BRON Media’s (The Willoughbys) new animation production outfit BRON Digital, launched in July 2020, has announced the star-powered voice cast for its debut project, Fables. The series will retell classic morality tales like The Tortoise and the Hare and The Boy Who Cried Wolf for the 21st century, and will be augmented by an immersive online community as well as interactive games.
The top-notch cast includes Jemaine Clement (Moana, What We Do in the Shadows), Natasha Lyonne (Big Mouth, Russian Doll), JB Smoove (Fairfax, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Alexa Demie (Euphoria), Diljit Dosanjh (Honsla Rakh), Anthony Ramos (Trolls World Tour, In the Heights) and Zach Woods (The Angry Birds Movie 2, Silicon Valley). Ricky Gervais will be the narrator.
Grammy-winning artist/producer Timbaland’s music platform Beatclub will produce select tracks for the series.
Fables is created in 3D CGI with real-time animation powered by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Series executive producers are Jason Chen, Head of Digital for BRON, Aaron L. Gilbert, Kevin Turen, Ashley Levinson, Andrew Barrer and Gabe Ferrari. Associate producers are Creative Wealth Media’s Jason Cloth, Suraj Maraboyina and Chris Cole. BRON Releasing is handling global sales.
[Source: Hollywood Reporter]
