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‘The Amazing Maurice' Producer Cantilever Media & ReDefine Originals Strike Animated Movie Pact
The producer of The Amazing Maurice and DNEG's ReDefine Originals are joining forces to make animated kids and family movies.
Cantilever Media enjoyed success with The Amazing Maurice and said it will make two to three films a year with ReDefine as part of their first-look production pact.
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Both companies will bring projects to the combined venture with ReDefine Originals serving as the animation studio, Cantilever Media producing, and its distribution company, Kazoo Films, taking UK rights. The DNEG Group's financing and production arm, Prime Focus Studios, will be a co-pro partner on the slate.
Cantilever and ReDefine are already working together on a project with Newscope Films called Bollywoof, an animated feature film for Sky Cinema that will be released Q3 2027.
'It is exciting to have a deal with a UK-and India-based animation studio, which we can work with alongside our own UK distribution company Kazoo Films,' said Andrew Baker, CEO of Cantilever Media. 'This will enable us to work on our own projects from development through to release. We look forward to unveiling our new projects soon.'
Greg Gavanski, Managing Director of ReDefine Originals added: 'Together, we're building on our shared vision of accelerating the creation and production of standout CG animated features for the kids and family market by leveraging the latest innovations in real-time production workflows.'
Cantilever, meanwhile, continues work on The Amazing Maurice 2, which it is co-producing with Germany's Ulysses Filmproduktion.
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