Unified Pictures partners with ReDefine Animation Ark and Aardvarkthe latest animated feature film Kung Fu Panda Co-director John Stevenson.
ReDefine Animation is part of DNEG Group, a London-based visual effects company. The animation department is responsible for last year’s work Nimonawhich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and garfield movie. DNEG recently secured $200 million in funding from Abu Dhabi-based venture capital firm United Al Saqer Group for IP development, a new production studio in Abu Dhabi, and the creation of an AI technology-focused new department.
The feature is already in production, and ReDefine, chosen for its artistry, experience and scale, will serve as post-production house, working with Unified’s Los Angeles-based animation team.
aardvark Explore the famous story of Noah’s Ark from the animal’s perspective, telling the story of an abandoned aardvark, voiced by Miles Teller, who joins forces with a ragtag group of misfits to overcome disaster and reach the mighty Ark. of floods.
Aubrey Plaza, Jenny Slate, Craig Robinson, Rob Riegel and Stephen Merchant also star.
“Joining forces with ReDefine Animation, which has a long history of artistic excellence, only strengthens our belief that this film will reach a massive global audience,” said Unified Partner and Executive Producer Ben Ruffman.
ReDefine is in production angry birds 3 and animal friendsa live-action/animated hybrid starring Ryan Reynolds.
Unified recently had a prison drama Drag across concreteStarring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn, “” ranks No. 1 on Netflix’s top movies list. Currently in post-production tin soldierstarring Jamie Foxx and Robert De Niro and featuring beaststarring Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman, is currently in development. Aardvark is the personal project of Unified head Keith Kjarval, who wrote the film’s original story in addition to serving as producer on all of the company’s films.
