A step forward for OPUS

Partnership is sealed between companies

By Patrick Sauriol     September 30, 2004

A big step forward in the making of that proposed OPUS animated film has taken place. Dimension Films, Miramax and Wild Brain, a computer animation house, have made a multi-year pact to co-finance and co-produce CGI feature films. That means that Wild Brain will be the firm that produces the OPUS animated film that Miramax has in development.

Based on the loveable flightless bird from Berkeley Breathed's BLOOM COUNTY and OUTLAND comic strips, OPUS is being written by Craig Mazin (SCARY MOVIE 3). Wild Brain is the creator of the Disney Channel series HIGGLYTOWN HEROES and has produced commercials for Nike, Coca-Cola and Novartis Lamisil. The team-up means that Miramax/Dimension now has the resources to go toe-to-toe with the other heavyweight Hollywood players producing CGI movies such as Disney, Fox and Sony.

As yet there's no targeted release date for the OPUS movie. Mazin's script should be in to the studio sometime next week while character designs and animatronic tests have already taken place.


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