Marathon Intl. co-founder Olivier Bremond has joined the board of directors of CAOZ Animation, a toon production facility based in Reykjavik, Iceland. The studio is best known for its 2002 CG-animated short film The Lost Little Caterpillar, which set local box office records for a short and earned international recognition on the festival circuit.
Bremond produced more than 2,000 television programs for France’s Marathon, which produces such hit animated series as Martin Mystery, Totally Spies and Team Galaxy, and recently launched the new CG series Monster Buster Club at MIPCOM. Having sold his stake in Marathon to Bridgepoint this year, Bremond moved to Reykjavik with his family and will advise CAOZ as it contines to provide animation services and ramps up to enter the feature film market.
CAOZ will next release its 26-minute CG animated special Anna and the Moods, which tells the story of a “perfect’ child who wakes up with a horrible illness that makes her look like Marilyn Manson and gives her a terribly moody disposition. The script is written by Academy Award-nominated Icelandic writer Sj’n on a commission by Britain’s Brodsky Quartet. CAOZ’s Gunnar Karlsson, who directed the Caterpillar short, is also at the helm of this latest project, which is scheduled to debut in early 2007. In development is a 90-minute feature film titled Thor, an adventure-comedy that has the Norse god of thunder on a quest to retrieve his stolen hammer. More information on the company can be found at www.caoz.is.
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