‘Rick And Morty’ Producer Behind ‘The Rejects’ Animation
EXCLUSIVE: Rick and Morty producer Rick Mischel is co-producing a Scottish-Canadian animation about rejects that includes the Woman of the Lake, Dr Watson and Friar Tuck. John McEwan-Whyte is creating The Rejects and Mischel, who can also be behind Sony’s upcoming animated function Goat, is producing with So Awkward creator Julie Bower. Philomena star Sophie Kennedy Clarke leads because the Woman of the Lake—a magical badass with anger points after King Arthur made an undesirable move after which ran off together with her sword. However on the coronary heart of the story is Dr. John Watson: reimagined as a superb but insecure, overtly homosexual ex-military physician whose coronary heart will get damaged by Sherlock Holmes, prompting him to assemble a brand new crew of missed legends together with Friar Truck and Tantor the Elephant to cease a risk even Holmes couldn’t deal with. The sequence from Scotland’s Bonnie and Braw Cartùns and Mischel’s nascent Artists Animation Studio is in paid improvement with Display Scotland and worldwide LGBTQ+ Canadian-based community OutTV. “When John confirmed me this venture, the originality and humor jumped off the web page. It’s humorous, heartfelt and one thing our animators will actually love engaged on,” mentioned Mischel.
ITV Doubles Down On Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘Who Needs To Be A Millionaire?’
ITV is doubling down on extra Jeremy Clarkson-hosted Who Needs to be a Millionaire? with a spin-off plus prolonged run of the unique and extra superstar variations. Clarkson will host the UK debut of Millionaire Sizzling Seat, a fast-paced model of the unique that requires gamers to assume tactically and reply below strain as they compete towards the clock, and one another. It has aired for years in Australia and filming will start in a couple of months’ time. As well as, ITV has commissioned 19 episodes of Who Needs to Be a Millionaire together with seven superstar specials. The transfer is a far cry from a pair 12 months’s again when ITV was weighing up Clarkson’s future on the present after his controversial Meghan Markle column, and means the Clarkson’s Farm host might be on the channel for not less than the subsequent one and half years. Sony-backed Stellify Media is producing all the brand new seasons of Millionaire. Katie Rawcliffe, Director of Leisure and Daytime Commissioning at ITV, mentioned: “Who Needs To Be A Millionaire has reached 18 million viewers on ITV to date this 12 months alone. Commissioning a brand new spin off format to additional capitalise on the model’s success and recognition was a no brainer, particularly with Millionaire Sizzling Seat already doing so properly in different territories.”
‘Alien: Earth’ VFX Studio Opens In Canada
Alien: Earth VFX studio Untold has opened in Canada. The Untold Studios’ Toronto workplace is being led by Government Producer Luke Groves and Inventive Director Aaron Weintraub. The hub joins Untold places of work in London, Los Angeles, New York and Mumbai. The Toronto crew mentioned they may assist main worldwide tasks as a part of Untold’s globally built-in studio mannequin. Alien: Earth for FX Networks is already within the last phases of post-production, led from Toronto and executed throughout the Untold community. Christopher Grey, Government Director, Movie & Episodic at Untold Studios, mentioned: “This transfer is about proximity, being in the suitable place on the proper time. Toronto is a powerhouse of creativity, and the choice to increase right here aligns with our imaginative and prescient to execute world-class work with world-class expertise for the very best studios, streamers and networks on the earth.”
