Aniventure

Aniventure is a British content creation and intellectual property company based in London and set up in 2013 to produce family-oriented feature animation.^{[failed verification]}^[1]

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 edit

Under its former name Comic Animations,^{[failed verification]} 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 Comic Animations^{[failed verification]} was in development on an animated feature adaptation of the stage production Riverdance, in association with River Productions and Cinesite.^[5]

The following year it was reported that they 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] That year, Comic Animations changed its name to Aniventure.^{[citation needed]} Riverdance: The Animated Adventure would be the first film to be released under the Aniventure label.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2019 Aniventure's association with Blazing Samurai, to be later renamed Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, 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 edit

Produced under Comic Animations edit

Beans (2013)
Gnome Alone (2017)
Charming (2018)
Trouble (2019)
Klaus (2019)
Fearless (2020)

Produced under Aniventure edit

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021)
Mila (2021)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Cracké: Family Scramble (2023)
Hitpig (2024)
Animal Farm (TBA)
Princess Awesome (TBA)
Untitled Harold Lloyd film (TBA)
Super Roach (TBA)

References edit

^ Barraclough, Leo (8 February 2016). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "AEAF Award Winners Announced". Australian Effects & Animation Festival. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ Milligan, Mercedes (24 September 2014). "Cinesite, Comic Animations Enter Feature Toon Market". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ "Press Release: Cinesite and Comic Animations Ltd Enter Feature Animation Market and Announce Deal With 3QU Media". Cinesite. 23 September 2014.
^ Barraclough, Leo (8 February 2016). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (21 February 2017). "Harold Lloyd Pics To Be Animated". Deadline. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ DeFore, John (5 November 2019). ""Klaus": Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ Ebiri, Bilge (7 February 2020). "How Netflix Could Pull Off an Animation Upset at the Oscars". vulture.com.
^ MacNab, Geoffrey (6 November 2019). "GFM Animation's long-gestating "Blazing Samurai" is back in the saddle". Screen Daily.
^ "'Hitpig': Peter Dinklage, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby & Dany Boon to Voice Animated Movie". 22 October 2020.

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[:0-1] Barraclough, Leo (8 February 2016). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[2] "AEAF Award Winners Announced". Australian Effects & Animation Festival. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

[3] Milligan, Mercedes (24 September 2014). "Cinesite, Comic Animations Enter Feature Toon Market". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[4] "Press Release: Cinesite and Comic Animations Ltd Enter Feature Animation Market and Announce Deal With 3QU Media". Cinesite. 23 September 2014.

[5] Barraclough, Leo (8 February 2016). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety.

[6] Tartaglione, Nancy (21 February 2017). "Harold Lloyd Pics To Be Animated". Deadline. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

[7] DeFore, John (5 November 2019). ""Klaus": Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

[8] Ebiri, Bilge (7 February 2020). "How Netflix Could Pull Off an Animation Upset at the Oscars". vulture.com.

[9] MacNab, Geoffrey (6 November 2019). "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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