Mediawan Kids & Family, the youth entertainment division of the European powerhouse, has acquired a majority stake in Wildseed Studios, the British production company behind “The Last Bus” and “Hungerford.”
The deal marks the first international acquisition of Mediawan Kids & Family, a leading purveyor of animated series and features including “The Little Prince” and “The Little Nicholas,” which premiered at Cannes.
Wildseed Studios was founded in 2013 by Jesse Cleverly (“Eastern Promises”), former head of co-productions and acquisitions at BBC Children’s, and Miles Bullough (“Shaun the Sheep”), former head of broadcast at Aardman Animations. The company’s track record includes a number of hits such as the Netflix live action series “The Last Bus,” the award-winning feature film “Hungerford,” the children’s animation series “Dodo” for Sky Kids and the animated comedy “Counterfeit Cat” for Disney Channel. Upcoming titles include the Sky Kids Special “Ama’s Story.”
“Wildseed Studios is a renowned and well-established U.
The deal marks the first international acquisition of Mediawan Kids & Family, a leading purveyor of animated series and features including “The Little Prince” and “The Little Nicholas,” which premiered at Cannes.
Wildseed Studios was founded in 2013 by Jesse Cleverly (“Eastern Promises”), former head of co-productions and acquisitions at BBC Children’s, and Miles Bullough (“Shaun the Sheep”), former head of broadcast at Aardman Animations. The company’s track record includes a number of hits such as the Netflix live action series “The Last Bus,” the award-winning feature film “Hungerford,” the children’s animation series “Dodo” for Sky Kids and the animated comedy “Counterfeit Cat” for Disney Channel. Upcoming titles include the Sky Kids Special “Ama’s Story.”
“Wildseed Studios is a renowned and well-established U.
- 2/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Drew Casson, Tom Scarlett, Georgia Bradley, Sam Carter, Mark Cusack, Matthew Jackson, Nigel Morgan, Colin Murtagh, Kitty Speed | Written by Drew Casson, Jess Cleverly | Directed by Drew Casson
The lives of a group of teenagers are turned upside down when their town is taken over by sinister forces, in this deconstruction of toxic masculinity in the modern day world… Hahaha, nope. Hungerford is just another cheap found footage zombie film!
Hungerford impresses me on one level, because of it’s production cost. From start to finish, the film cost £23,000 to make and still found time to include some half decent CG and models created by Aardman, which shows what is possible if you truly put your mind to it. It’s just a shame the rest of the film is so aggressively mediocre. The kind of mediocre that irritated me and made me end up disliking the film more than it deserves.
The lives of a group of teenagers are turned upside down when their town is taken over by sinister forces, in this deconstruction of toxic masculinity in the modern day world… Hahaha, nope. Hungerford is just another cheap found footage zombie film!
Hungerford impresses me on one level, because of it’s production cost. From start to finish, the film cost £23,000 to make and still found time to include some half decent CG and models created by Aardman, which shows what is possible if you truly put your mind to it. It’s just a shame the rest of the film is so aggressively mediocre. The kind of mediocre that irritated me and made me end up disliking the film more than it deserves.
- 6/1/2015
- by Reece Jones
- Nerdly
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer and release details for Sledge, Cam2Cam, and Night Guards, a review of Hungerford, plus more below:
Sledge Trailer and Release Date Announced: “He didn’t drown. He didn’t burn. He’s just a psychopath with a sledgehammer.
Sledge, a ‘bloody’ good horror-comedy in the tradition of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and Shaun of the Dead, premieres on VOD September 2nd and DVD on October 7th.
A spoof of the horror genre, and littered with nods and references to fright flicks of yesteryear, the film fixes on a psychopath who not only believes he’s in a movie and video game but that he’s the hero of this story.
“Sledge is a horror comedy that takes a loving poke to the horror classics we...
Sledge Trailer and Release Date Announced: “He didn’t drown. He didn’t burn. He’s just a psychopath with a sledgehammer.
Sledge, a ‘bloody’ good horror-comedy in the tradition of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and Shaun of the Dead, premieres on VOD September 2nd and DVD on October 7th.
A spoof of the horror genre, and littered with nods and references to fright flicks of yesteryear, the film fixes on a psychopath who not only believes he’s in a movie and video game but that he’s the hero of this story.
“Sledge is a horror comedy that takes a loving poke to the horror classics we...
- 8/17/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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