LOS ANGELES (January 29, 2012) – Kickstart and Titmouse announced a strategic partnership to produce animated television programming and films. The collaboration maximizes the creative strengths of both companies, and in turn creates more production efficiencies for clients and partners worldwide. With Kickstart offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver and Titmouse offices in Los Angeles and New York, the union will expand artist talent pools and production capabilities. Moreover, Vancouver offers labor tax incentives as well as the opportunities to join co-production relationships that qualify under the Canadian co-production treaties, which both production companies can benefit from. The agreement was announced today by Kickstart’s Jason Netter.
“Kickstart and Titmouse have worked together for over 10 years, “ says Netter. “This collaboration will combine the top artists from both studios, making us a greater force to be reckon with.”
“I like to make cartoons, and I like making them with Kickstart,” says Chris Prynoski of Titmouse. “In Canada they like to drink booze as much as us American animators. That’s okay in my book. It makes the picture drawing better.”
Kickstart recently produced “Voltron Force,” “Wolverine and The X-Men,” and “Speed Racer.”
Titmouse is currently in series production on “Metalocalypse,” “Venture Brothers,” “Superjail!,” “Motorcity,” “Black Dynamite” and other TV, video game and commercial projects.
Netter negotiated the deal on behalf of Kickstart and Prynoski on behalf of Titmouse.
ABOUT KICKSTART
Kickstart Productions was established by Jason Netter in 1999 as a live action and animation production company with offices in Santa Monica and Vancouver. Kickstart is one of few companies, which has an experienced production background in all entertainment media. Kickstart has built on its production expertise and began acquiring, developing and producing their own projects that they are able to own and manage. The company is vertically integrated to maximize the market potential of its intellectual properties, and is structured to co-finance, produce, market and distribute animated and live action productions on a worldwide basis. The Company added publishing with the formation of Kickstart Comics in 2010. Kickstart Comics will release 28 new graphic novels by the end of 2012. Recent productions include: VOLTRON FORCE, SPEED RACER: NEXT GENERATION, WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN and the hit movie WANTED starring Angelina Jolie. Visit us at www.kickstartent.com and www.kickstartcomics.com.
ABOUT TITMOUSE
Titmouse is a full service animation studio located in Hollywood, California. The Company specializes in traditional animation using the latest in state-of-the-art digital techniques. In existence for over five years, the studio has already produced a string of high profile, highly successful projects ranging from broadcast and cable television, to feature film, national commercial advertising campaigns and well known TV and film main title sequences. In addition to production, Titmouse has harnessed a cutting-edge creative team with many collective years of success to create and develop an aggressive slate of original projects that span all media platforms. For more information visit www.titmouse.net.
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