Triggerfish Animation Studios

Apr 03 2013

Laurence Fishburne is Triggerfish’s latest catch for 3D animated feature Khumba

Categories: Animation, Feature Film, khumba | Posted by: Triggerfish

South Africa based Triggerfish Animation Studios, the company behind the worldwide 3D Animated hit Adventures in Zambezia (Highest Grossing South African film in last 30 years) announced today that they’ve added the voice talents of Laurence Fishburne to join Liam Neeson, AnnaSophia Robb, Jake T. Austin, Loretta Devine and Richard E. Grant in their new 3D Animated feature Khumba. Fishburne will play Seko, Khumba’s father, opposite Austin. Robb will voice Tombi, Khumba’s female friend and Neeson voices the ferocious leopard Phango.

Mar 18 2013

Adventures in Zambezia wins SAFTA

Categories: Animation, Feature Film, Festival, SA industry, zambezia | Posted by: Triggerfish

The winners of the 2013 South African Film and Television Awards were announced on Saturday during a gala event at Gallagher Estate in Johannesburg. Triggerfish’s first animated feature “Adventures in Zambezia” was nominated for Best Music, Direction and Animation and won the award for Best Animation. A prize was sponsored by the DTI and NFVF. “The film has broken records overseas, often passing animated features from the major studios,” says Triggerfish CEO Stuart Forrest, “And it’s a huge honour for our achievements to be recognized on local soil by members of the South African Film Industry.”

Samuel L. Jackson, voice of Tendai in Adventures in Zambezia, made a special appearance at the award ceremony to present the trophies for Best Actor and Actress.

This weekend also saw Zambezia being nominated for an Africa Movie Academy Award. The film released in SA theaters in December and won Best SA Feature Film at Durban International Film Festival last year. It was also nominated for 2 Annie Awards. The DVD will be available for rental from April 5th and will be available to buy at all major retail outlets in SA April 12th.

Mar 15 2013

Triggerfish heads to GDC

Categories: Festival, International Industry, khumba | Posted by: Triggerfish

Triggerfish is pleased to announce that we will be attending the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in San Francisco later this month. Kelly Dillon, who has been spearheading our exciting new in-house gaming division will be representing the studio. Anyone interested in meeting up with her or seeing some of the fun games from our second animated feature film “Khumba” should drop her an email to set up a meeting. See you there!

Feb 27 2013

Triggerfish Goes to Stanford Business School

Categories: Animation, International Industry, presentation, SA industry, studio | Posted by: Triggerfish

Triggerfish CEO, Stuart Forrest is heading off to California after being invited to speak at the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Africa Forum on Saturday, 2nd March 2013. He will be showcasing the best in African creativity and technical excellence.

Stuart will be speaking on the media and entertainment panel alongside Daniel Ogbonna, Founder & CEO of PanaTV, Michael Ugwu, CEO of Iroking, and Michelle Atagana, Editor of memeburn.com.

Triggerfish is very excited to be bringing its story to Silicon Valley and Stanford University.

More details here: http://saf.stanford.edu/

Feb 19 2013

LIAM NEESON SPOTTED IN SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMATED FILM

Categories: Feature Film, International Industry, khumba | Posted by: Triggerfish

The star of recent box office hit Taken 2, Liam Neeson,has signed on to play a malevolent leopard in South African animated film Khumba.

The multi-award winning actor has played a number of key roles in box office franchise hits including the latest Batman and Star Wars trilogies. He is also the voice of Narnia’s Aslan and will be appearing in the upcoming animated film, Lego, from the directors of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Khumba is the second animated feature to be produced by Cape Town-based, Triggerfish Animation Studios, which has seen a successful global release of Adventures in Zambezia. Khumba tells the story of a half-striped zebra who is blamed for the drought by his superstitious herd. He leaves his home in search of the magic waterhole where legend has it, the first zebras got their stripes. Teaming up with an overprotective, sassy wildebeest and a self-obsessed ostrich, this plucky young zebra meets an array of wacky characters in an unforgettable adventure through the Great Karoo desert to earn his stripes.

The original story was penned by Triggerfish writers Raffaella Delle Donne and Anthony Silverston in consultation with Jonathan Roberts, co-writer of The Lion King. Silverston, who is also the director, is proud to have someone of Liam Neeson’s caliber in the role of the villain:

“He brought a real menacing gravitas to this key character with his powerful, distinctive voice. The fact that he took part in our movie is a testament to the quality of animation produced in South Africa and I am immensely proud of what our team has achieved.”

The film is represented by LA-based sales agent CMG and will be theatrically distributed by Millennium Entertainment in the US later this year. The rest of the cast to date includes rising stars Jake T. Austin (Rio, New Years Eve), AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries, Soul Surfer) and Joey Richter (A Very Potter Musical), as well as Emmy-award winner, Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy, Crash), Richard E. Grant (The Iron Lady, Corpse Bride) and British comedy actress Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show, Doctor Who).