Scott Bateman, who last year created an animated short film everyday for a web project titled Bateman365, is turning the concept into a series for PlumTV, a new television network based in New York City. The first episode of Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents will air this month, with new installments debuting every Monday at midnight.
Bateman does all of the animation for the series in Adobe Flash and also provides all of the original music and most of the voices. Guest voices for the first two episodes include Pete Holmes from VH-1’s Best Week Ever, stand-up comedians Emo Philips and Kristen Schaal, and British band Clinic.
Bateman tells us that PlumTV is not a cable channel but rather a network of actual broadcast television stations currently operaing in six markets, including the Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard and Vail.
With Bateman365, bateman produced approximately five hours of animation in one year and was named a Rising Star of Animation by Animation Magazine. He’s also now working on an animated remake/spoof of the 1960 horror film Atomic Age Vampire. The project will feature the actual audio from the original movie with Bateman’s added visuals and running subitle commentary a la Mystery Science Theater 3000. Protions of the project can be viewed at www.batemania.com/bateman365.
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