Now open for submissions!
Okay all you toon tycoons in the making, it’s time to submit your wonderful animated ideas for the 4th Annual Animation Magazine Pitch Party! This is your chance to get your ideas off the drawing board and in front of industry professionals with greenlight power! This year’s lineup of judges includes Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends creator Craig McCracken, Nelvana VP of development Irene Weibel, PBS senior director of children’s programming Linda Simensky, BBC director of children’s unit Helen McAleer and Scholastic senior VP of programming and distribution Linda Kahn. We’ll announce five other high-powered toon titans as they are confirmed.
The Pitch Party offers independent artists an opportunity to advertise their animated properties for a greatly reduced rate in the pages of Animation Magazine. Our esteemed panel of industry judges then reviews all entries and selects one winner for the opportunity to pitch their ideas to the participating execs of their choice. Our staff will also pick its favorite and voting will be open online to all readers for the Reader Picks.
Nicholas Night, who took top honors in the 1st Annual Pitch Party for The Hair-Raising Adventures of Aaron & Ned, had the opportunity to pitch to veteran Disney exec. and former Warner Bros. feature animation president Max Howard and former Fox feature animation senior VP John McKenna. The co-founders of Melwood Pictures signed on to produce the series and took it to Spyglass Ent. Vancouver-based SecondSun Ent. then signed an agreement to exclusively represent game rights for the property.
In addition, Melwood Pictures recently optioned Night’s feature film script, Pavlov’s Dog, a CG-animated comedy about a flea who inherits a piece of real estate on a dog only to find himself dealing with troublesome neighbors.
For ore information on 4th Annual Animation Magazine Pitch Party, including submission procedures, rules and regulations, go to www.animationmagazine.net/pitch_party_05.html.
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