Former MGM production president Adam Rosenberg and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” writer-director Rodney Rothman on Tuesday announced the launch of Modern Magic, a new animation studio the slate of which goes beyond the usual family-friendly fare of the genre. “Spider-Verse” showed the potential for using animation to tell different kinds of stories than have usually been told in the medium, and this new studio will likely have an emphasis on music, inclusion, and fantasy as its tentpoles.
The company has 20 features and series in various stages of development. Among them are an animated feature inspired by the music of Juice Wrld — one of Spotify’s most popular artists of last year — written by “Daily Show” correspondent Jaboukie Young-White.
There’s also “Nuevo Rico,” based on Kris Mercado’s SXSW short and set in a psychedelic future version of Puerto Rico, and an untitled “offbeat, subversive live action-comedy” feature that Quinta Brunson...
The company has 20 features and series in various stages of development. Among them are an animated feature inspired by the music of Juice Wrld — one of Spotify’s most popular artists of last year — written by “Daily Show” correspondent Jaboukie Young-White.
There’s also “Nuevo Rico,” based on Kris Mercado’s SXSW short and set in a psychedelic future version of Puerto Rico, and an untitled “offbeat, subversive live action-comedy” feature that Quinta Brunson...
- 7/20/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Adam Rosenberg, former MGM co-president of production, and Rodney Rothman, the Oscar winner behind “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” have teamed up to launch a new production company, Modern Magic. The company will combine large-scale animated projects and live-action films to make “event entertainment” for modern audiences.
Modern Magic’s slate of feature films and series already has 20 projects in various stages of development, including original concepts and ones based on IP. Among them is an animated feature film inspired by the music of the late rapper Juice Wrld. “The Daily Show’s” Jaboukie Young-White is attached to write the script.
The company also has “Nuevo Rico,” an animated feature based on the SXSW award-winning short film by Kris Mercado, and another live-action comedy feature that Quinta Brunson is writing for Sony Pictures.
Modern Magic wants its projects to move fluidly between mediums, genres and platforms, and intends to work with...
Modern Magic’s slate of feature films and series already has 20 projects in various stages of development, including original concepts and ones based on IP. Among them is an animated feature film inspired by the music of the late rapper Juice Wrld. “The Daily Show’s” Jaboukie Young-White is attached to write the script.
The company also has “Nuevo Rico,” an animated feature based on the SXSW award-winning short film by Kris Mercado, and another live-action comedy feature that Quinta Brunson is writing for Sony Pictures.
Modern Magic wants its projects to move fluidly between mediums, genres and platforms, and intends to work with...
- 7/20/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Juice Wrld feature among initial roster of development titles.
Former MGM co-president of production Adam Rosenberg and writer, director and producer Rodney Rothman have launched US-based Modern Magic to make animated and live-action features and TV.
The company kicks off with a slate of 20 projects that includes an animated feature inspired by the music of the late rapper Juice Wrld; animated feature and Reggaetón story Nuevo Rico based on Kris Mercado’s SXSW short and set within a psychedelic future version of the Caribbean island; and a subversive live action-comedy feature that Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) is writing for Sony Pictures.
Former MGM co-president of production Adam Rosenberg and writer, director and producer Rodney Rothman have launched US-based Modern Magic to make animated and live-action features and TV.
The company kicks off with a slate of 20 projects that includes an animated feature inspired by the music of the late rapper Juice Wrld; animated feature and Reggaetón story Nuevo Rico based on Kris Mercado’s SXSW short and set within a psychedelic future version of the Caribbean island; and a subversive live action-comedy feature that Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) is writing for Sony Pictures.
- 7/20/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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