Matthew Senreich,Tom Sheppardand Zeb Wells willteam upto write the screenplay for the hybrid live-action /stop-motionanimatedRabbidsmovie film for Ubisoft Motion Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film is based on thewacky charactersfrom the popularRabbids TV seriesand Ubisoft video games. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the award-winning animation studio founded byMatthew Senreich,Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, and Eric Towner, will be a producing partner on the film, alongside Ubisoft Motion Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Primetime Emmy Award winnerMatthew Senreichis widely known for bringingRobot Chicken,Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials, and the upcomingSuperMansion. Zeb Wells is a Primetime Emmy-winning writer best known forRobot Chicken, theRobot ChickenDC Comics specials, Sony Crackle’sSuperMansion, among popular comic book titles Venom: Dark Origin, Dark Reign: Elektra and Avenging Spider-Man.Tom Sheppardis a three-time Daytime Emmy-winning writer whose impressive writing credits includeRobot ChickenThe Zeta Project, My Gym Partner’s a Monkey and The Annoying Orange, which he also co-created. Jonathan Kadin, SVP, Production will oversee for Columbia Pictures.
The Rabbids partnership marks the second collaboration between both Sony and Ubisoft for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. SBS and Ubisoft recently partnered to create a first-of-its kind concept game trailer for the much anticipated tower defense action game Toy Soldiers: War Chest, which debuted at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Sony Pictures Animation and SBS are developing together a new stop-motion/live-action hybrid feature project, titledSuperbago, which will be directed by SBS Principals John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner and produced byNapoleon Dynamitedirector Jared Hess along with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson.
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios is an artist-friendly collective that houses some of the finest talent in all of animation. Founded by partnersSeth Green, John Harvatine IV,Matthew Senreichand Eric Towner, the company has a knack for creating unique visuals and telling character driven stories with an uncanny sensibility. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios is home to the longest running stop-motion show on television,Robot Chicken, as well as Sony Crackle’sSuperMansion, the upcomingCamp WWE, Denny’sThe Grand Slams, Mattel’sWWE Slam City, L/Studio’sFriendship All-Stars, MAD’s stop-motionSpy vs. Spy, among many others.
The company’s three-building campus and state-of-the-art facility located in Burbank, CA, makes it the largest studio specializing in stop-motion animation in California. The company’s work covers the animation gamut, ranging from charming hand-crafted animation all the way to high-end feature quality animation. What do you think? Are you more excited about the upcoming Rabbids movie now that you know theRobot Chickengang is behind it?
