Cinema Management Group (CMG) has acquired worldwide rights to the recently completed animated feature film Killer Bean Forever. Directed and produced by vfx industry veteran Jeff Lew, the movie is a follow-up to the popular short Killer Bean 2: The Party, which got nearly 2 million hits after hitting the web on iFilm in 2000.
Killer Bean Forever takes place in Beantown, a crime-infested world inhabited by coffee beans. The story revolves around star assassin Killer Bean and continues his pursuit of mobster Cappuccino and his gang. Director Lew describes it as a gritty action movie with a quirky sense of humor.
This is the first feature directorial effort for Lew, who has served as lead animator on The Matrix Reloaded, X-Men, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, the Spider-Man Universal Studios ride film, The Simpsons Universal Studios ride film and the upcoming DreamWorks/Paramount sequel Transformers 2. After the success of the Killer Bean short, he formed an independent studio dubbed Killer Bean Studios LLC, which specializes in the production of CG-animated feature films.
The Killer Bean Forever voice cast includes video-game regulars Vegas E. Trip ( Sam & Max) and Bryan Session (Syphon Filter 2 and 3). Also lending their voices to the project are David S.J. Guilmette, who has appeared on History Channel’s Man, Moment, Machine, and Matthew Tyler, who has been seen on the daytime soaps All My Children and As The World Turns.
Killer Bean Forever is now being shown to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival will make the rounds at AFM in Santa Monica, Calif. this fall. CMG president Edward Noeltner is taking a new CG-animated feature titled Zambezia to Toronto for all rights pre-sales. For more information on CMG, go to www.CinemaManagementGroup.com. Watch the trailer for Killer Bean Forever below.
Killer Bean Forever – Official Trailer – The most amazing bloopers are here
