ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR GRIMM FAIRY TALES ANIMATED SERIES
March 16, 2012, Zenescope Entertainment is proud to announce
the launch of the Grimm Fairy Tales Animated Series Kickstarter campaign. The
animated series will be directed by Jon Schnepp as well as the Titmouse Inc.
animation studio. The Kickstarter will launch on Friday, March 16, 2012 and
will run until May 1st, 2012.
The project requires a budget of $175,000 to cover the cost
of the pilot episode and to produce the foundation materials necessary to
continue the series. The official announcement of this Kickstarter project will
be at WonderCon during theHollywood and Comics 12:30 pm PST panel on March
16th. Ben Jackendoff will make the announcement, along with Jon Schnepp. Both
will be available to discuss the project in more detail at the conclusion of
the panel at the Zenescope booth, booth #100, at WonderCon, where Jon will also
be signing during the show.
Here is the live link:
Zenescope Entertainment President Joe Brusha had this to
say:
“We believe that our Grimm Fairy Tales comic book series
would make an excellent animated series, and we've been pitching the idea to
the Hollywood big-wigs for years. They've said "There is too much Fairy
Tales stuff out there", or "No one wants to see a gritty, dark,
modern take on the fairy tales." That's where they're wrong. We have tons
of devoted fans that would love to see more of our series, and that is our
chance and yours to make it happen.”
Grimm Fairy Tales has been the flagship series of Zenescope
Entertainment since the company started. Zenescope has grown to a top comic
book publisher due to its continued success. Grimm Fairy Tales is currently the
longest running independent color comic being published today and has
over 1 million copies in print.
Jon Schnepp will be directing this project. He is one of the
hottest animation directors in Hollywood, having already seen a great deal of
success working on such series as Aqua Teen Hunger Force ,
Metalocalypse, and the Venture Brothers. Not only will Jon be working closely
with the creators of the comic book, Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco; Zenescope
will be enlisting Titmouse Inc, one of the premiere animation studios, to help
with this vision.
Titmouse Inc is a premiere animation studio with top-tier
talent and experience. Jon Schnepp has worked with them before on many of his
projects, and much of their work rounds out the Adult Swim animation block on
Cartoon Network. Their variety of experience is suited well for the Grimm Fairy
Tales animation series anthology.
About Zenescope Entertainment
Founded by Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco in 2005 and has
quickly grown into one of the top comic book and graphic novel publishing
companies in the world. Zenescope's Grimm Fairy Tales and
subsequent spin-off series such as Escape From Wonderland, Neverland and The
Piper, which put a dark twist on classic fables, are some of the best-selling
and longest running original independent comic books on shelves today. This
year, Zenescope will be bringing their comics to life in an animated series
fans have been clambering for.
About Titmouse Inc.
Titmouse, Inc. was formed to sell the kind of bad ass
t-shirts Chris P had been designing on the side for years. It started out
great! The designs were great. The t-shirts were great. The vibe was great –
but clients wouldn’t stop hiring Chris P to do animation. The networks and
studios wanted to hire a company to do these projects, not just a dude
freelancing. So Titmouse, Inc starting doing less clothing and more cartoons.
We hired more and more employees, expanded into more and more offices in our
West Hollywood location and eventually bought our own building in Hollywood to
house the ever growing crew. We’re now over 100 people strong and rock multiple
television series, movies, titles, shorts and commercials – all in house. We
still even make an occasional t-shirt.
About Kickstarter
Kickstarter aims to let creative people of all kinds —
journalists, artists, musicians, game developers, entrepreneurs, bloggers —
raise money for their projects by connecting directly with fans, who receive
exclusive access and rewards in exchange for their patronage. More than just a
fundraising app, Kickstarter's a publishing platform where project creators can
communicate with the people that are supporting them.
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