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61-549: The Nicktoons Film Festival (also known as the Nicktoons Network Animation Festival and the Nickelodeon Animation Festival ) was an annual event that was created by producer Fred Seibert and produced for its first three years by his Frederator Studios . The festival featured a selection of animated shorts (10 minutes and under) from around the world. Shorts selected for the festival had

122-404: A final season of Samurai Jack , during which he stepped away from Sony Pictures Animation. When the series finished airing in 2017, Tartakovsky returned to Sony and directed Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018). After its financial success, two original projects were announced: an R-rated comedy called Fixed and an action-adventure film entitled Black Knight . In May 2019, it

183-488: A jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination. In his time working in cartoons at three studios, Seibert has helped jumpstart the creator careers of over 100 animated filmmakers, including Genndy Tartakovsky . From 1992 until 1996, as the last president of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio, Seibert

244-528: A Man with a Big Nose was selected for the 2006 Fargo Film Festival in addition to being a Nicktoons Film Festival entry, Bathtime in Clerkenwell won three awards in 2004 including one category from Sundance , Kiwi! and both weebl 's Kenya and Magical Trevor were considered major internet memes at that time, The Mouschist was created by Courage the Cowardly Dog creator John R. Dilworth ,

305-499: A channel on YouTube which consists of various animated shorts and series. Cartoon Hangover gained a much larger audience with the revival of Bravest Warriors by Pendleton Ward on November 8, 2012 which originally aired as a pilot on Fred Seibert's Random! Cartoons on Nicktoons Network in 2009. In 2014, Channel Frederator was revived as a multi-channel network focused entirely on animation, signing one of YouTube's biggest animation channels, Simon's Cat . By September 2014,

366-506: A first look deal at VIS Kids. The company is in various stages of production on five reboots of vintage Seibert productions, including a live-action The Fairly OddParents for Paramount+ and a CG animated version for Netflix . The company is developing several adult and children's original animated properties, furthering Seibert's philosophy of creators first, always original, and producing your next favorite cartoon. In March 1999, MTV Networks CEO Tom Freston tapped Seibert to become

427-415: A group of investors in a failed attempt to save the troubled underground / alternative comics publisher Kitchen Sink Press . Seibert's production of the first season of Natasha Allegri 's Bee and PuppyCat for his Cartoon Hangover streaming channel was the most backed animated project on Kickstarter for several years. Season 2 was accidentally leaked onto Seibert's Vimeo channel in early 2020, but

488-423: A late 1970s stint with media promotion innovator Dale Pon at New York's WHN Radio, Seibert began his work at Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment in 1980, original owner of Nickelodeon and The Movie Channel and would go on to launch MTV: Music Television on August 1, 1981. Initially, MTV had none of the kinds of programs that were thought of as "television," only more than 160 hours (there are 168 hours in

549-628: A logo that did not remain constant, but the approach ultimately prevailed. The 10-second network IDs and the promos ultimately influenced graphic design and advertising for years to come. Within two years of launch, Seibert led the team that developed "I Want My MTV!", creative direction by his mentor Dale Pon, and it became one of the most famous advertising campaigns of the late 20th century and immortalized through Dire Straits ' 1985 hit song " Money for Nothing ". In 1983, with partner Alan Goodman , Seibert founded Fred/Alan Inc. in New York City as

610-465: A new theme song. Nicktoons Network Animation Festival: 5th Year Animation Matters 2009 was the final season of the festival. Frederator Studios has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series in several ways, with The Nicktoons Film Festival being the first to present short cartoons recently produced by independent filmmakers around the world. This tradition has continued online with their Channel Frederator network ,

671-523: A series of anti-smoking advertisements, one for Nicorette in 2006 and two for Niquitin in 2008. In 2009, Tartakovsky created a pilot entitled Maruined for Cartoon Network's The Cartoonstitute program, which was not picked up. Around this time, Tartakovsky unsuccessful pitched Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige a superhero-themed series similar to Clone Wars . He then did some storyboarding work on Jon Favreau 's Iron Man 2 (2010). In 2009, it

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732-418: A variety of platforms, either with original characters or with a Warner Bros. Discovery IP. Sam Register , president of both companies, said "Genndy is a true visionary who embodies the creator spirit of Cartoon Network Studios. As he continues to push the boundaries of storytelling and animation, we are excited to have a front row seat both here and now also at Warner Bros. Animation." On March 30, 2023, it

793-412: A week) of music videos that were about three minutes each, and with no set schedule that could be promoted. Seibert had to develop an alternative promotional strategy that was completely different than traditional networks. The promos and network identifications his team produced did not resemble anything TV had every seen before, focusing on an approach that subtly made a series of "promises" to viewers in

854-406: Is a Soviet-born American animator , writer , producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of various animated television series on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim , including Dexter's Laboratory , Samurai Jack , Star Wars: Clone Wars , Sym-Bionic Titan , Primal , and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal . For Sony Pictures Animation , he directed the first three films and wrote

915-459: Is an American television producer and media proprietor . Seibert was the original creative director for MTV . He also served as the president of its MTV Networks Online branch, and as a consultant. He founded the production company Frederator Studios in 1998, as well as its spin-off entities Frederator Networks , Channel Frederator Network , and Cartoon Hangover . Having held numerous executive positions for Viacom Media Networks , he

976-505: The Ape Escape trilogy of shorts promoted the game series exclusively for Sony 's own PlayStation 2 at the time (and had eventually aired its own series on Nicktoons five years later), and the four were precursor shorts— Super Scout , The Naive from Loli Land , Hero: 108 and Welcome to My Life —would eventually become precursor to Nickelodeon 's own The Mighty B! and Cartoon Network 's Regular Show and Hero: 108 , as well as

1037-472: The Multi-channel networks . Along with their affiliated Indy Mogul , Barely Political , Channel Frederator and several other networks, the company's superdistribution allowed it to become among the most widely distributed video in the world, and to become YouTube 's top professional content provider. By the end of 2010, Next New Networks had YouTube's top two videos. In March 2011, Next New Networks

1098-675: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (presenters of the Emmy Awards) announced his induction into their "Gold Circle," defined as performing "...distinguished service within the industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership, and professional accolades for 50...years, respectively. They represent the best and the brightest in the television community." Genndy Tartakovsky Gennady Borisovich " Genndy " Tartakovsky ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ n d i ˌ t ɑːr t ə ˈ k ɒ f s k i / ; born 17 January 1970)

1159-509: The United States , his family moved to Italy . There, Tartakovsky was first drawn to art, inspired by a neighbor's daughter. Tartakovsky later commented, "I remember, I was horrible at it. For the life of me, I couldn't draw a circle". Kids watching too much TV is not a problem in Russia. There's nothing for them to watch. I came here and got sucked into TV right away. 'Wonder Woman,' 'Batman' and

1220-584: The 25th issue of the Dexter's Laboratory comic book series, titled "Stubble Trouble", as well as several stories which are collected in the Dexter's Laboratory Classics trade paperback . Additionally, he helped produce The Powerpuff Girls , co-directed several episodes and served as the animation director and a cinematographer for The Powerpuff Girls Movie ; he co-wrote one of the franchise's comics. Both Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls were nominated repeatedly for Emmy Awards . Tartakovsky created

1281-579: The Cowardly Dog , Larry & Steve (which was the basis for Fox 's own Family Guy ), Kenny and the Chimp (which was the basis for Codename: Kids Next Door ), Grim & Evil (which was split into Evil Con Carne and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy ), The Fairly OddParents , My Life as a Teenage Robot , ChalkZone , Nite Fite , Fanboy & Chum Chum , Adventure Time , Bravest Warriors , Rocket Dog , and Bee and PuppyCat . Fred Seibert Frederick G. Seibert

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1342-1227: The Cowardly Dog , and Craig McCracken 's The Powerpuff Girls . After Ted Turner included Hanna-Barbera in Turner Broadcasting 's 1996 sale to Time Warner , Seibert established Frederator Studios as an independent animation producer based in Burbank, California. Frederator has created cartoon series on Nickelodeon including Rob Renzetti 's My Life as a Teenage Robot ), Cartoon Network ( Pendleton Ward 's Adventure Time ), and Cartoon Hangover ( Pendleton Ward 's Bravest Warriors , Natasha Allegri 's Bee and PuppyCat ), and Kevin Kolde's production of Castlevania for Netflix . Seibert created 250 short cartoons between 1995 and 2018 at Hanna-Barbera , Frederator Studios , 19 of which were continued as series at Cartoon Network , Nickelodeon , Cartoon Hangover , Netflix and YouTube . Seibert has also created several Internet channels featuring cartoons, including Channel Frederator , Cartoon Hangover , and Next New Networks . After starting Frederator Studios in 1997, Seibert brought together

1403-666: The Hill ), David X. Cohen (writer, producer and showrunner for Futurama ), Don Hertzfeldt (of Rejected fame), Chris Prynoski (founder of Titmouse, Inc. ), Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy and American Dad! ), comedian and actor Marlon Wayans (in promotion for Thugaboo also on Nicktoons Network) and Steve Oedekerk (creator of Jimmy Neutron and Barnyard ). Eric Fogel , who created Celebrity Deathmatch and Glenn Martin DDS for MTV and Nick at Nite , respectively, also created Charlie & Chunk exclusively for

1464-558: The Moon , Pigly , Libraryhead , Over the Moon , Feb-18-05 , Timmy's Lessons In Nature , Farm Force , Late Night Comedy , Zoologic , Maestro , Zoya the Zebra , PGi-13 , The Tale of How , Loco Melones , Rockfish , Super Scout and Welcome to My Life . Certain shorts featured here were produced by Nelvana , and those were also shown on YTV 's Funpak , such as The Not-So-Superheroic Adventures of Sidekick , which spawned Sidekick . To

1525-575: The Sith . The series won three Emmy awards: two for " Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) " in 2004 and 2005, and another for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation" (for background designer Justin Thompson in 2005). Tartakovsky was not involved in the 2008 follow-up series . Tartakovsky created Cartoon Network's animated television miniseries Star Wars: Clone Wars , based on

1586-471: The action-adventures series Samurai Jack , which premiered in 2001; he also wrote comics for the franchise. The series won him an Emmy in the category of " Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) " in 2004. Star Wars creator George Lucas hired Tartakovsky to direct Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005), an animated series taking place between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of

1647-494: The animation incubator anthology series What a Cartoon! in 1994, Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, and Random! Cartoons in 2008; all three have spawned successful television programs as spin-offs, including The Fairly OddParents , Johnny Bravo , Dexter's Laboratory , Courage the Cowardly Dog , My Life as a Teenage Robot , The Powerpuff Girls , and Adventure Time —for most of which he has served as executive producer. Seibert began his professional career as

1708-553: The basis for Dexter's Laboratory . After two years at CalArts, Tartakovsky got a job at Lapiz Azul Productions in Spain on Batman: The Animated Series . There, "he learned the trials of TV animation, labor intensive and cranking it out". While he was in Spain, his mother died of cancer . Craig McCracken acquired an art director job at Hanna-Barbera for the show 2 Stupid Dogs and recommended hiring Rob Renzetti and Tartakovsky. This

1769-461: The cable TV industry for several years. He was employed by Turner Broadcasting as the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, then as a consultant for almost 15 years at Warner-Amex successor MTV Networks , and as a producer of several animated series for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Seibert began his media career in college radio at Columbia University 's WKCR-FM in 1969. According to Seibert himself, he spent most of his time in college at

1830-536: The cartoons from Warner Brothers and Hanna Barbera--as soon as I started watching it, I fell in love with cartoon movement. Tartakovsky's family moved to the United States when he was seven due to concerns about the effect of antisemitism on their children's lives. The family originally settled in Columbus, Ohio and later moved to Chicago . He was greatly influenced by the comics he found there; his first purchase

1891-812: The chance to be aired on Nicktoons Network , online and to be showcased at a live event in Los Angeles in October. Several prizes were awarded each year. Animators under 18 years old were eligible to enter the Greater Creator Contest. The 2009 season was the final season of the festival. This featured the original theme song by Bruce W. Kapler from Timbre House Music, Inc. This is the last season to use Bruce W. Kapler's theme song. The 2006 Nicktoons Network Animation Festival aired on Nicktoons Saturday, August 26, 2006– Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Winners were announced on Thursday, August 31, 2006. This season introduced

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1952-601: The company, and served on its board before its acquisition. Seibert was the original angel investor in Sawhorse Media in 2010, the company that created the Shorty Awards and MuckRack, a public relations management platform that enables organizations to connect with journalists to generate media coverage. After creating Channel Frederator as the "first cartoon video podcast" and migrating it to youTube in 2007, on February 21, 2012, Fred Seibert launched Cartoon Hangover ,

2013-432: The end of 1985, at the request of Nickelodeon president Geraldine Laybourne Seibert and Goodman conceived a radical rethinking of television networks by creating Nick-at-Nite , pitched as "the first oldies TV network." Over the nine years of the company's existence they also did extensive work with The Movie Channel , Lifetime , Showtime , Comedy Central and Mosaic Records . Seibert continued involvement with

2074-418: The film Star Wars . In 2005, Tartakovsky was appointed creative president of Orphanage Animation Studios . In 2006, he was chosen as the director for a sequel to The Dark Crystal , but was replaced and the film was later scrapped. Tartakovsky served as animation director on the pilot episode of Korgoth of Barbaria , which aired on Adult Swim in 2006 but was not picked up as a series. He also directed

2135-432: The first president of the new MTV Networks Online, soon to split into MTV Interactive (The MTVi Group) and Nick.com. Building on this new media success, in 2007 Seibert co-founded Next New Networks (with Emil Rensing, Herb Scannell , Tim Shey, and Jed Simmons), a pioneer in streaming video, with over 2 billion video views and as of 2010 over 200 million views every month, making it, along with Maker Studios , creators of

2196-522: The following year. Seibert played a key role in the ascendance of the modern cable television age (1980-2010). As MTV's first creative director, Seibert was responsible for a complete rethinking of how the entire television industry was able to think of themselves as “brands.” He guided his team to develop the original voice and visual identity for MTV, and went on to do the same at Nickelodeon , Nick-at-Nite (which he invented with his long time creative partner Alan Goodman ), and Comedy Central . After

2257-704: The fourth film in the Hotel Transylvania series and is currently directing two adult animated films for the studio, Fixed and Black Knight . Additionally, he was a pivotal crew member of The Powerpuff Girls and worked on other series such as 2 Stupid Dogs and Batman: The Animated Series . Tartakovsky is well known for his unique animation style, including fast-paced action, horror elements and minimal dialogue. Throughout his career, Tartakovsky has won five Emmy Awards , three Annie Awards , one WAC Winner , one OIAF Award , and one Winsor McCay Award , among other nominations for his works. Tartakovsky

2318-443: The initial season, but it was not renewed. On 7 April 2011, an animated prologue by Tartakovsky for the horror film Priest premiered online. In early 2011, Tartakovsky moved to Sony Pictures Animation , where he made his feature film directing debut with Hotel Transylvania (2012). In July 2012, he signed a long-term deal with Sony to develop and direct his own original projects. In June 2012, Sony announced that Tartakovsky

2379-482: The latter's failed pilot of the same name. Nicktoons Film Festival (or Nicktoons Network Animation Festival ) Grand Jury judges included Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack ), John Kricfalusi (creator of Ren & Stimpy ), voice actor Patrick Warburton , Bill Plympton (filmmaker behind Your Face and Guard Dog ), veteran Disney animator Eric Goldberg , Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of

2440-583: The network was distributing 688 channels, with over 65 million monthly views and 10.5 million subscribers, and by 2017 announced it had reached 1 billion monthly views on YouTube. Seibert and his Frederator Networks partnered with John Borthwick and Betaworks ; Jonathan Miller , Jason Ostheimer, Shari Redstone ; and entrepreneur Yoel Flohr to form Thirty Labs in 2014, a startup studio based in New York City to develop and invest in video based technology businesses Seibert served as its CEO until its dissolution

2501-560: The radio station headquarters rather than attending classes, and thus never graduated. While at Columbia he co-founded his first company, Oblivion Records with partners Tom Pomposello and Dick Pennington, releasing LPs by Mississippi Fred McDowell ( Live in New York ) and Joe Lee Wilson . Simultaneously, he produced numerous jazz and blues albums for independent companies such as Muse Records , JCOA Records , and Birth Records (owned by instrumentalist/composer Gunter Hampel ). Seibert

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2562-424: The series. Tartakovsky described the project as an "extension of everything that I've done from Dexter to Powerpuff to Samurai Jack . It's all those ideas that we practiced, that sometimes were successful, sometimes not as much". On June 15, 2022, Tartakovsky signed a cross-studio overall deal with Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation that lets him develop, create and produce animated programs for

2623-598: The show. Simultaneously, Frederator has produced 250 original short cartoon films with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2016): What A Cartoon! ( Cartoon Network , 1995), Oh Yeah! Cartoons ( Nickelodeon , 1998), The Meth Minute 39 ( Channel Frederator , 2008), Random! Cartoons (Nickelodeon/ Nicktoons , 2008), Too Cool! Cartoons ( Cartoon Hangover , 2012), and GO! Cartoons (Cartoon Hangover, 2016). These laboratories have spun off notable series like: Dexter's Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , Johnny Bravo , Cow & Chicken , Courage

2684-503: The wildest and most creative ways possible. The network identifications, 10-seconds each, were based on the MTV logo he commissioned and approved, designed by the Manhattan Design collective (that included his oldest childhood friend, Frank Olinsky). The logo mutated its design hundreds, thousands of ways, sometimes within one short animated film. Some senior network executives objected to

2745-495: The world's first media branding company. Goodman had been one of his key creative lieutenants at MTV, and they had worked together in college radio a decade before. Together, they successfully adapted the MTV branding and promotional strategy to overhaul the then-floundering children's cable channel Nickelodeon between June 1984 and January 1985, moving it from worst to first in the ratings in six months, and continued overseeing network branding and promotion for eight more years. By

2806-444: The world's largest animation network, with over 3000 members who produce and program their own YouTube animation channels. Some of the most notable entries include To a Man with a Big Nose , Bathtime in Clerkenwell , Kiwi! , Kenya and Magical Trevor , the Ape Escape trilogy of shorts, The Naive from Loli Land , Charlie & Chunk , The Mouschist , Prey , Hero: 108 , Bert , Engrish Bwudd , Skippy , Monster on

2867-564: Was a major turning point in Tartakovsky's career. Hanna-Barbera let Tartakovsky, McCracken, Renzetti and Paul Rudish work in a trailer in the parking lot of the studio, and there Tartakovsky started creating his best-known works. Dexter's Laboratory grew out of a student film with the same title that he produced while at the California Institute of the Arts. Tartakovsky co-wrote and pencilled

2928-599: Was able to reinvigorate the company's creative reputation with the establishment of the animation incubator What a Cartoon! . Modeled on the Golden Age of mid-20th century cartoons, the 48 short films from creators around the world, Hanna-Barbera was able to launch seven hit series after a dry spell since the launch of The Smurfs in 1981 for NBC. The shows included Genndy Tartakovsky 's Dexter's Laboratory , David Feiss ' Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel , Van Partible 's Johnny Bravo , John R. Dilworth 's Courage

2989-411: Was acquired by YouTube. In 2004, then-unknown web developer David Karp interned at Frederator Studios at its first New York City location, and built the company's first blogging platform. In 2007, Karp launched Tumblr from a rented desk at Frederator Studios' Park Avenue South offices, along with chief engineer Marco Arment . Seibert was one of Tumblr's first bloggers, an angel investor in

3050-531: Was an early employee of New Music Distribution Service , a non-profit distributor of musician-owned record company started by composers Carla Bley and Michael Mantler , before going on the road with Bley's big band as sound engineer and road manager. Seibert announced the revival of Oblivion Records in 2021 for a digital release of a historic concert recording of jazz innovator Cecil Taylor . Seibert's productions span multiple mediums in American entertainment. He

3111-539: Was an issue of Super Friends . Tartakovsky began attending Chicago's Eugene Field Elementary School in the third grade. School was difficult because he was seen as a foreigner. He went on to attend Chicago's prestigious Lane Tech College Prep High School and says he did not fit in until his sophomore year. When he was 16, his father died of a heart attack . Afterwards, Tartakovsky and his family moved to government-funded housing, and he began working while still attending high school. To satisfy his ambitious family, which

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3172-429: Was announced that Adult Swim had commissioned a new series from Tartakovsky entitled Primal , which is about "a caveman at the dawn of evolution ... [and a] dinosaur on the brink of extinction". It began airing on 7 October 2019. On 11 May 2020, it was announced that Tartakovsky's Popeye project was being revived by King Features Syndicate , with T. J. Fixman writing the script. Tartakovsky later clarified that he

3233-480: Was announced that Tartakovsky would write and direct a Samurai Jack film from Fred Seibert 's Frederator Studios and J. J. Abrams ' Bad Robot Productions . In June 2012, Tartakovsky said that he had a story to conclude the series and title character 's story, but the project had been shelved after Abrams moved on to direct Star Trek . Tartakovsky created a new series for Cartoon Network, Sym-Bionic Titan , between 2010 and 2011. He had hoped to expand on

3294-404: Was announced; it will focus on a group of teen heroes, drawing inspiration from world mythology, and is being billed as all-ages animation . It is being produced by Cartoon Network Studios to be aired on Cartoon Network and HBO Max as part of an attempt by WarnerMedia to reach a broader range of the "older kid and tween market." This was confirmed in a February 2021 announcement which mentioned

3355-601: Was born on 17 January 1970 in Moscow to Jewish parents. His father worked as a dentist for government officials and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team . Tartakovsky felt that his father was a very strict and old-fashioned man, but they had a close relationship. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He has a brother, Alexander, who is two years older and a computer consultant in Chicago . Before coming to

3416-567: Was encouraging him to be a businessman, Tartakovsky tried to take an advertising class, but signed up late and thereby had little choice over his classes. He was assigned to take an animation class and this led to his study of film at Columbia College Chicago before moving to Los Angeles to study animation at the California Institute of the Arts with his friend Rob Renzetti . There he met Craig McCracken . At CalArts, Tartakovsky directed and animated two student films, one of which became

3477-451: Was eventually announced to be officially dropped on Netflix sometime in 2022. Seibert stepped down from his position as CEO of Frederator in August 2020, though the company indicated that he would remain executive producer for current projects, including Bee & PuppyCat and Castlevania . On February 23, 2021, Seibert announced the formation of cartoon production company FredFilms, with

3538-494: Was first recognized for his musical activity, having received a Grammy Award nomination at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards , and later several Annie Awards , Emmy Awards , and BAFTA Awards for his television productions. He received an American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Medal for lifetime exceptional achievements in 2000, was inducted to the Animation Magazine Hall of Fame in 2017. In November 2023,

3599-402: Was not working on it yet and funding was still needed, saying that if he had the time he would do it. In mid-2022, an animatic for the film was leaked online and subsequently taken down. Tartakovsky was involved in the development of the video game Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time , which was released on 21 August 2020. On 28 October, a new series by him called Unicorn: Warriors Eternal

3660-520: Was slated to direct an animated Popeye feature. On 18 September 2014, Tartakovsky revealed an "animation test". In March 2015, Tartakovsky announced that despite the well-received test footage, he was no longer working on the project. He moved onto directing original story Can You Imagine? , announced in 2014, but it was cancelled. Tartakovsky directed Hotel Transylvania 2 , the sequel to Hotel Transylvania , released in 2015. In December 2015, Adult Swim announced that Tartakovsky would return for

3721-408: Was the final president of animation studio Hanna-Barbera from 1992 to 1996. He has since co-founded Next New Networks , Bolder Media , and launched the production company FredFilms. Seibert is an angel investor in technology and media-based startup projects. He was a seed investor for the website Tumblr , and has executive produced for various animated and live action projects. He created

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