Aniventure

Aniventure is a British content creation and intellectual property company based in London, England and set up in 2013 to produce family-oriented feature animation.[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 visual effects and animation service studio Cinesite.

Film projects

Under its former name Comic Animations, the company's first release was the award-winning[2] 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, eventually releasing Charming, Gnome Alone, Trouble and Fearless.[4]

In February 2016 Comic Animations began development on an animated feature adaptation of the stage production Riverdance, in association with River Productions and Cinesite;[1] the movie, Riverdance: The Animated Adventure, was eventually released in 2021, by which time Comic Animations had changed its name to Aniventure.

In 2017 they entered into a partnership with the Harold Lloyd estate to adapt Harold Lloyd based animated content.[5]

In 2019 Klaus, the traditionally animated Christmas adventure written and directed by Sergio Pablos, was released.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

In October 2020, Aniventure revealed the voice cast of its upcoming animated film Hitpig!, with Jason Sudeikis and Lilly Singh in the leading roles. The film is based on Berkeley Breathed's picture book Pete and Pickles.[9]

Credits

Produced under Comic Animations

Produced under Aniventure

References

  1. ^ a b Barraclough, Leo (8 February 2016). "Cinesite to Produce Nine Animated Movies in Montreal in Five Years". Variety. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (21 February 2017). "Harold Lloyd Pics To Be Animated". Deadline. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ DeFore, John (5 November 2019). ""Klaus": Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ Ebiri, Bilge (7 February 2020). "How Netflix Could Pull Off an Animation Upset at the Oscars". vulture.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ MacNab, Geoffrey (6 November 2019). "GFM Animation's long-gestating "Blazing Samurai" is back in the saddle". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. ^ "'Hitpig': Peter Dinklage, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby & Dany Boon to Voice Animated Movie". 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.


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