{"id":28538,"date":"2024-10-19T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T14:01:21","slug":"mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Brooks Lends Voice to Animated Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor, comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks and Spencer Grammer (<em>Rick and Morty<\/em>, <em>Greek<\/em>) have joined the voice cast of the new CGI short film <em>Enormous<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Stephen Kramer Glickman (<em>Big Time Rush<\/em>, <em>Storks<\/em>), the eight-minute film is inspired by Glickman\u2019s personal journey of overcoming depression with help of his dog\u2019s love. In the short, a man is devastated after a breakup with his girlfriend and sinks into depression until his pug, Jelly Donut, finds a way to help him rediscover joy.<\/p>\n<p>The creative team behind <em>Enormous<\/em> includes director Doug Sweetland (<em>Toy Story<\/em>; <em>Cars<\/em>; <em>Monsters, Inc.<\/em>;<em> Finding Nemo<\/em>); producer Jackson Lewis (<em>Lego Ninjago<\/em>, <em>Lego Batman<\/em>, <em>Storks<\/em>); art director Sylvain Deboissy (<em>A Goofy Movie<\/em>, <em>Spirit<\/em>, <em>Surf\u2019s Up<\/em>, <em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em>); editor Chris Cartagena (<em>Happy Feet<\/em>, <em>Storks<\/em>, <em>Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em>); and director of photography Cortney Armitage (<em>Monsters, Inc.<\/em>; <em>Finding Nemo<\/em>; <em>Cars<\/em>; <em>Ratatouille<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Demente Animation Studio (<em>Thomas &amp; Friends<\/em>, <em>Hello Kitty<\/em>, <em>Night of the Animated Dead<\/em>), led by CEO Carlos Gaxiola, will handle preproduction. Animation will be produced by Digitoonz (<em>Fright Krewe<\/em>, <em>100% Wolf<\/em>, <em>Dora<\/em>), under the leadership of founder and CEO Vikas Kumar.<\/p>\n<p>Cookbook Media\u2019s Claudia Scott-Hansen is executive producing and representing the team with strategic distribution partners. Other executive producers are Glickman, Sweetland, Kevin Salter, Gaxiola, Kumar, Alexandra Rosenberg and Maontosh Kumar. Divya Kumari and Divyanshi Misha will serve as producers for Digitoonz. Demente Animation Studio CFO Angel Ibarra and Head of Production Majo Calder\u00f3n will be leading preproduction.<\/p>\n<p><em>Enormous<\/em> is scheduled for delivery in summer 2025. Scott-Hansen is attending MIPCOM 2024 and will be available to initiate discussions with broadcasters and distribution partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely grateful to the icon that is Mel Brooks and to all of my talented colleagues who have come together to help make this passion project of mine a reality,\u201d Glickman said. \u201cI hope this little film with a huge heart inspires many who are going through life\u2019s challenges to find joy again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a world with so many challenges, stories like Stephen\u2019s hope-filled <em>Enormous<\/em> are very much needed, and I am honored to introduce this beautiful short to potential partners at the MIPCOM market this year,\u201d Scott-Hansen commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited to be part of this beautiful story of resilience and love for animals that needs to be told,\u201d Gaxiola said. \u201cWe are delighted to team up with the <em>Enormous<\/em> creative team and to collaborate with our partners at Digitoonz. Without a doubt, a great collaborative and multidisciplinary project where everyone makes a great contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kumar added, \u201cDigitoonz is thrilled to produce the animation for this beautiful film. We were hooked immediately when reading the script for <em>Enormous<\/em> and are delighted to be working with all of the talented teams involved to create a truly unforgettable short film.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor, comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks and Spencer Grammer (Rick and Morty, Greek) have joined the voice cast of the new CGI short film Enormous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":28539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[10132,5454,10133,5455,10134,5931,10135,10136,10137,10138,8647],"class_list":["post-28538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-carlos-gaxiola","tag-claudia-scott-hansen","tag-cookbook-medi","tag-cookbook-media","tag-demente-animation-studio","tag-digitoonz","tag-enormous","tag-mel-brooks","tag-spencer-grammer","tag-stephen-kramer-glickman","tag-vikas-kumar","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mel Brooks Lends Voice to Animated Short - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mel Brooks Lends Voice to Animated Short - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Actor, comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks and Spencer Grammer (Rick and Morty, Greek) have joined the voice cast of the new CGI short film Enormous.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-19T07:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-19T14:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/10\/CookbookMedia-Enormous-1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/\",\"name\":\"Mel Brooks Lends Voice to Animated Short - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-19T07:00:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-19T14:01:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mel-brooks-lends-voice-to-enormous-animated-short\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mel Brooks Lends Voice to Animated Short\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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