According to Adam Shaheen, president of Cuppa Coffee Studios, the animation house is working with U.S. cable network E! Entertainment to produce a stop-motion TV series tentatively titled Starveillance. From the mind of Celebrity Deathmatch creator Eric Fogel, the show will aim to offer a unique look at the cult of celebrity. Fogel will write scripts and serve as creative director, working alongside long time Cuppa Coffee director Andrew Horne, who will lend his talents as animation director.
Cuppa Coffee recently produced a new season of Celebrity Death Match that debuted June 10 on MTV2. MTV has also hired the studio to produce Rick and Steve, a specially commissioned stop-mo show for new gay-and-lesbian channel LOGO. The series is created by Alan Brocka and is based on a popular, independently produced short of the same name.
Also in production at Cuppa Coffee is Bruno and the Banana Bunch, new U.K. preschool show about to commence, as well as an unnamed Flash series. Three other shows are in development and the studio is in talks to animate a number of productions in the works around Toronto.
