Thunderbird Entertainment Group (formerly Thunderbird Films) is a Canadian film and television entertainment company with offices in both Canada and the United States of America. Thunderbird's multiple divisions develop movies and television programs for various demographics.
Foundation of the company
Thunderbird Entertainment Group was founded as Thunderbird Films in 2003 by Tim Gamble and Michael Shepard.
In February 2012, it was announced that
Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered ...
Founder,
Frank Giustra
Frank Giustra (born August 22, 1957) is a Canadian businessman, mining financier and global philanthropist, who also founded Lionsgate Entertainment. He is CEO of Fiore Group of Companies and co-chair of International Crisis Group. From 2001 t ...
, had made a significant investment to become a major shareholder in Thunderbird, and it was announced the company would make significant investment into scripted television.
Corporate acquisitions and major partnerships
Sea to Sky Entertainment
In March 2012, Thunderbird Entertainment announced a new partnership with
Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered ...
to form Sea to Sky Entertainment. The announcement came weeks after Frank Giustra became a major shareholder in Thunder Entertainment. Lionsgate and Thunderbird jointly manage the venture, which is designed to share production and distribution costs for all scripted projects picked up to series.
Reunion Pictures
On April 4, 2013, it was announced that Thunderbird Films purchased Reunion Pictures. Reunion Pictures has since rebranded as
Reunion Pacific Entertainment.
Great Pacific Media
Great Pacific Media, Canada's most successful factual production company
is a Vancouver-based production company that specializes in financing and the development, production and co-production of documentaries, game shows and reality television. Great Pacific Media was named on Realscreen's Global 100 list of best production companies working in the non-fiction and unscripted visual content industry for the seventh year in a row and is cited as its productions can be seen in more than 170 territories worldwide.
Great Pacific Media was founded by television veterans Blair Reekie and Mark Miller on May 1, 2010. Great Pacific Media was acquired by Thunderbird Entertainment in December 2014 but retains its own distinctive corporate identity.
Miller retained his role as chief executive officer at Great Pacific Media after the acquisition and was subsequently appointed co-president of Thunderbird Entertainment in 2016. In April 2016, it was announced that former Bell Media executive Paul Lewis had joined Great Pacific Media in the role of President.
In January 2019, television industry veteran Wendy McKernan was named Vice President of Great Pacific Media.
Great Pacific Media currently produces the
Discovery Canada
Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian specialty television channel owned by CTV Speciality Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media/ESPN Inc. (80%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (which owns the remaining ...
series ''
Highway Thru Hell
''Highway Thru Hell'' is a Canadian documentary TV series that follows the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck & Auto Ltd., a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia. Quiring Towing, Aggressive Towing, ...
'' and ''
Heavy Rescue: 401'', both of which also stream globally on
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
. Other series include ''
Save My Reno'' and ''
Worst to First'', which airs on
HGTV
HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. As of February 2015, appr ...
, and ''Queen of the Oil Patch'', which aired on
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).
Thunderbird Releasing
In September 2014, it was announced that Thunderbird Entertainment acquired Thunderbird Releasing. Thunderbird Releasing is a London-based all-rights film distribution company, with a division in Canada, specializing in arthouse, independent and world cinema. Established in 2002 by Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher, the company releases 25-plus films a year and has a library of over 300 titles.
Films distributed in the UK and Ireland include,
Hirokazu Koreeda
is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' ( ...
's
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
and
Golden Globes
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
-winning film ''
Shoplifters
Shoplifting
Shoplifting is the theft of goods from an open retail establishment, typically by concealing a store item on one's person, in pockets, under clothes or in a bag, and leaving the store without paying. With clothing, shoplifters ma ...
(2018),'' Sara Colangelo's award-winning drama ''
The Kindergarten Teacher (2019) and'' may el-Toukhy's
Sundance hit ''Queen of Hearts (2019).''
Atomic Cartoons
On July 8, 2015, Thunderbird Entertainment bought the Vancouver-based animation studio
Atomic Cartoons. Atomic Cartoons is now referred to as "Thunderbird's Kids and Family Division", though it also retains its own distinctive corporate identity.
Atomic Cartoons was founded in 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller and Rob Davies. Throughout its history, Atomic Cartoons has worked with partners such as Marvel Animation,
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
, Disney, Cartoon Network,
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di ...
.,
Lego
Lego ( , ; stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of variously colored interlocking ...
,
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company has presence in 35 countries and territories and sells products in more ...
, Spin Master and Nelvana. Atomic's productions include Emmy Award-winning
Beat Bugs
''Beat Bugs'' is an animated children's television series, created by Josh Wakely, and produced for Netflix by Grace: A Storytelling Company and Thunderbird Entertainment since 2016. The series is centred around five young anthropomorphised inse ...
, the upcoming Netflix series The Last Kids on Earth, the Disney show 101 Dalmatian Street, Counterfeit Cat, Minecraft Mini Series, Marvel's Avengers Assemble, Max & Ruby and LEGO Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit.
Jennifer Twiner McCarron currently serves as chief executive officer, a role she was appointed to in 2016, after previously serving as Atomic's Head of Development. In 2018, Twiner McCarron was appointed chief executive officer for Thunderbird Entertainment Group, while also retaining the role of CEO at Atomic Cartoons.
In 2019. Mathew Berkowitz was named the company's Chief Creative Officer for both Thunderbird Entertainment and Atomic Cartoons.
In February 2020, the company announced the opening of its third animation studio and first in Burbank, California. The studio will be led by Matthew Berkowitz, the chief creative officer of Thunderbird and Atomic Cartoons. Aaron Behl and Kristin Cummings, co-vice presidents, of Atomic Originals, will also hold senior leadership roles. Atomic now has a capacity for 880 crew members across its three facilities (the other two studios are located in Vancouver, BC and Ottawa, ON).
Global Distribution and Consumer Products Division
In January 2021, Thunderbird announced the creation of a new Global Distribution and Consumer Products Division. Industry veteran Richard Goldsmith joins Thunderbird and Atomic Cartoons, the company's Kids and Family Division, to lead the new venture as President of Global Distribution and Consumer Products.
Initial public offering
Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. became a publicly traded company on the
TSX Venture Exchange
The TSX Venture Exchange is a stock exchange in Canada. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. All trading through the Exchange is done electronically, so the Exchange does not have a "trading f ...
on November 2, 2018. It trades under the symbol (TSXV: TBRD). Thunderbird's Board is composed of Brian Paes-Braga (Executive Chair),
Frank Giustra
Frank Giustra (born August 22, 1957) is a Canadian businessman, mining financier and global philanthropist, who also founded Lionsgate Entertainment. He is CEO of Fiore Group of Companies and co-chair of International Crisis Group. From 2001 t ...
, Tim Gamble, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Mark Miller, Frank Holmes, Paul Sparkes and Azim Jamal.
On December 16, 2019, the Company appointed Marni Wieshofer as an independent board member and lead director of the board following the company's AGM. Wieshofer previously served as CFO and EVP of corporate development at Lionsgate Entertainment, where she oversaw mergers, acquisitions and other strategic financial initiatives. The move reunites Wieshofer with fellow board member and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra.
On November 10, 2020, it was announced that Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market. Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink market.
In February 2021, Thunderbird reported that Linda Michaelson joined the company as an independent member of its board of directors, with the resignation of a current board member, Frank Holmes.
About the logo
The Thunderbird is a mythological creature born from the rich narrative tradition of Canada's
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
people in the
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though ...
. The Thunderbird is often carved at the top of
totem pole
Totem poles ( hai, gyáaʼaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually ...
s, which are monuments that traditionally bring communities together to illustrate their stories.
The artwork in the logo which depicts abstract elements of the Thunderbird legend, was commissioned from First Nations artist
Corrine Hunt.
Current productions
''Kim's Convenience''
Thunderbird Entertainment began production on a 13-episode first season of the new half-hour comedy series ''
Kim's Convenience
''Kim's Convenience'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC Television from October 2016 to April 2021. It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "App ...
'', which premiered on October 11, 2016, on CBC. The series is based on the
award-winning play by
Ins Choi
Insub "Ins" Choi () is a Korean Canadian actor and playwright best known for his Dora Mavor Moore Award-nominated 2011 play ''Kim's Convenience'' , who serves as series creator along with Kevin White (''
Schitts Creek'', ''
Corner Gas
''Corner Gas'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV2, CTV Comedy Channel, Much, MTV, E! and are streaming on Crave and Amazon Prime. The seri ...
''). Executive Producers on ''Kim's Convenience'' are
Ivan Fecan
Ivan Fecan is a Canadian media executive producer and philanthropist. Fecan was the president and chief executive officer of Baton Broadcasting and its successor CTVglobemedia from 1996 to 2011, and chief executive officer of the CTV Television N ...
, Tim Gamble, Alexandra Raffé, Leslie Lester, Albert Schultz, Ins Choi and Kevin White. Supervising Producers are Sandra Cunningham and Robin Cass. The series stars
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (born August 16, 1972) is a Korean-Canadian actor and television host. He is best known for his roles as Randy Ko in the soap opera ''Train 48'' (2003–2005) and as family patriarch Appa in the play '' Kim's Convenience'' (20 ...
,
Jean Yoon
Jean Yoon (born May 4, 1962) is an American-born Canadian actress and writer of Korean descent. Yoon is best known for originating the role of family matriarch Umma in the 2011 play ''Kim's Convenience'' and in the award-winning CBC Television ...
,
Simu Liu
Simu Liu ( ; ; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings''. He also played Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom '' Kim's ...
,
Andrea Bang
Andrea Bang is a Canadian actress and screenwriter from Burnaby, British Columbia. She is best known for playing Janet Kim in the CBC comedy ''Kim's Convenience'', for which she was nominated many times at the Canadian Screen Awards. She has a ...
,
Andrew Phung and
Nicole Power
Nicole Penney Power (born ) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Shannon Ross in ''Kim's Convenience'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off series ''Strays (TV series), Strays''.
Early life and education
Power was born in St. John's, ...
. Production on Season 5 has begun as of September 9, 2020, and is set to premiere on CBC TV and CBC Gem in Winter 2021.
''Highway Thru Hell''
''
Highway Thru Hell
''Highway Thru Hell'' is a Canadian documentary TV series that follows the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck & Auto Ltd., a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia. Quiring Towing, Aggressive Towing, ...
'' debuted on
Discovery Canada
Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian specialty television channel owned by CTV Speciality Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media/ESPN Inc. (80%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (which owns the remaining ...
on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. It is a factual TV series that follows the operations of a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company; ''Jamie Davis Motor Trucking'', based in
Hope, British Columbia
Hope is a district municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end ...
. Other companies involved in the series include Quiring Towing, Aggressive Towing and Mission Towing.
''Highway Thru Hell'' focuses on the hardships of operating along the highways of the
BC Interior
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, nickname = "The Interior"
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, especially the
Coquihalla Highway Coquihalla may refer to:
*British Columbia Highway 5, also known as Coquihalla highway
* Coquihalla River
* Coquihalla Pass
* Okanagan—Coquihalla, a federal electoral district in British Columbia
* Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park
*Coquihalla Ri ...
(Coq) and the work it takes to keep some of the most economically important, most travelled, and most inhospitable trucking routes in North America open.
The series airs on Discovery Canada, streams globally on Netflix and airs on The Weather Channel in the United States.
Season 9 premiered on Discovery on September 14, 2020.
''Save My Reno''
This television series is focused on helping homeowners complete renovations to transform their space on a limited budget.
This series is hosted by contractor
Sebastian Clovis
Sebastian James Clovis (born September 1, 1979) is a Canadian television personality and former Canadian Football League player, who played free safety for the BC Lions in their Grey Cup championship 2006 season. He is currently known as an HGT ...
, a former
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
player
and designer, editor and TV personality Samantha Pynn.
The series premiered in 2014 under the title ''Tackle My Reno'', featuring Clovis assisting homeowners with renovations on his own.
In 2016, the show relaunched as ''Save My Reno'', with Clovis and designer Sabrina Smelko hosting the retooled show as a duo.
Season 4 premieres on HGTV Canada on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
''Beat Bugs''
It was announced in February 2016 that Atomic Cartoons would be a co-producer on the series, which began streaming on Netflix August 3, 2016. The series features original characters and a world created by Australian native Josh Wakely, who directs, writes and produces the series, following a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing for worldwide rights to record covers of the Beatles song catalog.
''
Beat Bugs
''Beat Bugs'' is an animated children's television series, created by Josh Wakely, and produced for Netflix by Grace: A Storytelling Company and Thunderbird Entertainment since 2016. The series is centred around five young anthropomorphised inse ...
'' incorporates songs from the Lennon/McCartney "Northern Songs" catalog. The show will feature some of the best-known Beatles songs woven into the narrative of each episode, with Eddie Vedder, Pink, James Bay, Sia, The Shins, Of Monsters and Men, Chris Cornell, Regina Spektor, and James Corden each recording their rendition of a song. Among the songs featured are "Help!", "All You Need Is Love", "Come Together", "Penny Lane", "Yellow Submarine", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Magical Mystery Tour".
Season three of the series began streaming in November 2018
''Queen of the Oil Patch''
''Queen of the Oil Patch'' is a Canadian documentary series that premiered in 2018. It follows the inspirational journey of one man with two spirits –
Massey Whiteknife and Iceis Rain – working to break down barriers in the heart of Alberta oil country. Having faced both
childhood sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whether ...
and
bullying
Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imba ...
as a teenager because he was
gay
''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'.
While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
,
Whiteknife first created the drag persona of Iceis Rain after being diagnosed with
post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on ...
. According to Whiteknife, Iceis Rain helped him to become more secure and confident in himself and his business career, and to heal from his childhood emotional traumas.
The series is produced for
APTN in collaboration with Kah-Kitowak Films. Season two premiered on June 7, 2020.
''Worst to First''
''
Worst to First'' is a Canadian lifestyle series that features contractors Sebastian Sevallo and Mickey Fabbiano, as they guide aspiring homeowners through the journey of purchasing and renovating undervalued and outdated homes in the Greater Vancouver area, aiming to transform them from the worst in the neighborhood to the best on the block. For the second season, Catherine Yuen, a Vancouver-based interior designer, was added to the series. It is produced for HGTV Canada.
''Heavy Rescue: 401''
''
Heavy Rescue: 401'' is a Canadian factual TV series that premiered on Discovery Canada in October 2016. It was the most-watched premiere in the Discovery network's history. It is an indirect spin-off of Highway Thru Hell. The show focuses on the work of heavy recovery operators in Southern Ontario that work to keep the region's highways clear of wrecks and keep traffic moving. This is no easy task, as these roads are among the busiest in the world, with up to 400,000 vehicles passing through every day. In addition to airing on Discovery Canada, the series also streams globally on Netflix, and airs on The Weather Channel in the United States. Season 5 premiered on Discovery Canada in January 2021. Season 6 is currently in production.
''The Last Kids on Earth''
On September 26, 2017, it was announced that Thunderbird Entertainment's kids and family division,
Atomic Cartoons, had optioned the screen rights on
Max Brallier
Max Brallier (born September 8, 1983) is a children's book author and has written more than 30 books. He is best known for his ''New York Times'' bestselling series ''The Last Kids on Earth'', which has been made into a TV series by Netflix.
...
's book series ''The Last Kids on Earth'' with the intention of producing an animated television series.
On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production series order. Executive producers include Brallier, Scott Peterson, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, and
Matthew Berkowitz
Matthew Berkowitz is an American film director, writer, and producer. He has written and directed three feature films (''Wild in Blue'', ''A Violent Man'', ''The Madness Inside Me'').
Early life and career
Berkowitz went to Pitzer College in ...
. Brallier and Peterson are also expected to write the series as well. Production companies involved in the series include Thunderbird Entertainment's animation studio
Atomic Cartoons.
On March 13, 2019, the series cast was announced, including
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the ''Star Wars'' film series, beginning with the original 1977 film and subsequently winning three Saturn Awards f ...
,
Rosario Dawson
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama ''Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include '' He Got Game'' (1998), ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in Bl ...
,
Catherine O'Hara,
Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his signature deep voice and commanding screen presence in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media.
He has starred in such films as '' T ...
,
Bruce Campbell, Garland Whitt, Montse Hernandez, Charles Demers, and Nick Wolfhard as the lead character Jack Sullivan.
The series premiered on Netflix in September 2019. Season 2 premiered in April 2020. Season 3 premiered on Netflix in October 2020.
On September 20, 2019, Atomic Cartoons, Cyber Group Studios and Outright Games announced a new partnership to produce ''The Last Kids on Earth video game''. The game is anticipated to launch in 2021 on consoles and PC.
In November 2020, it was announced that ''The Last Kids on Earth'' is coming for gamers early next year when ''The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom'' releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in Spring 2021. The game is a collaboration between Outright Games, Atomic Cartoons, Stage Clear Studios, and Cyber Group Studios.
''High Arctic Haulers''
A series called
High Arctic Haulers
''High Arctic Haulers'' is a television series that follows the annual sealift by Groupe Desgagnés that supplies the isolated communities in Canada's Arctic Archipelago. The first episode of the seven episode first season was broadcast on the ...
for
CBC Television premiered in January 2020. The series examines Canada's resilient northern communities, and the determined men and women who help provide their lifeline to the outside world. These groups are linked together by the summer sealift, when ships loaded with critical cargo travel each year to the farthest reaches of the north to deliver food, clothing, supplies and vital pieces of infrastructure.
''Mighty Express''
Netflix has picked up Spin Master Entertainment's new CG-animated series ''
Mighty Express
''Mighty Express'' is a computer animated children's television series created by the British producer Keith Chapman. The series is produced by Spin Master Entertainment in partnership with Netflix, while the animation is produced by Atomic Cart ...
.'' The 52 x 11-minute series will debut globally (excluding Canada) on the SVOD in September 2020. The animation will be provided by Atomic Cartoons. February 2021 marked the release of season 2 of ''Mighty Express'' which saw its next batch of episodes drop on Netflix globally on February 2.
''Mud Mountain Haulers''
In July 2020, Thunderbird announced production was underway on a new original factual series and the second spin-off of the global hit ''Highway Thru Hell'' franchise for Discovery. The new series, featuring Lebeau Brothers Logging, sheds light on the log hauling industry and premiered on Discovery Canada in January 2021. The series is executive produced by Mark Miller.
Upcoming productions
''Princess Power''
In 2018, it was announced that Thunderbird's kids and family division, Atomic Cartoons, had acquired the IP for Savannah Guthrie and Alison Oppenhiem's ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'' bestselling book series, ''Princesses Wear Pants''. They are currently in development on an animated TV series titled ''Princess Power'', in collaboration with
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, talk show host and author. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a ...
's Flower Films.
''Eerie''
In 2018, Atomic Cartoons announced a second collaboration with the bestselling author Max Brallier, based on his book series for young adults, Eerie Elementary. The series will include live-action and feature animated elements. This is the second collaboration between Atomic Cartoons and Brallier, with the first being ''
The Last Kids on Earth
''The Last Kids on Earth'' is a children's illustrated novel and subsequent book series by American author Max Brallier, illustrated by Douglas Holgate, with audiobook format narrated by Robbie Daymond. Novels in the series have been recogniz ...
'', currently in development for Netflix.
''The Marrow Thieves''
In 2019. Thunderbird confirmed that author Cherie Dimaline will work with TV writer and producer Jennica Harper to adapt Dimaline's award-winning novel, ''The Marrow Thieves'', for television.
''The Teenager and the Lost Mayan City''
''The Teenager and the Lost Mayan City'' is an episode currently in production for the
CBC documentary series, ''
The Nature of Things
''The Nature of Things'' (also, ''The Nature of Things with David Suzuki'') is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on 6 November 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that hu ...
''. It will follow the journey of teenager William Gadoury, who in May 2016 made headlines around the world when he announced he'd discovered the location of a lost Mayan city using NASA satellite images and an ancient Mayan map of the stars. Although currently in production, an air date for the episode is not currently known.
''Nate Create''
Atomic Cartoons, is partnering with the Jim Henson Company to develop a new animated series called Nate Create. The animated series is created by Alex Rockwell (Norman Picklestripes, Word Party), who also executive produces alongside Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford for the Jim Henson Company, and Jennifer Twiner McCarron and Matthew Berkowitz for Atomic Cartoons. Henson is working on the 52 x 11-minute preschool series with Atomic Cartoons, which is co-developing and co-producing the project out of its Vancouver studio and will feature a variety of art styles like origami, watercolor, 2D, cut-out, stop-motion and CG.
''What If''
Great Pacific Media, the factual division of Thunderbird Entertainment Group, is in development on its first scripted project – a premium drama series about Nazi scientist Wernher Von Braun and his role in the US space program.
Thunderbird's president Mark Miller will executive produce on behalf of Great Pacific Media. Thunderbird and Miller acquired the IP from the Smithsonian Institution last year.
''Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War''
Great Pacific Media, the factual division of Thunderbird Entertainment Group, is in development on its first scripted project – a premium drama series about Nazi scientist Wernher Von Braun and his role in the US space program.
Thunderbird's president Mark Miller will executive produce on behalf of Great Pacific Media. Thunderbird and Miller acquired the IP from the Smithsonian Institution last year.
Recent and Past productions
''Lego Star Wars Holiday Special for Disney+''
In August 2020, it was announced that Disney+ would be premiering a one-off Star Wars Lego animation. The Lego Star Wars Special will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on November 17, 2020. Produced by Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons (Thunderbird's Kids and Family Division), the Lego Group and Lucasfilm, it is being directed by Ken Cunningham and written by David Shayne, who is also a co-executive producer.
''Somewhere Between''
Thunderbird Entertainment commenced production on a 10-episode first season of the new drama-thriller ''
Somewhere Between'' in March 2017. The series aired on ABC in 2017 and was written by
Stephen Tolkin.
Tolkin executive produced the series with Thunderbird's Executive Chair of the Board Ivan Fecan and Joseph Broido.
''Blade Runner 2049''
Thunderbird Entertainment owns a 50 percent stake in the ''
Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick' ...
'' franchise and was an active partner in the production of Blade Runner 2049.
On August 18, 2011, it was announced that
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...
had signed on to direct and produce the new instalment of ''Blade Runner''.
On February 27, 2015, it was announced that Canadian Director
Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve (; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for '' Maelström'' in 2001, '' Polytechnique'' in 2009, ''Incendies ...
would be directing the sequel, and on February 28, 2015, it was confirmed that
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. His films have grossed more than $5.4billion in North America and more than $9.3billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing actor in North America. He is the recipient o ...
will reprise his role as Rick Deckard.
On May 21, 2015, award-winning Cinematographer
Roger Deakins
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinema ...
joined the Blade Runner sequel.
In addition to Ford, the film starred
Ryan Gosling. Other cast members include
Robin Wright
Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She has won a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award, and has received eleven Emmy Award nominations for her work in television.
Wright first gained attention for her role in t ...
,
Dave Bautista
David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He had several stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. In his acting career, he is most widely known for his portrayal of Drax the Destro ...
,
Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto ( ; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golde ...
,
Ana de Armas
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban and Spanish actress. She began her career in Cuba and had a leading role in the romantic drama '' Una rosa de Francia'' (2006). At age 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in t ...
,
Sylvia Hoeks,
Carla Juri
Carla Juri (born 2 January 1985) is a Swiss actress. Her acting credits include ''180°'', '' Wetlands'', ''Finsterworld'' and '' Blade Runner 2049''.
Early life and education
Juri was raised in Ambrì, a village in the Italian-speaking Cant ...
and
Mackenzie Davis
Mackenzie Rio Davis (born April 1, 1987) is a Canadian actress, producer, and model. She made her feature film debut in '' Smashed'' (2012). In 2013, she appeared in ''Breathe In'' and '' The F Word'' (for which she was nominated for the Canadia ...
. Tim Gamble and Frank Giustra served as Executive Producers on behalf of Thunderbird Entertainment. The film was released in 2017.
''Package Deal''
On May 29, 2012, CityTV's original content team announced that it had commissioned ''
Package Deal
In marketing, product bundling is offering several products or services for sale as one combined product or service package. It is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product and service markets. Industries engaged in the practice ...
'', a new comedy series produced by Thunderbird Entertainment and created by Andrew Orenstein ''(
Malcolm in the Middle
''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American family television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.
The series follows a dysfunctional ...
'', ''
3rd Rock from the Sun
''3rd Rock from the Sun'' is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials who are on an e ...
)''. Package Deal was a 13-episode, half-hour, multi-camera original comedy about three overly close brothers and the woman who comes between them. On April 1, 2013, it was announced that Package Deal would begin airing on the CityTV network starting Monday, May 6, 2013, at 8:30 pm PST. The second season premiered on CityTV on September 12, 2014, and on April 20, 2015, it was announced by Thunderbird that the sitcom would be made available to stream in the US on
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television serie ...
. Package Deal stars Randal Edwards, Harland Williams, Jay Malone, Julia Voth and Jill Morrison.
''Mr. Young''
Thunderbird Entertainment and
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian mass media company. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. It is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Onta ...
commenced production on a 26-episode first season of the comedy series ''
Mr. Young
''Mr. Young'' is a Canadian television series that premiered on March 1, 2011, on YTV. The series was filmed in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer (who also worked on Disney Channel series such as ''The Suite Life on ...
'' in October 2010. The series was created by
Dan Signer
Daniel Signer is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. He is creator and executive producer of ''Some Assembly Required'' for Netflix and YTV, ''A.N.T. Farm'' for Disney Channel and '' Mr. Young'' for YTV and Disney XD. He curren ...
(''
The Suite Life on Deck
''The Suite Life on Deck'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/Spin-off (media), spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. The ser ...
'', ''
A.N.T. Farm
''A.N.T. Farm'' is an American teen sitcom which originally aired on Disney Channel from May 6, 2011 to March 21, 2014. It first aired on May 6, 2011, as a special one-episode preview and continued as a regular series starting on June 17, 201 ...
''), and stars
Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer (born October 2, 1994) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Adam Young in '' Mr. Young'' and Nelson Ort on the television show '' Dinosapien''. In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix series ''The OA
''The OA'' is ...
,
Matreya Fedor
Matreya Natasha Fedor (born March 11, 1997) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Echo Zizzleswift in ''Mr. Young'', and for her recurring roles as Phoebe Collins in ''The Troop'' and as Allison Weston in '' Cedar Cove''.
Life an ...
and
Gig Morton
Gig Morton (born March 22, 1996) is a Canadian actor and podcast host. Beginning a professional career as a child actor at age nine, Morton is a six time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as B-Dawg's boy, "Billy" in four install ...
. ''Mr. Young'' centers on child prodigy Adam Young (
Brendan Meyer
Brendan Meyer (born October 2, 1994) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Adam Young in '' Mr. Young'' and Nelson Ort on the television show '' Dinosapien''. In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix series ''The OA
''The OA'' is ...
), who graduated from university at the age of 14. He decides to come back to high school to live the high school experience, only he becomes the science teacher at the school. With one-foot in the lunchroom and the other foot in the staff room, it's Mr. Young's social life that's being put to the test.
On April 29, 2011 ''Mr. Young'' was renewed for a 26-episode second season. The series was renewed for a third season in April 2012. Thunderbird began production of a 28-episode third season on May 10, 2012. The show ended its run-on November 28, 2013, with three seasons and 80 episodes. ''Mr. Young'' was broadcast on
YTV in Canada and
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years ...
in the United States.
Now is it available to stream on
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
, also on
Nelvana
Nelvana Enterprises, Inc. (; previously known as Nelvana Limited, sometimes known as Nelvana Animation and simply Nelvana or Nelvana Communications) is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment company owned by Corus Entertainment. Founded ...
's ''Keep It Weird''
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...
channel.
''Some Assembly Required''
Thunderbird Entertainment and
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian mass media company. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. It is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Onta ...
commenced production on a 26-episode first season of the comedy series ''
Some Assembly Required'', which premiered on YTV on January 6, 2014. The series was created by
Dan Signer
Daniel Signer is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. He is creator and executive producer of ''Some Assembly Required'' for Netflix and YTV, ''A.N.T. Farm'' for Disney Channel and '' Mr. Young'' for YTV and Disney XD. He curren ...
(''
The Suite Life on Deck
''The Suite Life on Deck'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/Spin-off (media), spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. The ser ...
'', ''
A.N.T. Farm
''A.N.T. Farm'' is an American teen sitcom which originally aired on Disney Channel from May 6, 2011 to March 21, 2014. It first aired on May 6, 2011, as a special one-episode preview and continued as a regular series starting on June 17, 201 ...
''), and Howard Nemetz (''
Mr. Young
''Mr. Young'' is a Canadian television series that premiered on March 1, 2011, on YTV. The series was filmed in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer (who also worked on Disney Channel series such as ''The Suite Life on ...
'', ''
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was also ...
'') and stars Kolton Stewart,
Charlie Storwick
Melissa Faith Storwick (born November 13, 1998 in Calgary, Alberta), known professionally as FAANGS (formerly Charlie), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She was the winner of The Next Star season 4, and starred as Piper Gray in YTV' ...
and
Harrison Houde
Harrison Houde (; born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, YouTuber, and musician. He is best known for his first acting role as Darren Walsh in the 2010 American film ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' and for his role as 'Bowie' in ...
. ''Some Assembly Required'' tells the story of Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart), an average teenager who becomes boss overnight after he sues a toy company over a defective chemistry set that blows up his house. Jarvis' first act as CEO of Knickknack Toys is to recruit a group of kids from his high school to help him run the company.
On January 5, 2015, ''Some Assembly Required'' returned to YTV for an 18-episode second season. The series was renewed for a third season in August 2015 and began production of 13 new episodes that same month. ''Some Assembly Required'' is broadcast on
YTV in Canada, and on February 25, 2015, it was announced that
Netflix
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acquired season one, which began streaming worldwide outside of Canada on June 19, 2015. On October 16, 2015,
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
began streaming season two of the series. The 3rd season of "Some Assembly Required" aired a 13-episode season on March 14, and its series finale aired on YTV June 6, 2016, in Canada.
''Endgame''
''
Endgame
Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to:
Film
* ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film)
* ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film
* ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic f ...
'' is a Drama Series that was developed and produced by Thunderbird Entertainment. The series premiered on
Showcase Television network on Monday, March 14, 2011. In the US, Endgame was broadcast exclusively on
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television serie ...
. The series follows former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan, a genius who uses his analytical skills to solve crimes. ''Endgame'' stars
Shawn Doyle
Shawn Doyle (born September 19, 1968) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in ''The Expanse'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''Big Love'', '' 24'', ''Desperate Housewives'', and '' Star Trek: Discovery''.
Early life and education
Doyle was born an ...
(''
Big Love
''Big Love'' is an American drama television series that aired on HBO from March 12, 2006 to March 20, 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices polygamy, with Jeanne Tripp ...
'', ''
24'') as Arkady Balagan and features Patrick Gallagher (''
Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
''),
Torrance Coombs
Torrance Coombs (born June 14, 1983) is a Canadian-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Thomas Culpepper in ''The Tudors'' (2007–2010) and as Sebastian "Bash" de Poitiers, the illegitimate son of King Henry II of France ...
(''
Heartland
Heartland or Heartlands may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
* Heartland Bank, a New Zealand-based financial institution
* Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States
* Heartland Alliance, an anti-poverty organization i ...
''),
Katharine Isabelle
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(''
Da Vinci's Inquest
''Da Vinci's Inquest'' is a Canadian dramatic television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, the critically acclaimed show did attract a loyal following, and ultimately seven seaso ...
'', ''
Supernatural
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'') and
Carmen Aguirre
Carmen Aguirre is a Chilean-born Canadian actress and writer. She plays a prominent role in ''Endgame''.
Early in her life, she lived and worked as a member of the Chilean Resistance.
Career
Her 2011 book ''Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revo ...
(''
The L Word
''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene Ch ...
'').
Awards
''Kim's Convenience''
For the
5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, ''Kim's Convenience'' garnered 11 nominations, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Lee), Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Yoon and Bang), and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Phung). Lee won the award for best actor in a continuing leading comedic role for his portrayal of Appa, and Phung won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Kimchee.
''Kim's Convenience'' won two awards at the 2017 Toronto
ACTRA Awards
The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television and radio industries. , Outstanding Performance – Female for actress
Jean Yoon
Jean Yoon (born May 4, 1962) is an American-born Canadian actress and writer of Korean descent. Yoon is best known for originating the role of family matriarch Umma in the 2011 play ''Kim's Convenience'' and in the award-winning CBC Television ...
and the Members’ Choice Series Ensemble Award for Best Cast.
The first-season episodes "Ddong Chim" and "Janet's Photos" are 2017
Writers Guild of Canada
The Writers Guild of Canada is an organization representing more than 2,500 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and digital media production in Canada. Members of the Guild write dramatic TV series, feature films, Movies of th ...
's
Canadian Screenwriting Awards
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finalists in the TV comedy category.
At the
6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, the series received 12 nominations. It won the awards for
Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Lee) and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Phung).
At the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, the series was not eligible to be nominated because its broadcast slot moved from fall to winter. Case member Andrew Phung, however, was nominated for the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award, for his portrayal of Kimchee on the popular series.
In July 2020, it was announced that ''Kim's Convenience'' won three Leo Awards, including:
* “Best Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series”
* “Best Direction in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series”
* “Best Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series”
''Beat Bugs''
The program received an
AWGIE Award
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The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previo ...
in animation for an episode script in 2016, an
AACTA Award
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for Best Children's Television Series and a
Daytime Emmy Award
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in 2017.
At the 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards, the ''Beat Bugs'' series won for Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Preschool Animated Program.
''Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women''
In November 2019, CEO Jennifer Twiner McCarron was named by the Women's Executive Network (WXN) as one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women. Presented in partnership with KPMG, the list of Top 100 Winners pays tribute to the outstanding women across Canada who advocate for diversity in the workforce and seek to inspire the next generation of leaders.
''Fast Company's 2020 List of the World's Most Innovative Companies''
On March 10, 2020, Thunderbird was named to ''Fast Company''
's prestigious annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2020. The Company earned the standing of #9 in the Film and Television category.
''Molly of Denali''
In June 2020, ''Molly of Denali'' was awarded a George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in 2019.
In September 2020, ''Molly of Denali'' was presented with the 2020 Television Critics Association award for "Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming" during the 2019 season.
In February 2021, WGBH, Atomic Cartoons and PBS KIDS won a Kidscreen Award with ''Molly of Denali'' in the inaugural Best Inclusivity category.
''The Last Kids on Earth''
In July 2020, ''The Last Kids on Earth'', produced by Atomic Cartoons, won the Emmy Award for Special Class Animated Program.
In July 2020, it was also announced that ''The Last Kids on Earth'' won four Leo Awards including:
* “Best Animation Program or Series”
* “Best Direction, Animation Program or Series”
* “Best Art Direction, Animation Program or Series”
* “Best Musical Score, Animation Program or Series”
''Highway Thru Hell''
In July 2020, it was announced that ''Highway Thru Hell'' won a Leo Award for "Best Musical Score in a Documentary Series".
''Worst to First''
In July 2020, it was announced that ''Worst to First'' won a Leo Award
for "Best Host(s) in an Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series".
Shows
Scripted TV series
*
Kim's Convenience
''Kim's Convenience'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC Television from October 2016 to April 2021. It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "App ...
*
Cold Squad
''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick (Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Pol ...
*
Da Vinci's City Hall
''Da Vinci's City Hall'' is a Canadian dramatic television series, which premiered on CBC Television on 25 October 2005 and ended on 28 February 2006. It is a spin-off of the long-running Canadian series ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. The creator, write ...
*
Da Vinci's Inquest
''Da Vinci's Inquest'' is a Canadian dramatic television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, the critically acclaimed show did attract a loyal following, and ultimately seven seaso ...
*
Endgame
Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to:
Film
* ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film)
* ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film
* ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic f ...
*
Guilt
Guilt may refer to:
*Guilt (emotion), an emotion that occurs when a person feels that they have violated a moral standard
*Culpability, a legal term
*Guilt (law), a legal term
Music
*Guilt (album), ''Guilt'' (album), a 2009 album by Mims
*Guilt ( ...
*
Hiccups
A hiccup (scientific name ''singultus'', from a Latin word meaning "to catch one's breath while sobbing"; also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute. The hic ...
*
Mr. Young
''Mr. Young'' is a Canadian television series that premiered on March 1, 2011, on YTV. The series was filmed in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer (who also worked on Disney Channel series such as ''The Suite Life on ...
*
Package Deal
In marketing, product bundling is offering several products or services for sale as one combined product or service package. It is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product and service markets. Industries engaged in the practice ...
*
Stone Undercover
*
Some Assembly Required
*
Somewhere Between
Factual TV series
* Airshow
* Game of Homes
* Untold Stories of the ER
* Daily Planet - Segments
* Megaroof: Rebuilding BC Place
* Air Dogs
* The Mistress
* Monster Quake: Japan
* Monster Quake: Chile
* Model Killers
* Scared of my Shadow
* Peak to Peak
*
The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp
''The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp'' is a Canadian television show on the Slice network that puts participants through an intense fitness and nutrition routine designed to help them reach a target weight in four weeks. The participants are usually mo ...
* Industrious
* Heroines
* Confessions: Animal Hoarding
* Campus Vets
*
Bulging Brides
''Bulging Brides'' is a Canadian television series in which brides receive assistance in losing weight for their wedding day. It is produced by Slice, and shown on Slice and Discovery Health Channel in Canada and the WE: Women's Entertainment ne ...
*
Animal Miracles with Alan Thicke
* Makeover Wish
* Prisoners of Age
* Miss Landmine
* Raising Big Blue
* 1800 Seconds: Chasing Canada's Snowbirds
* My Evil Sister
Animated series
*
Beat Bugs
''Beat Bugs'' is an animated children's television series, created by Josh Wakely, and produced for Netflix by Grace: A Storytelling Company and Thunderbird Entertainment since 2016. The series is centred around five young anthropomorphised inse ...
*
The Last Kids on Earth
''The Last Kids on Earth'' is a children's illustrated novel and subsequent book series by American author Max Brallier, illustrated by Douglas Holgate, with audiobook format narrated by Robbie Daymond. Novels in the series have been recogniz ...
*
101 Dalmatian Street
''101 Dalmatian Street'' is an animated television series created by Miklos Weigert that aired on Disney Channel in the UK and Ireland from 18 March 2019 to 22 February 2020, and released on Disney+ in Canada and the United States on 28 Februar ...
*Minecraft Mini-Series
*Marvel's Avengers Assemble
*Max & Ruby
*
Lego Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit
*
Super Dinosaur
''Super Dinosaur'' is an American comic book series published by Image Comics' Skybound imprint beginning in 2011. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Jason Howard, who had previously worked together on Image's ''The Astound ...
*
Ella the Elephant
''Ella the Elephant'' is a Canadian animated television preschool series based on the books by Carmela D' Amico & Steven Henry (né D'Amico). The series was produced by DHX Cookie Jar Inc. (owned by WildBrain), in association with TVOKids and F ...
*
Johnny Test
''Johnny Test'' is an animated television series created by Scott Fellows, originally produced in the United States by Warner Bros. Animation and later produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on Kids' WB on September 17 ...
*
Maya the Bee
''Maya the Bee'' () is the main character in ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'', a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first Ame ...
*Transformers: Rescue Bots
*
Rocket Monkeys
''Rocket Monkeys'' is a Canadian animated television series created by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson for Teletoon. It premiered in Canada on January 10, 2013, and aired its last new episode on November 23, 2016, before entering reruns. The series ...
*
Little Charmers
''Little Charmers'' is a Canadian and Pan-European CGI-animated children's television series produced by Nelvana and Spin Master Entertainment for Treehouse TV. The series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 12, 2015 and end ...
*
Mixels
''Mixels'' is a 2014-2016 comedy animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network and was co-produced by The Lego Group and Cartoon Network Studios. The series first aired on February 12, 2014, with a new episode of '' Teen Titans Go!''. ...
*Nico Can Dance!
*
Pirate Express
''Pirate Express'' is an animated series produced by Atomic Cartoons and Sticky Pictures. The show consists of 26 episodes, all of which aired during a single week in April 2015 on Teletoon. It has not aired on the channel since its premiere week. ...
*
Spider-Man Unlimited
''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 19 ...
*
Zigby
Zigby the zebra is an anthropomorphic children's fictional character created by Scottish-born English author Brian Paterson. Zigby appears in a series of picture books and board books as well as in a 3D-animated television adaptation. It aired ...
*
Zixx
''Zixx'' (full title is ''Zixx: Level One'' for season one, ''Zixx: Level Two'' for season two, and ''Zixx: Level Three'' for season three) is a Canadian television series that aired on YTV. This series was developed by Savi Media and The Nigh ...
*Milo vs ALEX!
*World of Quest
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://thunderbird.tv/
Great Pacific TelevisionThunderbird Productions
Television production companies of Canada
Companies based in Vancouver
2003 establishments in British Columbia
Canadian companies established in 2003
Mass media companies established in 2003