

Aniventure is a British content creation and intellectual property company based in London and set up in 2016 to produce family-oriented feature animation.[1]

Aniventure's logo

Aniventure works with production partners to take feature film concepts from pitch development through to completion. It has a first look service deal with VFX and animation service studio Cinesite.

Film Projects

Under its former name Comic Animations, the company's first release was the award-winning[2] animated viral Beans in December 2013, co-produced with Cinesite, which amassed over 15 million views on YouTube.[3] They then signed a deal with 3QU Media in 2014 to produce four films for Vanguard Animation, cultivating in Charming, Gnome Alone, Trouble, and Fearless.[4]

In February 2016 it was announced that Aniventure was in development on an animated feature adaptation of the stage production Riverdance, in association with River Productions and Cinesite.[5] Riverdance is set to be Aniventure's first full feature film release.

The following year it was reported that Aniventure had entered into a partnership with the Harold Lloyd estate to adapt Harold Lloyd based animated content.[6]

In 2019 Klaus, the traditionally animated Christmas adventure written and directed by Sergio Pablos was released.[7] Produced by his company SPA Studios in partnership with Atresmedia Cine and Aniventure, the film was distributed by Netflix. Klaus won seven awards at the 47th Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and also Best Animated Film at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards. It was the first animated film from Netflix to be nominated for an Academy Award.[8]

In November 2019 Aniventure's association with Blazing Samurai was announced (reported to be loosely inspired by the Mel Brooks' film Blazing Saddles). A collaboration between Aniventure and GFM Animation, the news came on the first day of the American Film Market in 2019 that the project was fully-funded and moving into production at Cinesite.[9]

In October 2020, Aniventure revealed the voice cast of its upcoming animated film Hitpig, with Peter Dinklage and Lilly Singh in the leading roles. The film is based on Berkeley Breathed's picture book Pete and Pickles.[10]

Credits

References
  1. Barraclough, Leo (2016-02-08). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. "AEAF Award Winners Announced". AEAF Animation & Effects Awards & Festival. 2014-08-27.
  3. Milligan, Mercedes (2014-09-24). "Cinesite, Comic Animations Enter Feature Toon Market". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  4. "Press Release: Cinesite and Comic Animations Ltd Enter Feature Animation Market and Announce Deal With 3QU Media". Cinesite. 2014-09-23.
  5. Barraclough, Leo (2016-02-08). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety.
  6. Tartaglione, Nancy (2017-02-21). "Harold Lloyd Pics To Be Animated". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  7. DeFore, John (2019-11-05). ""Klaus": Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. Ebiri, Bilge (2020-02-07). "How Netflix Could Pull Off an Animation Upset at the Oscars". vulture.com.
  9. MacNab, Geoffrey (2019-11-06). "GFM Animation's long-gestating "Blazing Samurai" is back in the saddle". Screen Daily.
  10. "'Hitpig': Peter Dinklage, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby & Dany Boon to Voice Animated Movie". 22 October 2020.
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