CinéGroupe
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CinéGroupe is an animation studio founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1974. The company also has offices in nearby Toronto and in the American city of Los Angeles. Their shows and films have been seen in over 125 countries. [1]
Notable franchises from CinéGroupe include The Kids from Room 402 (shown on the former Fox Family banner, now ABC Family) and the PBS animated show Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat. With Sony Wonder, it has produced Mega Babies (also shown on Fox Family), as well as a direct-to-video feature, Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage (a prequel to both the famous L. Frank Baum work and the 1939 movie).
In the area of feature films, it has remade the 1981 cult classic Heavy Metal as a Lion's Gate release, shown occasionally on the Starz! network from 2001 onwards. It has recently made Pinocchio 3000, a sci-fi retelling of the Carlo Collodi tale. Galidor, a live-action fantasy series for teenagers, has also been produced by the company.
[edit] See also
- Nelvana, another famous Canadian animation company.
- A well-known competitor of theirs, Cookie Jar Entertainment.
