Digital Supervisor of the Academy Award Winning "Happy Feet", Brett Feeney, has joined Imagi as Vice President of Production and will prepare the production lines for Imagi's next two films - GATCHAMAN and ASTRO BOY
(Hong Kong, March 12, 2007) Imagi International Holdings Limited (“Imagi” / the “Group”) (Stock Code: 585), today announced that computer graphics industry veteran, Brett Feeney, has joined Imagi as Vice President of Production, based in Hong Kong. Feeney will be responsible for managing the company’s animation production line and its 400+ artists, animators, and technical staff.
Feeney comes to Imagi from Sydney-based Animal Logic, where his responsibilities as Digital Supervisor included managing the production line that delivered the 2007 Oscar winning “Best Animated Picture,” Happy Feet. During his ten years at Animal Logic, Feeney worked on films including Moulin Rouge, Hero, and Matrix Reloaded.
Feeney’s arrival at Imagi coincides with the studio’s release of its first major theatrical film, TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is slated for release through Warner Brothers and The Weinstein Company; on more than 10,000 screens worldwide. Feeney’s first assignment at Imagi will be to prepare the production lines for the company’s next two films, based on the well-known superhero characters: Gatchaman and Astro Boy, scheduled for release in late 2008, and early 2009, respectively.
“The release of TMNT is a major milestone for Imagi,” said Imagi founder and Co-CEO, Francis Kao. “Imagi is the first Asian studio to develop, produce, and own a globally-released CG animated feature film. Our next major milestone will be to upgrade our production capacity, so that we can start delivering a film every eight months. Brett Feeney will head that initiative.”
“With TMNT, Imagi has introduced a new genre in CG animation,” commented Feeney. “Imagi has made a flat-out action film with the look and feel of a high-end videogame, and superhero characters that we haven’t seen in animation before. I look forward to helping the company expand its production capacity, and to making more stupendous movies like TMNT.”
About Imagi International Holdings Limited (0585)
Founded in 1983, Imagi International Holdings Limited ("Imagi") is a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 585), and is mainly engaged in the production of feature-length animated motion pictures, and TV series, using cutting-edge computer graphics ("CG") technologies.
Imagi has produced well received 3D CG animated TV series, "Zentrix", in 2002, which was released in many countries including France, Japan, Germany, England and Hong Kong. The Company is also responsible for co-producing "Digital Monster X-Evolution," with Bandai and Toei of Japan and producing “Father of the Pride” for DreamWorks, USA. With a colorful established portfolio, and accumulated techniques, Imagi is now producing its own feature length movies, including the first full CG animated movie of the famous "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise, which will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. and The Weinstein Company LLC in March 2007.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Imagi's overseas production studios, and marketing offices, are located in Los Angeles and Tokyo. These offices create an international connection, and strive to enhance the quality of work and marketing capabilities of the Group. |
