Tom Lynch, who created the new Cartoon Network series Class of 3000 with Outkast’s Andre ‘3000’ Benjamin, has added an animation division to his independent production company, The Tom Lynch Co. Best known for his string of live-action teen/tween hits including South of Nowhere and Romeo!, Lynch made his first foray into animation with 3000 and plans to continue making toon programming for television, film and the Internet through Tom Lynch Co. Animation.
‘Having started my career in rock ‘n’ roll, I’m very excited to be going from tunes to toons,’ says Lynch, who began his television career as the producer of Night Tracks and Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert. He and has since created and produced a number of series including KIDS Incorporated, The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Jersey, Caitlin’s Way and Scout’s Safari. ‘Animation gives us fantastic new freedom to create characters, situations and concepts that can travel far and wide, artistically speaking, while remaining firmly planted in the reality of human nature.’
In addition to Class of 3000, Tom Lynch Co. Animation will a web-based series following the comedic adventures of Voki, a character created by Los Angeles artist Brendan Lynch. The webisodes will be aimed at kids 6-14 demo and will be followed by an illustrated children’s book.
Cartoon Network’s Class of 3000 will debut on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The half-hour, 2D-animated series revolves around a class of musically gifted children who learn about music and life from Sunny Bridges, an international superstar who left the lime light to join the faculty of the Westley School for the Performing Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. Benjamin voices the role of Bridges and also serves as exec. producer on the series.
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