“Toonstar, an La-Based Animation Studio that have been Embracing the Use of ai in Its Production Pipeline, is Signing with The Agency Wme in a Sign of Its Ambits to Expand. As Part of the Partnership, The Studio Begind YouTube’s Steven & Parker and Snapchat’s Storytoons is set to work”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
As Part of the Partnership, The Studio Begind YouTube’s Steven & Parker and Snapchat’s Storytoons Is Set to Work with Wme on Developing A Number of New Animated Series Driven by Creates As Well As on Bringing Their Shows to Different Platforms and Developing Ways to Monetize
“From the Creative Side, [the partnership] Gives US Access to World-Class Talent, ”SAID CEO AND CO-FOUNDER JOHN ATTANASIO IN A Recent Interview. Projects, I Think They Present A Lot of Opportunity – WHATHER IS Taking A Series to A Streamer, Taking It Longer Form [or] Different Ways to Monetize the IP, WHICH COURCE BE THROUGH MERCH, PUBLISHING, BRANDS, SPONSORSHIPS. ”
The First Project That Toonstar and Wme Will Out Is And Animated Series Produced in Collaboration with Malaysian Comedian and Youtuber Nigel NG, Expanding HIS VIRAL “UNCLE ROGER”. NG Will Co-Create and Voice The New Series, Which Will Expand the World of “Uncle Roger,” A Middle-Agged Asian Man With Searing Takes on Recipes.
“Expanding Uncle Roger’s Storytelling Possibilities Through Animation Is Something i’ve Long Dreamed About,“ Said NG, Who Boasts More Thon 10 Million Subscribers on his Youtans Southeast Asia. He added in a statement that toonstar will “Help me, someone who can be” Draw at all all, Animate Uncle Roger and Bring Him to Life in A any New Way. ”
Toonstar, with around 20 Employees Based in Downtown La, Touts An “Ethical” Use of AI. The Company Creates A Bespoke AI Engine for Each Show It Produces that is Trained on Art Created Expressly for that Project. That Engine Can Ten Produce A “FIRST DRAFT” of ART THAT DESIGNers CAN WORK OFF OF, SAID COO AND CO-FOUNDER LUISA HUANG.
The Technology is Also Used to Create Breakdowns of Scripts, Sync Animated Lips to Dialogue, Produce Voice Dubs and Analyze Viewer Data. “We Designed [the tech-assisted process] To be in Service of the Creation of Content. And Copyright Compliance and Trademark Compliance is at the Center, “Added Huang.
Many Rank-and-File Animation Workers Treat Generative Ai with Ai A Good Deal of Suspicion, and For Good Reason. AI is expert to the UPEEND of the animation Production Production, with One 2024 Survey of Entertainment Executives Estimating that More than 200,000 Animation Jobs Will Be Negatiyelogy Allos. HapPening as more of the animation Production Pipeline is Being Outsourced to Other Countries Like Canada and Australia.
But with the Wme Deal, Attanasio and Huang Maintain that they are’ll be able to Scale An Approach that Will Give More Life to Domestic Production And, there, Open Uppo. “All of this is Really [for] The Goal of Unlocking Opportunities for Creaters That Gettings Fwener and Fewer in Hollywood Today, ”SAID Atanasio, Who Says The Tech-Assisted Studio Can Remove Barriers tonry. OtherWise Get A Green Light on and Animated Project.