The WitchDoctor!

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Yes, it’s true!

The WitchDoctor is finally happening!  Our short film is inspired by the haunting and exotic world of tiki.  We’re excited to be making this… and you can help!   Check out our Kickckstarter page we made for the WitchDoctor.  We have a ton of kooky rewards to hand out.  Some include a WitchDoctor 3D Viewmaster and an official Screen Novelties Tiki mug.  Only available through KickStarter!   The campaign is live now and ends Dec. 15th.

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Thanks a bunch and please be sure to share!

 

 

Super SpongeBob

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Who lives in a pineapple under the sea… and rakes in 56 million in it’s first weekend at the box office?

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If you haven’t seen “SpongeBob:  Sponge Out of Water” yet, drop everything and catch it at your local cinema.  And while you’re enjoying it, be on the look out for Bubbles the Space Dolphin.  He’s our contribution to the latest SpongeBob masterpiece.Screen_Shot_2015-01-07_at_2.46.50_PM

Thanks all around to the gang at SpongeBob!

 

Buddy the Elf!

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All the hard work of the last 10 months is paying off TONIGHT when Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas premieres at 8pm on NBC!
Re-imagining the “Elf” world was both fun and daunting, but we think it came out pretty snappy, and we had a great time working with everyone on it. Thank you to Warner Bros for letting us run with this one!

Check out what folks are saying and some video links below:

Variety: Stop-Motion ‘Elf’ Special Took Quick Route to NBC

Trailer:

AV Club Review:
An animated retelling of Elf justifies its existence with visual daring

Retro Toy Nerds Rejoice

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We got an early Christmas present this year when we produced the “Happy Honda Days” campaign with our compadres at Psyop and RPA.  The series of spots features Gumby, G.I. Joe, Stretch Armstrong, Jem, Strawberry Shortcake, and Skeletor.  Sit back, relax, buckle up, and enjoy!

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Challenging Creatures

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WHOA!  We just got to fulfill one of our life-long dreams… to work with the legendary Jim Henson’s Creature Shop!   Many thanks go out to the Henson Family and SyFy for having us spearhead this.

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Wanna know how it all came together?  Sure you do! Just click on the image below…

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Cloudy with a chance of Novelties!

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Catch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 this weekend.  Our chums, Craig Kellman & Pete Oswlad worked with us to produce the way cool end credit cartoon!  It’s chock-a-block full of puppets, cartoons, food and men in suits!

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So what’re you waiting for?  Grab all your friends and march over to the next screening… yay!!

ADVENTUROUS!

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We like cartoons, Legos & Adventure Time!  Imagine our excitement when Pen Ward called us to smoosh all that stuff together.  Whooppee!   Chris Finnegan led the charge on this… pretty nifty, ay?

A smattering of Lego puppets for your enjoyment

A smattering of Lego puppets for your enjoyment

Here's Chris showing Nate how legos work.

Here’s Chris showing Nate how legos work.

Why is Kei smiling?  Cuz it's Legos!

Why is Kei smiling? Cuz it’s Legos!

Kelly & John... our dynamic duo pushing things around.

Kelly & John… our dynamic duo pushing things around.

The Way of a Warrant

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For those of you who are on the lam…. pay close attention!  We teamed up with Enso Creatve and Google to help explain the US search warrants process for the internet.

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Understanding this kind of stuff can be tricky.  So we all banged our heads together to come up with this nifty and simple way to better get how important user privacy and protection is to Google.

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Sock Puppets @ the Oscars!

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Yes, we’re to blame.  We’re the nut jobs behind the Sock Puppet parody of “Flight” at last night’s Academy Awards.  Seth MacFarlane & Co. approached us with their idea and we knew we had to do it.  We’re proud to have been involved with such a silly part of the Oscars.

Say what you will about working with actors but we thought Denzel was very easy to work with.  He patiently sat around waiting for his cues.

Say what you will about finicky actors but we thought Denzel was very easy to work with. He patiently sat around waiting for his cues.

 

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Super rad crew!

Super rad crew!

A heartfelt “gracias” goes out to everyone that helped us out on this.  It was one of those productions that ran very smoothly, everyone had fun and the vibe was fantastic!

No socks were harmed in the making of this production.