Rainmaker Entertainment has added a feature film and confirmed a pair of previously reported projects as part of its initial original development slate.
The new addition is Ting & Juma: The Movie, about a tiny alien with an attitude and a forest dweller with a thirst for creativity and adventure. The characters were created by Rainmaker and have appeared in several short films. The studio is currently taking pitches from writers on the project.
The Vancouver-based animation studio confirmed it is developing Ogo, a theatrical animated movie based on the famous Ogopogo water creature said to live in Lake Okanagan in central British Columbia. Jacob Medjuck, an animator and filmmaker who has worked for DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Sony, Warner Bros. and Fox, is writing the script.
It also confirmed a series of Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes animated holiday specials for television and home entertainment. Bernice Vanderlaan has been signed as the writer on the project, while David Snowden and Alison Fine are on board as consulting directors.
‘Rainmaker is fully utilizing its resources ‘ creative talent, storytelling and technical and artistic skills — to bring an exciting and entertaining array of ideas to the global animation film, television and home entertainment markets,’ said Rainmaker president and executive producer Catherine Winder.
Rainmaker is seeking distribution partners for Ting & Juma as well as Ogo and Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes.
