The Dublin-based independent animation studio Giant Animation has opened an office in Barcelona, its first outside of Ireland.<\/p>\n
The international expansion will aim to strengthen and leverage Giant\u2019s partnerships with international production companies. With offices in Spain and Ireland, Giant will continue to offer its work-for-hire services and will further develop its original and international co-productions across TV and film.<\/p>\n
The slate includes The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish!<\/em> for Nickelodeon and Netflix, for which Giant produced all 40 episodes from its Ireland studio. Giant also produced all ten episodes of the animated fantasy series Legends of Evergreen Hills<\/em> for Chick-fil-A, which is currently being released on its Chick-fil-A Play app.<\/p>\n Its slate of original IP projects includes its first CG animated family feature Milo<\/em>, which tells the story of 10-year-old Will, who, while on vacation in Ireland, runs away with his new best friend\u2014a 10-foot sea monster. Also on its originals slate is the 5-to-7 bridge series Rachel\u2019s Pet Parlour<\/em>, following 9-year-old Rachel Hart, a DIY pet groomer and animal whisperer who uses her empathy and communication skills to connect with her animal friends in her hometown of Barkley.<\/p>\n Giant will continue to develop both projects through 2025, with the view to begin preproduction in 2026.<\/p>\n It plans to split production of its upcoming projects across Ireland and Spain and recruit from the country’s large talent pool of highly skilled artists for its high-end CG productions. The company will also make use of the Spanish Tax Rebate for international production work carried out in the country.<\/p>\n Alex Sherwood, CEO of Giant Animation, said: \u201c15 years since the launch of Giant, our expansion and the opening of our new hub in Spain marks an important and exciting time for the studio and our team. Building on strong relationships within the industry, we are looking forward to the new opportunities the Spanish office will bring for co-productions and developing our original IP. Our new home will allow us to expand our network of partners while leveraging both Spanish and Irish production incentives and incredible talent. We are excited for the road ahead, and Spain is the ideal location for us to realize our plans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dublin-based independent animation studio Giant Animation has opened an office in Barcelona, its first outside of Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":29073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5279],"class_list":["post-29063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-giant-animation","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n