… the result is Escape from Planet Earth. Saith the Hollywood Reporter:
Ed Jones, an executive producer on feature animation Oscar winner “Happy Feet,” has joined Rainmaker Animation to produce “Escape From Planet Earth.” The Weinstein Co. is financing the comedy and will handle worldwide distribution.
Additionally, Steve Nichols has joined Rainmaker as animation director. . . .
The film marks the first theatrical animated feature for Rainmaker. Production began last week at the company’s Vancouver facility; voice talent has not yet been cast.
“Earth” is helmed by Tony Leech and written by Leech and Cory Edwards. . . .
“Earth,” an original idea by Leech, is a comedy about an alien prison break from Area 51. . . .
Jones won a 1989 Oscar for visual effects for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Nichols was the lead animator on the upcoming “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”
Sounds like a pretty exciting team. However this film turns out, I’m sure Cory Edwards and his buddies are pretty psyched just to be working with filmmakers of this calibre now.
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