{"id":2837,"date":"2022-02-01T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/corus-invests-aircraft-pictures\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:17:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:17:46","slug":"corus-invests-in-aircraft-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/corus-invests-in-aircraft-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Corus Invests in Aircraft Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment has purchased a majority stake in the Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated production company Aircraft Pictures, behind the animated feature film <em>The Breadwinner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to producing the Oscar-nominated movie <em>The Breadwinner<\/em> in 2017, Aircraft Pictures has worked on the Emmy Award-nominated live-action series <em>Holly Hobbie<\/em>; the hit trilogy of family-friendly TV movies based on the Gordon Korman <em>Bruno &amp; Boots<\/em> novels, which first aired on YTV in 2017; and the recently announced animated series <em>Summer Memories<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Corus&#8217;s investment will assist Aircraft Pictures in expanding its capacity for developing, financing and producing premium content, with a focus on international co-productions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bringing Aircraft Pictures&#8217; demonstrated creative capabilities and entrepreneurial talents into the Corus orbit will help to accelerate our strategy of expanding our global content business,&#8221; said Colin Bohm, executive VP of content and corporate strategy at Corus Entertainment. &#8220;We are thrilled to be in business with two of the most respected producers in the industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andrew [Rosen] and I are truly fortunate to work with outstanding creative talent, exceptional co-producing partners and distributors and world-class broadcast and streaming platforms,&#8221; said Anthony Leo, co-president of Aircraft Pictures. &#8220;As we plan to grow the company in new and exciting ways, the additional resources that this landmark step provides will increase the value Aircraft Pictures can extend to our partners exponentially.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rosen, co-president of Aircraft Pictures added: &#8220;Having worked with Corus for many years achieving tremendous success with the <em>Bruno &amp; Boots<\/em> films, we&#8217;re looking forward to turning this exciting partnership into a legacy of family-friendly content that resonates with audiences around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment has purchased a majority stake in the Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated production company Aircraft Pictures, behind the animated feature film The Breadwinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":2838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[124],"class_list":["post-2837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-corus-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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