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Hitpig!
''Hitpig!'' is a 2024 animated comedy film directed by Cinzia Angelini and David Feiss. The film comes from an original story by Berkeley Breathed, rooted from his 2008 children's book ''Pete & Pickles''. Breathed also wrote the screenplay alongside Dave Rosenbaum and Tyler Werrin. Produced by Aniventure and animated by Cinesite, the film features the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, Anitta, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby and Charlie Adler. ''Hitpig!'' was released in North America on 1 November 2024. Plot Hitpig is an anthropomorphic pig who was raised by bounty hunter Big Bertha to retrieve lost pets to their owners. When Bertha gets eaten by a crocodile, Hitpig is left traumatized from the event but continues Bertha's work taking on high-profile runaway animals for cash rewards. One night, an elephant named Pickles escapes from the custody of the Leapin' Lord of the Leotard; a wealthy but unsuccessful Las Vegas showman, with the help of animal rights activist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Feiss
David Feiss (born April 16, 1959) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director. Feiss began his career working for Hanna-Barbera in the late 1970s. He received his first credit for the 1981 adult animated film '' Heavy Metal''. He gained notoriety throughout the late 1980s and 1990s as an animator for '' Jetsons: The Movie'', '' Once Upon a Forest'', '' The Town Santa Forgot'' and ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', among others. In 1995, Cartoon Network, in search of aspiring creators of original programming, launched their animated series '' What a Cartoon!'', which featured a showcase of animated shorts from up-and-coming animators, including Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Van Partible. Feiss' pilot, "No Smoking", was among the first shorts broadcast on the network and follows the unconventional sibling rivalry between a young cow named Cow and her older brother, a chicken named Chicken, as well as their human parents. The pilot was approved by the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilly Singh
Lilly Singh (born September 26, 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian and author. She began making YouTube videos in 2010. She originally appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman (stylized IISuperwomanII), her YouTube username until 2019. Singh released her documentary ''A Trip to Unicorn Island'' (2016) and her first book ''How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life'' (2017), which was a New York Times Best Seller, ''New York Times'' Best Seller. From September 2019 to June 2021, Singh acted as executive producer and host of the NBC late-night talk show ''A Little Late with Lilly Singh''. She is the first person of Indian descent to host an American late-night talk show. Early life and education Singh was born and raised in the Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents, Malvindar Kaur and Sukvindar Singh, are Indian Canadians, Indian Punjabi Canadians, Punjabi immigrants from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India and raised he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of ''The Office'' from 2005 to 2013, and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role. Wilson began acting at the University of Washington. Following his 1986 graduation, he worked in theatre in New York City. He made his film debut in '' Galaxy Quest'' (1999), followed by supporting parts in '' Almost Famous'' (2000), Steven Soderbergh's '' Full Frontal'' (2002), and '' House of 1000 Corpses'' (2003). He also had a recurring part as Arthur Martin in the HBO series '' Six Feet Under'' from 2003 to 2005. Wilson's other film credits include lead roles in the comedies '' The Rocker'' (2008) and ''Super'' (2010), and supporting roles in the horror films '' Cooties'' (2014) and '' The Boy'' (2015). In 2009, he was heard i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', the Bigheads on ''Rocko's Modern Life'', Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', Doctor Doom, Wrecker, Sabertooth and others in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', MODOK in various Marvel media, Cobra Commander in '' GI Joe: Resolute'' and '' Renegades'', Starscream in the ''Transformers'' film series, Mr. Whiskers of Disney's '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', the titular characters of Cartoon Network's '' Cow and Chicken'' along with its main antagonist, The Red Guy, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head in ''Earthworm Jim'', I.R. Baboon in '' I Am Weasel'', T-Bone in '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' and Tex Hex in ''Bravestarr''. Early life In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to Nanuet, New York and later to Massachusetts. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Summers
Isabella Janet Florentina Summers (born 31 October 1980) is an English Emmy-nominated film composer, songwriter/producer and musician. She is best known as the architect of the sound of the six-time Grammy nominated indie rock band Florence and the Machine. Summers spent 14 years writing, producing, touring, and composing her cinematic sound before making the jump from pop music to composing for film and television. Early life Summers lived her first nine years in Hackney, London. When Summers was ten, her family moved to Aldeburgh, Suffolk. There Summers attended Woodbridge School,Aldeburgh: Florence and the Machine writer set to release new music , EADT had piano lessons and grew an interest in music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniventure
Aniventure is a British content creation and intellectual property company based in London, England and set up in 2013 to produce family-oriented feature animation. Aniventure works with production partners to take feature film concepts from pitch development through to completion. It has a first-look service deal with visual effects and animation service studio Cinesite. Film projects Under its former name Comic Animations, the company's first release was the award-winning animated viral ''Beans'' in December 2013, co-produced with Cinesite, which amassed over 15 million views on YouTube. They then signed a deal with 3QU Media in 2014 to produce four films for Vanguard Animation, cultivating in ''Charming'', ''Gnome Alone'', '' Trouble'' and '' Fearless''. In February 2016 it was announced that Comic Animations was in development on an animated feature adaptation of the stage production ''Riverdance'', in association with River Productions and Cinesite. The following y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Ashbourne
Lorraine Ashbourne (born 7 January 1961) is an English actress. Early life Ashbourne was born 7 January 1961, in Manchester, England. She attended Wilbraham High School, when living in Fallowfield. She joined Stretford Children's Theatre. She took part in the University of Manchester Stage Society and Manchester Youth Theatre. She joined the Webber Drama School on 19 April 1982. Career Ashbourne has appeared on British series and television films, including: '' Playing the Field'' (1998), '' Unforgotten'' (2017), ''Grantchester'' (2017), '' Maigret in Montmartre'' (2017), ''Midsomer Murders'' (2018), '' The Street'', and ''Jericho''. As a stage actor, Lorraine regularly appeared at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, portraying roles such as Kate Hardcastle in '' She Stoops to Conquer'' and Emilia in ''Othello'', acting in both of these alongside her husband Andy Serkis. In 2019, she starred as Barbara Castle in ''The Crown'' (2019), and from 2020, she starred as Mrs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitrogen Studios
Cinesite Vancouver (formerly known as Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc., commonly referred to as Nitrogen Studios) is a Canadian animation company founded by husband and wife duo Greg Tiernan and Nicole Stinn. The company was founded in October 2003, in Vancouver, British Columbia. On March 7, 2017, Nitrogen was acquired by British visual effects and feature animation studio company Cinesite, becoming their Vancouver operations. Filmography Feature films Theatrical Direct-to-Video Television Other projects Controversy Several days after the release of ''Sausage Party'', allegations of poor treatment of Nitrogen Studios employees surfaced in the comments section of an interview with Tiernan and co-director Conrad Vernon, featured on the website Cartoon Brew. Various anonymous posters, purporting to be animators who worked on the film in question, made claims including that Nitrogen forced them to work overtime for free and that some employees were threatened with terminat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavor Flav
William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), known by his stage name Flavor Flav ( ), is an American rapper and television personality. Known for his catchphrase "Yeah, boyeeeeee!" when performing, he is a founding member alongside Chuck D, of Public Enemy (band), Public Enemy, a rap group which has earned six Grammy Awards, Grammy Award nominations. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After spending several years out of the limelight, Flav starred in multiple VH1 reality series, including ''The Surreal Life'', ''Strange Love'', and ''Flavor of Love''. Early life and education Drayton was born in Roosevelt, New York and grew up in nearby Freeport, New York, Freeport, two communities within the Hempstead, New York, Town of Hempstead. His father, William Drayton Sr., ran a restaurant, The Soul Diner in Freeport. Drayton Jr. is the cousin of former Penn State Nittany Lions basketball, Penn State basketball player Shep Garner, and of Brooklyn MC Timbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby Young
Shelby Young (born 8 April 1992) is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for her roles on ''American Horror Story'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''The Social Network'' and in the ''Star Wars'' video games, as well as her presence on social media. She is also known for her work in voice-over roles. Early life Young was born in Florida and always wanted to be an actor. As a child, she loved performing for her friends and family, and performed in pageantry, theater and commercials while living there. As she has grown, her career focus has shifted to voice over and motion capture acting for animation and video. Career Young's first television role was in 2001 when she played the role of Sue Ann Butler on the Showtime series '' Going to California''. In 2002, Young played Stephanie in the unaired pilot for ''LazyTown''. From 2005 to 2008, she had a recurring role as Jennifer on ''Everybody'' ''Hates Chris'', and from 2009 to 2011, she recurred on ''Days of Our Lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley Breathed
Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (; born June 21, 1957) is an American cartoonist, children's book author, Film director, director, and screenwriter, known for his comic strips ''Bloom County'', ''Outland (comic strip), Outland'', and ''Opus (comic strip), Opus''. ''Bloom County'' earned Breathed the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1987. Early life Born in Encino, Los Angeles, California, Encino, California, but raised in Houston, Texas, Breathed attended Westchester Academy for International Studies, Westchester High School in Houston.Berkowitz, Lana, "His latest opus: ''Bloom County'' creator finds a more constructive path writing children's books ", ''Houston Chronicle'', April 4, 2007 Cartooning ca ...
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Cinesite
Cinesite (also known as The Cinesite Group) is an independent, multinational business which provides services to the media and entertainment industries. Its head office in London opened for business in 1994, initially offering services in visual effects for film and television, subsequently expanding to include animation and immersive services. Divisions of Cinesite and its partner companies Image Engine, Trixter, L'Atelier Animation, The Imaginarium Studios, Squeeze and Assemblage Entertainment operate in London, Berlin, Munich, Skopje, Belgrade, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver, Atlanta and Mumbai with more than 2,500 employees. History Foundation Cinesite opened its doors in Los Angeles in 1991 to help with the digital restoration of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. The restoration was released in 1993, and Cinesite opened a division in London in 1994. There, it originally operated as a service bureau for Kodak's Cineon digital film system. Both locations sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
