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  • Acclaimed “ARROW” and “TROLLHUNTERS” producer, Marc Guggenheim joins graphic india’s advisory board

    Acclaimed “ARROW” and “TROLLHUNTERS” producer, Marc Guggenheim joins graphic india’s advisory board

    MUMBAI: In a super-powered announcement which brings together east and west, Graphic India, the country’s leading superhero company, announced today that acclaimed television creator, writer and producer, Marc Guggenheim has joined the company’s Advisory Board.

    Marc Guggenheim commented, “I’ve had the immense pleasure of working with Sharad for over ten years now.  I couldn’t be more thrilled to be invited to participate in the remarkable company he is building in Graphic India.  I’m looking forward to helping mentor the next generation of Indian talent and help them take their stories beyond the printed page and into film and television.

    As Graphic expands more aggressively to take its characters from comics and animation into live-action film and television productions, Guggenheim brings decades of expertise across comics, television and film as a creator of TV shows including, “Arrow,” “Legends of Tomorrow” and “Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia” and writer of films including “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.”

    “Marc is a exceptional creator and an even more exceptional person,” commented Sharad Devarajan, Co-Founder & CEO of Graphic India. “We are incredibly fortunate to have his wealth of experience in storytelling, VFX, animation and live action production, to help us as we expand our amazing team of Indian creators to launch new TV and Film projects that inspire audiences across India and the world.”

    In addition to Guggenheim, previous Graphic India advisors include, pop-culture icon and bestselling author, Grant Morrison; Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Tinder, Dinesh Moorjani;  Founder of People Group, Anupam Mittal;  and leading marketing expert and founder of South Asians in Media and Marketing (‘SAMMA’), Rajan Shah.

    Graphic has begun pre-production on numerous live-action and superhero, mythology and fantasy projects for India based on its graphic novels.

  • Netflix & Dreamworks Animation expand global deal excluding China

    Netflix & Dreamworks Animation expand global deal excluding China

    MUMBAI: Netflix, Inc. and DreamWorks Animation have expanded their current multi-year deal, making Netflix the global home, outside of China, to a number of new original series for the whole family from the studio. The deal also covers streaming rights to the DreamWorks Animation feature film library.

     

    In addition, the deal extends the rights of current original series for kids from the studio available on the service throughout operating Netflix markets as well as expanding to include second window rights for the series everywhere around the world, outside of China. Series include The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Dinotrux, Dragons: Race to the Edge, among others.

     

    Starting in 2016, Netflix will launch several new series from DWA, including a reimagining of Voltron, and the new series, Trollhunters, from master storyteller Guillermo del Toro, who will unleash a new, fantastical world wrapped around two best friends who make a startling discovery beneath their hometown.  

     

    Over the term of the new agreement, a number of new original series will be developed and produced by DreamWorks Animation for Netflix, based not only on recent and upcoming feature films from the studio, but also on other classic IP.

     

    “DreamWorks Animation is synonymous with great storytelling that families around the world enjoy. It’s with great pleasure that we expand on an already successful relationship with DreamWorks Animation to bring more premium kids and family television to Netflix members globally,” said Netflix vice president of original series Cindy Holland.

     

    “This agreement adds to the incredible foundation we’ve built together with Netflix over a number of years across both film and television. We are proud to work closely with Netflix to continue delivering high-quality programming to audiences around the world,” added DreamWorks Animation president Ann Daly.