Mainframe to animate "The Nutty Professor"
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Mainframe Entertainment and The Weinstein Company Team Up for CG
Animated "The Nutty Professor"
Vancouver, B.C. -- The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the rights
to produce an animated version of "The Nutty Professor," which will be
distributed direct-to-video by. Genius Products Inc. Jerry Lewis will
lend his voice in the project, which he is executive producing along
with Mainframe Entertainment's Gregory R. Little and Rick Mischel. Evan
Spiliotopoulos is writing the animated project. Mainframe
Entertainment, who brought the project to TWC's attention, is producing
and animating the project. George Paige is attached to produce. The
animated version of "The Nutty Professor" will be based on the original
film of the same name, which was created, directed by and starred Jerry
Lewis.
The animated version of Nutty Professor will be a younger, modern-day
take on the story, focusing on Julius Kelp's college-aged nerdy
grandson who takes the same formula his grandfather took and unleashes
an ultra-cool but comically destructive alter-ego. When the alter-ego
tries to take over, permanently, the nephew has to square off against
himself to keep things from going totally out of control.
"I am very excited about working with Harvey and Bob," said Jerry
Lewis.
"As a kid, Nutty Professor was my favorite comedy film. It's a real
thrill for Mainframe to bring Jerry's comedic vision into CGI
animation," said Rick Mischel, C.E.O., Mainframe Entertainment.
"It was always Jerry Lewis' vision to produce an animated version of
'The Nutty Professor' and thanks to The Weinstein Company, Jerry's
Lewis' dreams are being realized," said George Paige.
Eric Roth, evp of business and legal affairs, and Glen Basner,
president, international, negotiated on behalf of TWC. Neil Fischer, of
Isaacman Kaufman & Painter, negotiated on behalf of Lewis.
Spiliotopoulos is represented by ICM.
Eric Robinson, vice president of production, brought the project into
TWC and will oversee it on behalf of the company, reporting to
co-president of production Michael Cole.
About Mainframe
Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is the industry leader in computer
generated (CG) animation for television and direct-to-video DVD family
entertainment. Mainframe has produced over 269 half hours of CG
animated television as well as 16 CG animated direct-to-video/DVD
feature films and three CG animated television specials. Mainframe's CG
animation expertise is also being used in the production of theatrical
feature films, interactive games and commercials. Established in 1993,
Mainframe continues to grow its library of proprietary productions, and
has received many prestigious awards for its work on such international
brands as Barbie (winner of the VSDA Award for Children's Title of the
Year), Hot Wheels, Spider-Man, Casper and Popeye. The company is
recognized as a CG animation pioneer having developed the
groundbreaking internationally distributed television series ReBoot.
Mainframe clients include Sony, Mattel, Lions Gate Home Entertainment,
Electronic Arts (Canada) and MTV. For more information, visit
www.mainframe.ca.
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