Cartoon Network Unveils Cartoonstitute

ATLANTA,
April 3: Cartoon Network has created The Cartoonstitute, a new initiative
designed to ramp up its original animation output, which is looking to create
up to 150 pieces of programming over a period of 20 months.

Produced
primarily by Cartoon Network Studios, The Cartoonstitute is being positioned as
a think tank for animators. It will be artist-led and spearheaded by animation
veterans Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) and Rob Renzetti (My Life as a Teenage Robot, Dexter's Laboratory), who will create an in-house, all-star team of
artists, directors, storyboarders and writers generating content suitable for
distribution across a number of platforms. McCracken will serve as executive
producer and Renzetti as supervising producer reporting to Rob Sorcher, Cartoon
Network’s chief content officer.

"The
Cartoonstitute will create an unprecedented swift development track for
animated pilots," said Sorcher. "This program is unique in that it is
run by artists themselves who understand what it takes to create the right
environment for success. The Cartoonstitute continues the tradition of Cartoon
Network being the best place for ground-breaking animation and will create a
new generation of show runners in addition to fantastic new animated content
for Cartoon Network."

—By Mansha Daswani