{"id":10621,"date":"2016-08-19T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/digital-media-studio-like-pizza-formed-by-former-disney-execs\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T14:50:27","slug":"new-digital-studio-like-pizza-launches-first-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-digital-studio-like-pizza-launches-first-project\/","title":{"rendered":"New Digital Studio Like Pizza Launches First Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PASADENA: Like Pizza, a new U.S.-based digital media studio formed by former Disney execs Jeff Nuzzi and Bob Spang, has unveiled its first animated project, an action comedy series titled <em>Bunny Rappid<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bunny Rappid<\/em> follows the misadventures of a crime-fighting rabbit. Like Pizza has launched a Kickstarter campaign to further fund a series of appisodes that will combine games and serialized animation into one mobile app. A new\u00a0music video has been released on YouTube featuring the original theme song &#8220;Run Bunny Run,&#8221; performed by The\u00a0Bombpops.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bunny Rappid<\/em> is\u00a0due to debut next year\u00a0on mobile devices for free.\u00a0Like Pizza\u00a0also plans to distribute the animated episodes on VOD\u00a0networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom both my experience in the industry and as a parent, I saw firsthand how kids are consuming both video and games on mobile devices and loved the idea of creating a world around a unique character who launched on mobile first,\u201d said Nuzzi. \u201c<em>Bunny Rappid<\/em> is a great example of the high level of production quality and effort we are putting into each appisode, and we are so lucky to have the original song &#8216;Run Bunny Run&#8217; from The Bombpops for our first music video, which illustrates just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeff and I are both huge animation and game fans and loved the idea of blending our industry experiences to create new episodic short-form cartoons and games,\u201d added\u00a0Spang. \u201cWe are extremely proud of <em>Bunny Rappid<\/em> and its fast-paced comedy full of hilarious characters, stories and environments, and hope that folks will help support the Kickstarter campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Pizza is focused on developing original animated properties across games, mobile, digital platforms and more. Nuzzi previously worked for The Walt Disney Company&#8217;s mobile division. Earlier in his career, he served as director of global marketing at THQ Wireless. Spang is a\u00a0director, writer and animator, and has also voiced a number of animated characters. 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