Xilam Animation to Serve as Animation Studio for Acclaimed Director Zack Snyder’s New Animated Series Twilight of the Gods, Coming Soon to Netflix
15 May 2023 - 5:50PM
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Norse-Mythology Animation Project Executive
Produced By Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller and Jay
Oliva
Regulatory News:
Academy Award®-nominated Xilam Animation (Paris:XIL),
will serve as animation studio for the upcoming epic 2D animated
action series Twilight of the Gods, created and executive produced
by acclaimed director Zack Snyder, who also directs two episodes.
Coming soon to Netflix, the Norse-mythology animated project is
also executive produced by Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller, and
produced by Zack and Deborah Snyder’s production company The Stone
Quarry. Additional details below.
Xilam’s animation services on the animated series will include
lay-out, colour BG, animation and compositing.
Marc du Pontavice, Founder and CEO at Xilam Animation
said: “We’re so proud to be working with the team at Stone
Quarry, including iconic creator and director Zack Snyder. And
we’re also deeply grateful to Netflix for trusting us to bring his
spectacular vision to life. We’ll be utilising state of the art 2D
animation across the series, which will include spectacular battles
and special effects in the distinctive style that has characterised
Zack’s work throughout his illustrious career. This project also
marks a significant step forward in our ambitions to bring our
expertise into the world of adult action series for global
audiences”.
ABOUT
About Twilight of the Gods: The animated series brings
Zack Snyder’s daring and spectacular vision of ancient Norse
mythology to life, and features the voices of Sylvia Hoeks, Stuart
Martin, Pilou Asbaek, John Noble, Paterson Joseph, Rahul Kohli,
Jamie Clayton, Kristopher Hivju, Peter Stormare, Jamie Chung,
Lauren Cohan, and Corey Stroll, among others.
Created By: Zack Snyder, Jay Olivia, Eric Carrasco
Executive Producers: Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley
Coller and Jay Oliva Directors: Zack Snyder, Jay Olivia
Producer: Eric Carrasco
About Xilam: Xilam is a leader in 2D animation having
created and produced hit global series for kids, such as Oggy and
the Cockroaches, Zig & Sharko and Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life for
Disney+. The studio has also recently been commissioned by Disney+
to produce The Doomies, a 22 x 22’ horror comedy for teenagers, and
is also behind the art house Academy Award®-nominated feature for
adults “I Lost My Body.”
About Xilam As a major player in the animation industry,
Xilam is an integrated studio founded in 1999 that creates,
produces and distributes original programmes in more than 190
countries for children and adults, broadcast on television and on
SVoD (Netflix, Disney+, Amazon, etc.) and AVoD (YouTube, Facebook,
etc.) platforms. With a global reputation for creativity and its
capacity for innovation, an editorial and commercial expertise at
the forefront of its industry, Xilam is positioned as a key player
in a fast-growing market. Each year, Xilam, builds on its real
successes and capitalises on powerful historical brands (Oggy and
the Cockroaches, Zig & Sharko, Chicky, etc.) and new brands
(Oggy Oggy in the pre-school sector, Mr. Magoo, Karate Sheep, etc.)
which are consolidating and expanding a significant catalogue of
more the 2,700 episodes and 3 feature films including the
Oscar-nominated I Lost My Body. Xilam has unique GCI skills. Xilam
employs more than 600 people, including 400 artists, across its
studios in Paris, Lyon, Angoulême and Hô-Chi-Minh in Vietnam. Xilam
is listed on Euronext Paris Compartment B - PEA - SRD long
Eligibility. Code ISIN: FR0004034072, Symbol: XIL
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