The initial projects include three adult animation titles that will be developed concurrently for TV and Interactive.
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After a busy 2022 that saw the company establish a Film and TV division and unveil several projects adapted from their own IP library, Toronto-based Titan1Studios announced today the beginning of a new chapter. The cross-media outfit is spinning off their animation projects into a separate division entitled Missing Socks Entertainment. This new Calgary-based studio, tasked with developing and producing high quality projects for a global audience, will be overseen by Titan1Studios Founder & CEO Rathan Moorthy, and recently named VP, Content Wes Ambrecht.
“As we began taking projects to market last year, it became clear that there was a real appetite for all types of animation, from buyers and consumers alike” said Ambrecht. “Naturally, this made us ask ourselves what a Titan1Studios animated series might look like, and quickly it became clear that the projects we were developing represented a brand onto themselves. I’m ecstatic we’re finally at a place where we can introduce the world to Missing Socks!”
Luke Azevedo, VP Creative Industries, Operations & Film Commissioner at Calgary Economic Development expressed “We are pleased to welcome Titan1Studios' Missing Socks Entertainment to the Calgary ecosystem. Their vast knowledge of entertainment technology, Original IP development, and the commercial market globally will be a definite asset as we grow and develop the Digital Media & Entertainment industry in Calgary.”
Added, Moorthy “We are thrilled to bring our real-time technology toolkit and slate of animated intellectual property to our new Calgary home. For the last 6-months we have explored multiple regions of Canada, and Calgary consistently ranked at the top of the list for quality of life, affordability of housing, and a passionate growing tech ecosystem. We couldn’t be happier to be part of the energy that is Calgary.”
The first three projects under the Missing Socks banner represent an eclectic mix of tone and animation styles. They include:
MODERN ROGUES: CALL TO ACTION; An animated fish out of water action-comedy following real-life oddball YouTubers (Brian Brushwood and Jason Murphy) as they venture into the dangerous world of international espionage at the behest of a secret government agency... because sometimes the person you least expect turns out to be the right rogue for the job. The series will be written by Merrill Barr and showrun by Andy Sipes and Matt Mariska (DALLAS & ROBO, CODE MONKEYS).
The project represents the evolution of THE MODERN ROGUE brand, an independent scripted reality series with more than 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube, created by Brian Brushwood and Jason Murphy (HACKING THE SYSTEM). Brushwood and Murphy will Executive Produce and lend their voice talent to the new series, which also boasts Actor Greg Grunberg (STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, STAR TREK BEYOND, HEROES, and currently shooting DUSTER for HBO Max), as a Producer and the voice of the pair’s government handler.
DRAGONS & WARTS; Written by Daniel Callaghan & Luke Watson (MEDICAL MARIJUANA MAN), a half-hour adult animated workplace comedy set in a medieval fantasy world.
In the walled city of Bevnae, Lord and Lady Lesterson rule over a fiefdom of misfits and malcontents. As lesser royalty, they’re middle management in the Queen’s greater realm. To maintain their station, they must hold the Queen’s favor, which means relying on their management skills and the collective effort of their people – a congregation of colorful characters just trying to get by in a world without running water, labor laws, and insurance against acts of wizards or dragon fire.
WTF! Wrestling the Federation; Created by Puppeteer & Writer Kanja Chen (FRAGGLE ROCK) and to be showrun by Atul Rao (DEEPA & ANOOP, PRESS START!, APOLLO’S PAD), a rollicking animated half-hour workplace comedy set against Calgary’s most middling wrestling promotion circa 1980-something.
The series follows the adventures of Jay Champion, a small town, Amish grappler, and his group of friends, as they deal with the cutthroat world of professional wrestling. Body slamming bears, accidentally flashing the neighbors, getting into neighborhood “turf wars” and trying to wrestle with a teammate that would sooner piledrive you than actually help you, is all in a regular day for the wrestlers of the WTF!
All three of the projects will include interactive components, as is standard for Titan1Studios. In the case of WTF, an arcade action brawler was recently approved for Canada Media Fund support.
About TITAN1STUDIOS
Founded in 2016, TITAN1STUDIOS is an award-winning Cross-Media Content & Technology Studio specializing in Original IP. The studio embraces diversity and representation across all facets of the creative process, which is reflected in our executives, artists and technology talent.
While our stories span the far reaches of time and space, our themes often hit much closer to home with a key emphasis on family, identity, mental health, and building a better tomorrow.
Our initial wave of comics and graphic novels included the KNIGHT GUARDIANS OF RELATIVITY and the all-ages hit ZOMBEN, properties that served as a bedrock of two separate and distinct universes: the Relativity Universe and the Multipocalypse Universe. The studio has since added a third universe, the Coseema Saga, based on our popular YA novel series. All three offer unique world-building genre fair with cross-generational appeal and visually arresting artwork.
In Video Games, the studio has a variety of projects in production. It’s signature project, The Events at Unity Farm, a fresh take on open-world virtual reality, with magic shooting combat, puzzle solving, exploration, and a rich narrative, is in the late stages of production with a scheduled release in October 2023 on all major VR platforms. The studio has also started production on Love is a Roguelite (LIAR), a turn-based rogue-lite set within a procedurally generated love story. The project is based on the Wild Frontier intellectual property developed for television by Showrunner Jon Cooksey (SUPER NATURAL ACADEMY, KILLJOYS, THE COLLECTOR).
In Entertainment Technology, the company offers services in Real-Time Production, Artificial Intelligence, Visual Development, and Web3, with client projects across TV/Film, Animation, Gaming, Publishing, and the Metaverse.
For more information, please visit Titan1Studios.com.
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