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It should not be surprising that a healthy portion of the e-mail I receive on a daily basis consists of a question phrased something like this:
“Dude, where’s the LICD animated series? You talk about it once every few months, then nothing. What the hell? Also, your awesomeness knows no bounds”
I may have taken some liberties with that last part, but bulk of that is in fact true. Unfortunately, I would always reply the same, explaining that I’m caught in a gag order and divulging any information would result in my death, or less drastically, a letter to our lawyers.
On Friday afternoon, however, I was informed by the powers that be that they have lifted the cone of silence regarding a few things, and I am now allowed to share you with some of what’s been going on in our never ending efforts to bring Rayne and the gang to a television near you.
Telling this story will involve me going back a ways, so please bear with me.
A little over 2 years ago, we made the decision to make a full strength effort to bring LICD to the small screen. Our first plan of attack was to contact every network on this planet that might be a home for our show, and send them off a good pitch packaged including everything they wanted to know or not about the LICD universe.
Following that, we took some time to go over the responses (it didn’t take too much time, mind you, there were only 6).
Our second meeting we took on the subject was in Banff, Alberta, where we met with a program director from Teletoon, the Canadian version of Cartoon Network.
That meeting went rather well, and resulted in 3 other meetings with everyone who has ever worked at the company. Things were going well, or so we thought, before we hit a snag.
While Teletoon loved the property and wanted to proceed, Blind Ferret Entertainment was too small a company, too unknown a quantity to trust with a full season’s commitment.
Because of our lack of television credit, they recommended (strongly) that we partner with a known production house, to structure the series as co-production.
Teletoon had a few ideas, but we weren’t going to share our baby before we had met everyone and anyone we possibly could.
In the end, we made the educated decision to partner with Cinegroupe, a montreal-based animation house that’s best known for their series Tripping the Rift.
I immediately fell in man-love with their creative director, Mich, and have been learning from him ever since.
The television industry is old fashioned, and it is ridiculously slow, but every now and then, if you’re patient enough, things just might pan out. Following a year of work and back and forths with Teletoon, things started to move forward.
A few short months ago, a deal was signed between Teletoon, Cinegroupe and Blind Ferret Entertainment to develop LICD for Teletoon’s Detour programming block.
So in short, yes, the animated series is happening, and it’s happening now.
I will do my best to keep you up to date over the coming months, as I’m allowed, but for now, know that Rayne will be popping up on your television set quicker then you think.
- Because I Can.
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 07:22 PM
Damn, 2 years, forgot how long we'd all been waiting 
, TV sucks. I've also been waiting an extremly long fortnight for the next short, have they been dropped to concentrate more on the show?
, TV sucks. I've also been waiting an extremly long fortnight for the next short, have they been dropped to concentrate more on the show?
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 07:23 PM
Woo hoo! Too bad I don't get Teletoon. 
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 08:07 PM
OMG best news ever, the detour will be worth watching again for the first time since the loss of Undergrads. Can not wait for this series to start.
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 10:18 PM
PRAISE JEBAS! 
Like Brian said, what does this mean for all of us stateside? Are you going to do an online membership deal (PvP & CtrlAltDel) or are we just going to have to wait out till the dvds?
Either way, I'm seriously excited. Congrats to the whole Blind Ferret crew for finally pulling this off!
Like Brian said, what does this mean for all of us stateside? Are you going to do an online membership deal (PvP & CtrlAltDel) or are we just going to have to wait out till the dvds?
Either way, I'm seriously excited. Congrats to the whole Blind Ferret crew for finally pulling this off!
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 10:54 PM
*happy kermit dance*
YAYYYY!
That's awesome news, boss-man
Just don't forget all the little people once you hit the big time, hey?
YAYYYY!
That's awesome news, boss-man
Just don't forget all the little people once you hit the big time, hey?
Surprise!
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Why not downgrade Plutonium to a dwarf element?
/°v°\ Every time LINUX boots, a penguin gets its wings
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and delicious when dipped in ketchup
Come on. Somewhere at the edge of the Bell curve is the girl for me • xkcd.com #314
Why not downgrade Plutonium to a dwarf element?
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 10:57 PM
Since it's not a fox show that gets canceled after half a season, I doubt it'll make it to Dutch tv. I hope there'll be some way for us non Canadians to watch it too.
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 11:19 PM
This really is good news, considering how often Canadian viewers get screwed out of quality programming. The fact that the show, which is going to be made from Canadian content, gets aired on a canadian station really is pretty awesome.
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 12:33 AM
Hearing you working with the cinegroupe production team is one of the best things i've heard.
They have done an excellent job with Tripping the Rift.. and With you teaming up with them, Rayne may become a household name...
Congrats and Props to you all... and I can't wait to see The show in the Fall Lineup.. If you're ever up in Edmonton, I'll buy you a Redbull.
They have done an excellent job with Tripping the Rift.. and With you teaming up with them, Rayne may become a household name...
Congrats and Props to you all... and I can't wait to see The show in the Fall Lineup.. If you're ever up in Edmonton, I'll buy you a Redbull.
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 03:57 AM
I'm really not a fan of tripping the rift... how involved are they going to be if at all? I'm super psyced about the licd series though! Woot for being Canadian.
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 04:26 AM
Huzzah!
Now the 4-year wait for it to meander down to Australian free-to-air.
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Hurry up already!
Now the 4-year wait for it to meander down to Australian free-to-air.
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Hurry up already!
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 06:21 AM
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 06:56 AM
Awesome! Can't wait to see the show guys!
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 08:31 AM
Congratulations Sohmer! 
(And Lar and the whole Blind Ferret crew!)
This just goes to prove that Red Bull addicted workaholics with questionable taste in overly colourful alcoholic beverages, cutting wit, and no hair truly are the ones who will inherit the earth. The meek can crawl back under whatever rock they've hiding beneath!
Do you still say break a leg when it's a cartoon?
(And Lar and the whole Blind Ferret crew!)This just goes to prove that Red Bull addicted workaholics with questionable taste in overly colourful alcoholic beverages, cutting wit, and no hair truly are the ones who will inherit the earth. The meek can crawl back under whatever rock they've hiding beneath!
Do you still say break a leg when it's a cartoon?
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 08:46 AM
I love tripping the rift! I watch it every night!
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Posted 17 March 2008 - 09:50 AM
I would also have to ask the following things:
Where are the new shorts? You promised in January...now its March...
grrr Oh great use of Bangels music for the first one BTW near fainted when I heard/saw it. :violin:
I'm hanging here stateside...and I know that Tripping The Rift was on our Sci-fi network down here for about a year or more...any chance of that happening with LICD? Or maybe get it a spot on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network? That seems right up your alley. Just saying.
That's all I have to say about that.
-oli-
Where are the new shorts? You promised in January...now its March...
grrr Oh great use of Bangels music for the first one BTW near fainted when I heard/saw it. :violin:I'm hanging here stateside...and I know that Tripping The Rift was on our Sci-fi network down here for about a year or more...any chance of that happening with LICD? Or maybe get it a spot on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network? That seems right up your alley. Just saying.
That's all I have to say about that.
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