Woolf+Lapin is proud to partner with the long-time CinéGroupe animation studio.

CinéGroupe is a Canadian animation studio based in Montreal, Quebec. The company was founded in 1974. Its shows and films have been seen in over 125 countries.

Notable franchises from CinéGroupe include: What’s with Andy?, The Kids from Room 402, and Pig City (all aired on Fox Family, now known as Freeform); the animated Tripping the Rift (Sci Fi, now known as Syfy); and PBS’ Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. With Sony Wonder, it has produced Mega Babies (also aired on Fox Family), as well as a direct-to-video feature, Lion of Oz (a prequel to both the L. Frank Baum work, and the 1939 movie). In the 2000s, the company produced the animation for a sequel to the 1981 cult classic Heavy Metal for Columbia TriStar Home Video titled Heavy Metal 2000,[2] premiered on Starz in the United States and on Teletoon in Canada from 2001 onwards. In 2004, it made Pinocchio 3000, a sci-fi retelling of the Italian tale.[3] Galidor, a live-action fantasy series for teenagers, has also been produced by the company. The company also cooperated with the toy maker MGA Entertainment in the creation of Bratz: Starrin’ and Stylin’, a 2D-animated direct-to-video film based on MGA’s Bratz line of fashion dolls.

Here’s a trailer to an old favorite, Tripping the Rift, one of CinéGroupe’s most successful shows.

This is work Caleb did for Redbull through our collaborator at Rodeo.

“I am happy to share my latest campaign for Xiaomi: Together. This is the first film I’ve done using AI for the visual effects and it was an interesting and seamless experience. Definitely the future,” says Brent Bonacorso. 

image by Julie Delisle

Cineverse has acquired the horror-comedy comic book adaptation We Are Zombies.

The company has said it plans to release the pic this fall across all platforms, including its genre streaming platform Screambox, with a premiere date to be announced soon.

The deal was negotiated out of this year’s Berlin Film Festival by Brandon Hill, Director of Acquisitions, on behalf of Cineverse and Gregoire Melin at Paris-based Kinology on behalf of the filmmakers.

See Zac Ntim’s Deadline article here.