Studios – MightyPants Media

Newcomer to play Star Lord’s Dad

Date: April 1, 2015 Category: Feature Film, Fun, Studios, Uncategorized Comments: 0

In an effort to increase local casting efforts for its 8-year slate of Atlanta-based production, Marvel Films has cast newcomer Tony Grillo as "The Purple Man" in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy sequel. In a surprising announcement this week, director James Gunn confirmed that the classic villain will in fact be revealed as Star Lord's long lost father. The sequel, tentatively titled Guardians 2: Rise of The Purple Man, reportedly opens with the wedding of Peter Quill (the identity of the bride remains a mystery). When Star Lord's evil deadbeat dad crashes the wedding with a warning to all mankind, it sets into motion the plot that sends the Guardians across the galaxy…

MightyPants 2015 Animation Reel

Date: March 25, 2015 Category: Commercial, Creative, Fun, Studios, TV Series, Uncategorized Comments: 0

I figured it was time. Our last Studio Animation Reel is from 5 years ago, before we transmogrified into MightyPants. It does not include many of the great new projects we developed for our friends/clients. I wanted something that focused solely on our new work. But this is not it. I'm sorry... I had to bring back some of our greatest hits, because I couldn't help myself. We just had so much fun working on shows like The Mystery Mavs, Stainboy, and GeeGuides, I just had to invite them to the party. Nonetheless, newcomers like Goodwin vs Badwin, Kneebouncers, and the Mondo Pilots join the lineup, along with some of…

ABC Family’s call for Teen Poets

Date: June 3, 2013 Category: Commercial, Creative, Studios Comments: 0

ABC Family and ABC Digital recently teamed up to create a campaign calling on fans to submit works of poetry for presentation to visitors of the ABC Family site. The campaign, called "You Should Know This About Me", asks users to submit written works for submission. Selected poems are then produced into videos by the writers themselves, for display on the ABC Family Site. The campaign kicks off with a fully-animated sizzle reel - a "call to action" title sequence - to introduce the concept and get the ball rolling with new videos. Since studios are often bound by nondisclosure agreements, it cannot be said…

Flinch puts on its MightyPants

Date: April 28, 2013 Category: Creative, Our Content, Studios Comments: 0

After 15 years as an independent animation outfit, Flinch Studio is putting on its big boy pants and marching into history. Don't be upset - Flinch isn't really going away, merely evolving. As a company, our role has changed quite a bit over the years... from a hungry startup, digging into a brand new medium and leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for an emerging industry, to developing new content with industry greats who gave us the chance to prove ourselves. From hunkering down and scraping an existence through the web's dark days, to re-emerging as a creative boutique studio…

Guardians takes an unfair beating – from all sides

Date: February 27, 2013 Category: Feature Film, Studios Comments: 0

Did DreamWorks really make a movie that "didn't work", or is ineffective marketing to blame? I paid to see Rise of the Guardians (despite its bland and misguided ad campaign) and it was worth the investment. I loved the film. While this Animation Magazine article passes little judgement on the actual film, DreamWorks' top animation exec seems to almost apologize for the under-earner, and has restructured the entire creative slate of DWA based apparently on this one failure. Not exactly a confident move. If you're like me, you get sick of hearing "industry wisdom" bad-mouth decent movies simply because they didn't perform well at the box office.…

Disney’s Paperman

Date: February 7, 2013 Category: Fun, Studios Comments: 0

Disney's Paperman, cited as a breakthrough in Hand-Drawn/CGI hybrid animation, is now playing in its entirety on Disney Animation's YouTube page. Or, you can just watch it here: Originally premiering in theaters alongside Wreck It Ralph, Paperman a pretty amazing looking feat of artistry and storytelling, a sweet love story about a work-addled drone trying woo a mystery woman despite challenges from his oppressive boss. Through determination and ingenuity, he finally gets a little help from a magic pile of paperwork that he inadvertently transforms into a frighteningly aggressive squadron of paper planes. Classic Disney with a somewhat corny music bed... happy to see it's finally available online, and definitely worth…

BNS Toyota campaign sparks imagination

Date: January 23, 2013 Category: Commercial, Studios Comments: 0

We love the work of Commercial Studio Brand New School. It's fun. It's imaginative. It makes us want to draw. Check out this Dream-Job campaign for Toyota Certified. Although it's obviously an effective campaign (I know where I'm going for my next car), it's very difficult to successfully pitch a concept like this. You have to know your client, you have to know your demo, and you have to know how to pitch. Clearly, anything is possible, and the folks at BNS know how to sell it!