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Simpatico Studios Inks Producer Deal on Animated Series Pilot ‘Cyko KO;’ ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Cast Set to Star


Actor Jon Heder, who performed the nerdy and lovable highschool scholar title character in 2004 comedy hit ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ voices the titular character in ‘Cyko KO! The Animated Series.’

A shoulders-up photo of Rob Feldman wearing glasses and smiling at the camera.

Creator Rob Feldman, whose previous credit embrace Warner Bros.’ ‘Night time of the Animated Lifeless,’ is showrunner of ‘Cyko KO! The Animated Series’ by his Earworm Media operation.

A shoulders-up photo of Steve Whiskeyman wearing glasses and looking at the camera.

Steve Whiskeyman and Simpatico Studios have joined forces with the creators, forged and crew behind ‘Cyko KO!’ to produce the eponymous animated sequence pilot.

Series premiere slated for reside screening in Austin, Texas in November; will debut on streaming service Rewarded.television in 2024.

…it grew to become very obvious, very early, that this mental property had that artistic ‘it’ issue. …when Rob approached Simpatico about co-producing, we knew we had to soar on board.”

— Steve Whiskeyman, Producer, ‘Cyko KO! The Animated Series’

DOYLESTOWN, PA., UNITED STATES, October 24, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Buzz started late final 12 months when Deadline broke that the forged of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ (2004) had reunited to voice a brand new authentic animated sequence. Now, forward of the sequence’ Nov. 4 premiere, the respected bench of 5 media firms behind ‘Cyko KO! The Animated Series’—starring Jon Heder, Tina Majorino, Haylie Duff, Efren Ramirez and Jon Gries—has welcomed a sixth.

Simpatico Studios, a content material manufacturing and consulting company primarily based within the Higher Philadelphia space, has inked a deal to produce the sequence title sequence, with ‘Cyko KO’ creator Rob Feldman directing, the businesses introduced. Each Simpatico Studios and Simpatico Co-Founder Steve Whiskeyman will obtain producer credit.

5 different notable manufacturing firms have already backed the sequence pilot, together with comedian e book writer Rocketship Leisure, Heder’s powerhouse studio Verified Labs, Feldman’s Earworm Media, Web3 media tech agency Theta Labs and Replay, the decentralized video protocol behind Web3 streaming service Rewarded.television.

The present is predicated on Feldman’s Ringo Award-nominated comedian e book, revealed by Rocketship, of the identical title. It follows the titular Cyko KO, a “fourth-wall breakin’, pinball-addicted, cereal eatin’, motorcycle-ridin’ hero” in a campy Saturday morning cartoon-like world.

“To be hooked up to ‘Cyko KO’ is nothing in need of a privilege,” mentioned Whiskeyman. “I’ve identified Rob for years as each a fan and a good friend, nevertheless it grew to become very obvious, very early, that this mental property had that artistic ‘it’ issue. Positive sufficient, as ‘Cyko KO’ leapt from the web page to the display screen, we noticed that magnetism bear out, attracting everybody from Hollywood to Tech. So when Rob approached Simpatico about co-producing, we knew we had to soar on board.”

Feldman, who additionally produced Warner Bros.’ ‘Night time of the Animated Lifeless’ and the webtoon ‘Dr. Shroud,’ was reciprocal.

“We’re completely thrilled to welcome Steve on board as a producer on ‘Cyko KO.’ I’ve identified Steve for fairly a couple of years now and we at all times stored in contact about our tasks, so it is very nice to lastly be a part of artistic forces. Having Simpatico Studios on board, we are actually full steam forward to absolutely navigate Cyko’s residence of SuperEarth collectively.”

“We’re excited to develop the ‘Cyko KO’ challenge staff,” added Krish Arvapally, CEO, Replay, “particularly as we shut in on finishing the animated sequence pilot!”

The pilot of ‘Cyko KO! The Animated Series’ will premiere reside at ThetaCon, a group convention for THETA blockchain tech, in Austin, Texas on Nov. 4, full with an unique screening for followers, and a Q&A session with the creator and producers. Followers unable to attend the premiere can catch the pilot on Rewarded.television beginning in 2024.

ABOUT EARWORM MEDIA

Earworm is powered by Rob Feldman, a Ringo Award-nominated comedian e book creator, animator and producer finest identified for his print and on-line comedian, ‘Cyko KO,’ in addition to the favored OG Newgrounds animated sequence, ‘Dr. Shroud.’ Contemporary from producing ‘Night time of the Animated Lifeless’ for Warner Bros., he has developed content material for manufacturers like Fangoria, Starlog, Prime Cow and Thriller Science Theater to title a couple of. Earworm is on a quest to discover the rising blockchain panorama of NFT digital collectibles, discover thrilling new hazy IPAs and uncover the elusive, but excellent, one-bite pizza.

ABOUT REPLAY

​​Replay is the blockchain platform reimagining video for Web3. Replay tech powers the Web3 gamified streaming service, Rewarded TV. Monitoring video consumption in actual time, Replay removes monetization friction for content material creators and delivers unparalleled transparency into viewership and efficiency. Constructed on the Theta blockchain, Replay allows digital-ready streams which are trackable on-chain and accessible for distribution by way of a consumption-based mannequin, utilizing its TNT-20 token RPLAY to decentralize and reimagine video streaming, monitoring and funds.

For extra data, go to imaginereplay.org or comply with us on X @imaginereplay.

ABOUT THETA LABS

Theta Labs pioneered Theta Community, the next-generation video and leisure blockchain, and ThetaDrop NFT market in partnership with Katy Perry, ABS-CBN, WPT, Jukin Media, Fuse Media, and others aiming to disrupt the digital collectibles trade. Theta’s Web3 infrastructure allows media and leisure firms to drive incremental revenues, person engagement, and new Web3 enterprise fashions. Theta Video API is a turn-key decentralized video API for builders providing considerably decrease video transcoding, storage, and content material supply prices.

ABOUT ROCKETSHIP ENTERTAINMENT

Rocketship Leisure is a publishing, recreation, and leisure firm with a number of Eisner-nominated and Ringo award-winning sequence together with ‘Let’s Play,’ ‘Fox Fires,’ ‘Brothers Bond,’ ‘Lars the Awkward Yeti,’ ‘Felix the Cat,’ ‘Adventures of God,’ ‘City Animal,’ and ‘Stan Lee’s Backchannel.’ Rocketship’s partnerships embrace Legendary Leisure, Simon & Schuster, Theta Community, Tapas Media, Substack, Dreamworks, The Gotham Group, and Stan Lee’s POW! Leisure. Rocketship connects followers straight to the sequence they need, working hand-in-glove with creators to create definitive, premium editions of their work and a full array of client merchandise. Rocketship is the 2021 Ringo Award winner for Favourite Writer.

ABOUT VERIFIED LABS

Verified Labs is an award-winning Web3 company connecting expertise to the way forward for leisure and the web. A few of their purchasers embrace the estates of Ernest Hemingway, Steve McQueen and 2Pac Shakur in addition to ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ ‘Canine the Bounty Hunter,’ and ‘Triumph Bikes.’ Additionally they develop and produce movie, TV, and animated sequence for each conventional and non-traditional distribution.

ABOUT SIMPATICO STUDIOS

Simpatico Studios is a premier content material manufacturing studio and advertising and marketing consulting agency emanating from the Higher Philadelphia space. The corporate operates a number of synergistic enterprise items, every calibrated towards producing commercially profitable product and repair strains. Its world-class artistic service is employed by respected worldwide B2B and healthcare purchasers. Simpatico additionally produces wholly owned IP together with books, internet apps, and different scalable client leisure merchandise. The studio’s flagship IP is center grade e book sequence ‘Runaway Silver®,’ which has been acknowledged with a BookLife Prize nomination (2023), a Telly Award for its animated e book trailer (2023), and a Writer’s Weekly Editor’s Choose (2022). Simpatico Studios is a member of the Forbes Company Council.

For extra details about Simpatico Studios, please go to www.SimpaticoStudios.com.

Liz Tagatac
Simpatico Studios, LLC
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