Cartoon Saloon teams up with Telescreen
Following the overwhelming response to Cartoon Saloon's new series SKUNK at Cartoon Forum 2003, Cartoon Saloon has opted to team up with Telescreen as partner on the Skunk property.The series, which is being developed with assistance from the Irish Film Board, is based upon an original idea by Aidan Harte & Hyun-Ho Khang and was further developed in Cartoon Saloon. Skunk is a young westerner raised by a wise old Panda in the ways of Kung Fu and Zen. Brave but impetuous he must learn to master the different Kung Fu animal styles and wisdom if he is to defeat the Black Dragon and his army of Ninja Monkeys.
Telescreen’s CCO Tom van Waveren said that Telescreen “feel privileged to have been chosen as partners on the Skunk property by Cartoon Saloon. They are a very talented company and have made a name for themselves in the few years since their inception.”
Cartoon Saloon’s Paul Young said “Aidan and I felt very lucky and appreciative to have had a number companies interested in partnering with us on Skunk after our pitch at the Cartoon forum. We decided that Telescreen fitted our needs best, from both a creative and business perspective, to help us produce and exploit the series. This is our first foray into television with our own show after a number of service work contracts, short film successes and TV commercials. "
Cartoon Saloon will be the lead studio on the series and Telescreen will handle all rights exploitation.