But one thing that stands out with Tean is his great knack for pitching his ideas.
Woolf + Lapin likes talents that are different, that stand apart, that you can’t find just anywhere. And Tean fits that bill. He has a unique talent as well as being a notorious team player. He’s even got the band to prove it (The Gods of Now).
While animation is something that he knows inside and out, Tean has recently developed live-action projects for adults. And believe us, they’re wicked.Namely Divorcing Jesus, which was picked up and optioned just this week.
It is the spectacular unboxing of Google’s Nexus One phone. The stop-motion is by none other than Patrick Boivin. In case you didn’t know, unboxing videos are quite the cult thing on the Internet.
Google hired Patrick Boivin to do something off the beaten track. And we say they were well served.
We’re biased of course, but we think it’s one of his best. And it’s gonna go viral like crazy!
UPDATE: as of this a.m. the clip is a few hits shy of half a million.
After more than eight years of touring and dancing for Edouard Lock’s La La La Human Steps, dance star Bernard Martin collaborates with choreographer Danièle Desnoyers. She was given carte blanche by Danse Danse to create this new piece, which is apparently a huge departure from the more multidisciplinary approach of her earlier work. Her new piece for six dancers is among the most anticipated events of the season.
Favorite quote lifted from Danse Danse website: “…raw, urgent, invigorating, mid-way between strangulation and freedom, restriction and escape.”
Just now back from a skiing trip in the snowy Laurentians, Woolf + Lapin is happy to begin the decade with its list of ones to watch for 2010.
It’s going to be a big year for animation. Look for animation director Bernie Denk to have a breakout year. Also, Gerard Lewis, by far one of the best animation writers in the country, has just begun work with Studio Pascal Blais.
On the web side of things, Woolf + Lapin is happy to pair up with Prospek, an established Montreal Internet Business Strategist. Their website really kicks, man.
Patrick Boivin will continue to bring his success from the past year into 2010 with a whole slew of projects including his continued collaboration with Circle of Confusion.
With two series in development with Vrak (Luc Déry) and Radio-Canada (Guillaume Vigneault), Martine D’Anjou will continue to write top-notch TV series and may just become one of the best in the biz. She also has a feature-length project in the works. Other writers in for a great 2010 are writing team Christopher Giardino and Robyn Burnett whose script The Best Man was just picked up by executive producer Gerd Koechlin (The Black Dahlia) for Berlin-based Phoenix Films.
Jérémie Saindon will direct his street gang feature in the Fall. Saindon is co-writing with me (Stephan Dubreuil) and the script is to be filed for production at the end of the month. Caramel Films to produce.
