Thunderbird Films has completed live-action photography for the third season of Zixx, a children’s sci-fi/action series that takes place in both the real world and a completely computer-generated universe. Shot in Vancouver, Canada, Zixx: Level Three will premiere on Canada’s YTV in the summer of 2008.
Zixx: Level Three will continue the adventures of Zixx Phunkee Zee as she tries to save the universe from evil aliens with the help of her team of human teens. The third season promises to make the heroes’ quest more dangerous by throwing stronger enemies and greater challenges at them.
Zixx Phunkee Zee is protrayed by Barbara Mamabolo, who starred with Lindsay Lohan in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and appeared in the Canadian productions Strange Days at Blake Holsey High and Renegade Press.com. The show also features Ephraim Ellis from Degrassi: The Next Generation and Falcon Beach, and Reece Thompson from the recent Sundance Film Festival hit Rocket Science. Joining the team this season as Tarphex, Zixx’s best friend from the Network Academy, is T-Roy Kozuki who has appeared in Battlestar Galactica and more recently in Whistler.
Developed by Savi Media and The Nightingale Co. in association with YTV, Zixx is produced by Thunderbird Films in association with YTV Canada and Rainmaker Animation, with the support of the Shaw Rocket Fund and the Independent Production Fund. For the third season, the producers have turned to Vancouver animation and effects house Digital Alchemy to work closely with Rainmaker in creating ambitious visuals. Zixx has been sold to Cartoon Network in the U.S. and the U.K., and is being distributed internationally by Rainmaker Animation and Echo Bridge Ent.
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