Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation have enlisted Flying Bark Productions to animate their first recently announced Untitled Avatar feature film in a newly confirmed partnership with Avatar Studios.
Now recruiting, Flying Bark Productions (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, LEGO Monkie Kid, What If…?) is seeking Australian and international artists across several 2D animation and CG departments which will see successful candidates join the team in Sydney Australia in early 2023. View current available positions here.
Promising to push the style and boundaries of hybrid animation, the first Avatar: The Last Airbender feature film will couple traditional 2D animation with substantial CG elements. With their slate of well-known 2D and CG projects, Flying Bark is no stranger to cross-medium animation, and recently earned an Emmy nomination for their Marvel collaboration What If… Dr Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
“We are so excited to be working with one of the premiere and long-standing animation studios in Australia, Flying Bark,” said Mark Bakshi, Executive Vice President, Paramount Animation. “Their track record of artistic excellence makes them an ideal creative partner for such an ambitious and high-profile feature film.”
The new slate of movies will be based in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, which were originally created for Nickelodeon by Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino. The first feature will be directed by Lauren Montgomery (Justice League: Doom, Batman: Year One, Wonder Woman 2009), with Konietzko and DiMartino producing.
“Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra are two of the most iconic animated series of our time and we are simply thrilled to play a part in bringing this new story to life. With a company full of creatives and super fans, the Avatar feature is a dream project for the team at Flying Bark,” said the studio’s Director of Production, Alexia Gates-Foale. “This really is an exciting time for the Australian animation industry, and we look forward to welcoming new talent to our studio in Sydney as well as further developing our incredible team of artists.”
Flying Bark Productions continues to grow its animation team across CG, 2D and CG/2D hybrid productions. With 350 employees across all departments, the studio has quickly become one of the most sought-after animation shingles around the world for traditional frame-by-frame and CG animation.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Belgium-based indie Studio 100, Flying Bark Productions has studios in both Sydney and Los Angeles, operating as a full-service production facilities for feature films and series as well as providing animation services for clients around the world after more than 50 years in the biz.
