TELETOON and Nerd Corps Team on Endangered Species

Canadian animation net TELETOON has teamed up with Nerd Corps Entertainment to try and tame some Endangered Species this year, as the 52 x 11 minute 3-D series heads into development.

Press Release from TELETOON

Vancouver, Canada — Canadian animation net TELETOON has teamed up with Nerd Corps Entertainment to try and tame some Endangered Species this year, as the 52 x 11 minute 3-D series heads into development. The edgy comedy series is aimed at six- to 11-year-olds, and follows the antics of a recently liberated pet bunny and a stump-winged seagull as they try to survive–while having a blast—in a wilderness that’s becoming more urban all the time.

“We were immediately drawn to the show’s silly, absurd humor and goofball main characters,” said Alan Gregg, Director of Original Content, TELETOON Canada inc. “It’s exactly the type of character-driven comedy series that works so well with TELETOON’s kid demo who want something more sophisticated and irreverent, but above all, fun. “

“We loved the idea of this group of animals who are having a great time in the wild in spite of both mother nature’s and humanity’s inadvertent efforts to wipe them out.” said series creator and Nerd Corps Entertainment’s Supreme Commander Asaph Fipke. “The humor’s pretty irreverent, and the two main characters are just fun to work with. They’re pretty much insane.”

About the ShowAn off-beat comedy series aimed at six- to 11-year-olds, Endangered Species follows the hilarious antics of a rag-tag group of animals trying to adapt to the fact that their forest habitat is constantly infiltrated by the byproducts of a nearby booming metropolis. The show follows Fuzzy Bun Bun, a recently liberated pet bunny who is way too enthusiastic about living in the “wild,” and Poco, an air-sickness prone, stump-winged seagull, whose only dream is to fly south for the winter. Together with a host of other oddball creatures, they just want to adapt and have a blast in the new wild order. The 3-D animated comedy series is 52 x 11-minutes.

About Nerd Corps Entertainment, Inc.Nerd Corps Entertainment is a privately-held production, distribution and IP development company based out of Vancouver, Canada. The company’s mandate is to produce stylistically innovative animated projects for television, film and online based on a solid foundation of creative and storytelling. Working in a state of the art studio with more than 120 highly skilled artists and production staff, Nerd Corps’ expertise in creative input and execution covers all aspects of property creation and management, from production to distribution, marketing, interactive development and licensing. The studio’s stable of productions includes award-winning series Storm Hawks and League of Super Evil, as well as Dragon Booster for Alliance Atlantis and Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 for Nelvana and Mattel, Inc. For more information, please go to: www.nerdcorps.com.

TELETOON is where cartoons live – all day, every day. Watched in over 7.9 million homes, TELETOON features heroic action shows, hilarious comedies along with hit blockbuster movies.

Available in both English and French, TELETOON Canada inc. brings kids, youth and adults the best in animated and animation-related entertainment with four nationwide specialty television channels – TELETOON, TÉLÉTOON, TELETOON Retro and TÉLÉTOON Rétro – and select programming is also available On Demand, Mobile TV, iTunes and teletoon.com. Founded in 1997, TELETOON Canada inc. is owned by Astral (50%) and Corus Entertainment (50%). For more information, please visit www.teletoon.com.