Nyetoon - Animator/Director Nye Warburton

My new web series — “Benny: Escaped Convict” — has just launched on Comedy Central’s brand new website ATOM.COM.

Please follow the link below to watch the pilot episode “Benny: Escaped Convict — Book Club”

http://benny.atom.com

The success of this 4-episode series depends on the number of hits. My co-creator and I have huge hopes for the future of this series, but we really need your help.

1. Please send the link to your friends, along with a note about just how damn hilarious it is.

2. Post the following episode link on your Facebook profile:

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/benny_pilot/

3. “Digg” the episode - below the video, it says “Share” - click the 2nd button, the one with the little dude on it.

4. Stay tuned for Benny Episode #2, premiering next week.

Please help us keep this series going. Thank you all very much for your support.

Since this is everywhere now… thought I would post it here too…

Benny premiers tomorrow on atom.com

(If things haven’t changed - and Atom has given us the correct info) Benny: Escaped Convict will air on Atom TV on Comedy Central at 11pm, this Monday, June 23rd. (It’s going to be on Tuesday, 6/24 at 2am on the East Coast) It will be part of the new AtomTV show. Tell all of your unemployed friends to stop playing World of Warcraft for 10 minutes and watch Benny.

Again… West Coast…. June 23rd… 11 pm… Benny on Atom TV… Comedy Central….

East Coast …. June 24th … 2 am…. Benny on Atom TV…Comedy Central

Rock on

This just in!!!!!

Benny is live on ITunes - search “Benny: Escaped Convict”

* T minus 12 days until the launch of Benny on the new atom.com

* T minus 15 days before it is screened on Comedy Central.

* We have over 700 on the facebook group (if you ain’t on it… join here!)

* We’re gearing up for a huge annoying push where we will bother everyone we know.

* It’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses…. hit it.

I try really hard not to let on to the world know how much of a film and animation geek I am. Warren Drummond has no bones about flaunting it. I just worked with him on the A Team movie, where he was one of the storyboard artists.

When Warren comes into the room, we usually descend into a uber-film-nut conversation that would put the comic shop, magic card, nerds to shame. He’s a Yankee fan, but don’t hold that against him. Check out his blog about his work here:

http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thestoryboardartist/

Warren with some martial arts person.

We have been informed that, through our distribution partners, Benny will be available on iTunes and XBox. Of course, it will be on atom.com in JUNE (hopefully)!

An old friend of mine invited me to the screening and wrap party of “Kung Fu Panda.” I hate Hollywood, but I was willing to make the trek to check it out. Let me just say, 21st Century Film Making is in full effect. At work we joke about the slow motion, 3d camera moves that are completely overused in action direction. My “joke” is that kind of gratuitous camera work is “21st Century Film making”. It’s a movie world where the camera doesn’t need to stay put, and not always for the better of the story, just for “cool sake.” It seems like it is becoming more and more pervasive in live action movies. Now its getting into the animated world.

The movie’s story really didn’t break any new ground, but the action sequences are fun (if you like that kind of thing.) And Jack Black’s voice work is really solid. Overall, I think it’s going to do well with the kiddies. They seem to eat up that new 3d style of film making.

And I got to meet Jeff Katzenberg and have a 30 second mindless conversation with him. He’s really really short. While I was saying to him “blah blah, loved the movie” I kept thinking “is he really this fucking short?”

I was intimidated enough when I started Sony Imageworks and, as a rookie, being sat next to Dave Weinstein didn’t help. He is pretty much the most talented creature animator I have ever met. The great thing about him is that he is this big dude from New jersey who completely speaks his mind and says “Fuck” a lot. He happily tells when he likes things and says “fuck no” when he doesn’t. He also convinced me to get into Previz work, which I’ll always thank him for.

Check out the interview with him at CG Channel. You can see his reel, and hear Dave speaks his mind, tho oddly enough, I couldn’t find a single “fuck” in the interview.