Titmouse, Inc.

Titmouse, Inc.
Founded 1999
Founder Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States[1]
Key people
 Antonio Canobbio (Chief Creative Officer)
Ben Kalina (VP & Supervising Producer)
Juno Lee (Officer)
Mike Roush (Officer)
Number of employees
 at least 250 (250)[2]
Subsidiaries Titmouse NY
Titmouse Vancouver
Website titmouse.net

Titmouse, Inc. is an American animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials and short films. The studio opened in 2000, and has offices in Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver. Some of their productions include Motorcity for Disney XD, Metalocalypse, China, IL, Superjail! and Black Dynamite for Adult Swim.[3]

History

Owner Chris Prynoski began working at MTV in New York on shows such as Daria, Beavis and Butthead, and his own creation, MTV Downtown, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.[4] In the early 2000s, Prynoski opened a small T-shirt company with his wife, Shannon Prynoski. However, upon getting more requests for cartoons than for T-shirts, they decided to abandon screen-printing in favor of animation. The Prynoski's moved to California and opened the revamped Titmouse, Inc., an animation studio. They hired French art director, Antonio Canobbio. Titmouse opened a games division in 2009.[5]

Due to projects like Cartoon Network’s Metalocalypse, Superjail! and The Venture Bros. the company expanded and opened a sister studio in New York City in 2010. The California studio later added a wholly owned subsidiary, Robin Redbreast, which was then unionized in order to produce MotorCity for Disney XD.

The company has a YouTube channel, Rug Burn, launched in December 2012 with Six Point Harness. Rug Burn was launched with a handful of shows.[6]

In October 2015, Titmouse announced that it is producing its first feature-length film, titled Nerdland. The film will be R-rated, and will star Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt.[7]

Works

Television

Title Year Notes Made For
Megas XLR 2004-05 main title sequence Cartoon Network
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005-08 main title sequence[8] Nickelodeon
Shorty McShorts' Shorts 2006 "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing" (animation production) Disney Channel
The Amazing Screw-On Head main title sequence Sci-Fi Channel
Metalocalypse 2006-13 [9] Adult Swim
Superjail! 2007-14 seasons 2-4[9]
Class of 3000 2007 "Love Is in the Hair... Net" (digital effects) Cartoon Network
G.I. Joe: Resolute 2009 [10] Adult Swim
Freaknik: The Musical 2010
Black Panther BET
MAD 2010-11 additional animation Warner Bros. Animation
The Venture Bros. 2011-16 seasons 5-present, three specials[9] Adult Swim
Black Dynamite 2011-12 season one[3]
China, IL 2011-15 [9]
Community 2011-12 animated sequence in “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigiliantism” and “Digital Estate Planning”[11][12] NBC
Motorcity 2012-13 [13] Disney XD
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja 2012–15 [14]
Liquid Television 2013 MTV
Turbo FAST 2013-16 [9] DreamWorks Animation
Breadwinners 2014-16 animation Nickelodeon
King Star King 2014 Adult Swim
Kirby Buckets 2014-present animation Disney XD
Team Hot Wheels: The Origins of Awesome! 2014 Mattel
Niko and the Sword of Light 2015 pilot Amazon Studios
Yoyotoki HappyEars
Moonbeam City [15] Comedy Central
Team Hot Wheels: The Skills to Thrill Mattel
Team Hot Wheels: Build the Epic Race Mattel
TMNT Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past Nickelodeon
Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack 2016-present animated sequences TruTV
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio Adult Swim
Little Big Awesome Amazon Studios
Son of Zorn animation 20th Century Fox Television
Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh DreamWorks Animation
Future-Worm! animation Disney XD
Goldie and Bear season 2 Disney Junior
Big Mouth 2017 Netflix
Hana Zuki: Full of Treasures [16] Hasbro Studios

Feature films

Short films

Video games cinematics

References

  1. ↑ "Titmouse, Inc. - Central Hollywood - 267 visitors". Foursquare.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  2. ↑ Amidi, Amid (February 3, 2012). "A Tale of Two Titmouses: A Cartoon Brew Investigation". Cartoon Brew.
  3. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (December 20, 2012). "Adult Swim's 'Black Dynamite' Renewed For Second Season". deadline.com. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "404 Page Not Found". Television Academy. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ↑ French, Michael (19 March 2009). "Animation house Titmouse opens game studio". Develop Online.
  6. ↑ "Six Point Harness and Titmouse launch Rug Burn channel". Animation Magazine. December 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ Wickline, Dan (October 9, 2015). "NYCC '15: Paul Rudd To Lead Titmouse' First Feature Length Film". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Futter, Mike (October 17, 2014). "The Legend of Korra: Get a Look at the Animation and Combat of The Legend Of Korra". Game Informer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Webb, Charles (May 3, 2013). "ECCC 2013: Animation Studio Titmouse Unleashes The 'Disco Destroyer!'". MTV Geek. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ Moody, Annemarie (July 29, 2009). "Jeff Katz and Titmouse Animation Team Up in Four Picture Deal". AWN. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  11. ↑ Beck, Jerry (2014-06-20). ""Community" goes Anime". Cartoonbrew.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  12. ↑ "2013 Official Selection, film index, Community "Digital Estate Planning"". Annecy. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Candace Bailey Goes Behind The Scenes At Titmouse Studios". [G4. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  14. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (March 6, 2012). "Disney's 'Randy Cunningham' Goes into Production". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  15. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (January 10, 2014). "Comedy Central Greenlights Animated Cop Comedy Series Produced By Rob Lowe & Will Gluck And Voiced By Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Will Forte & Kate Mara". Deadline. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Hasbro: The Next Chapter in Storytelling | License! Global". www.licensemag.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  17. ↑ Simon Thompson (4 August 2016). "Titmouse Boss Talks 'Son Of Zorn', Paul Rudd In 'Nerdland' And The Resurgence Of R-Rated Animation". Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "Titmouse's 'Owl' Takes Wing on iTunesl=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/titmouses-owl-takes-wing-on-itunes/".
  19. ↑ Aaron (October 29, 2009). "AOTS and Titmouse Attend Slasher School". Cold Hard Flash. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  20. ↑ "The Latest Titmouse Short – Pinched=http://lineboil.com/the-latest-titmouse-short-pinched/".
  21. ↑ Blauvelt, Christian (May 8, 2012). "'Diablo III': Chris Metzen discusses the inspiration for Peter Chung's 'Diablo: Wrath' video". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  22. 1 2 Faylor, Chris (March 18, 2009). "Metalocalypse Animators Found Game Studio, Developing Post-apocalyptic Zombie Pirate Game". Shacknews. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Titmouse Opens Game Studio". IGN (Press release). March 18, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  24. ↑ "The Legend of Korra - Behind the Scenes with Titmouse Animation Studio". IGN. October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
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