News Release

New York City, Kidscreen.
Feb 7, 2007

CCI And SEVEN24 Join Forces to Launch New Series & Movie Projects

Two of Canada’s most respected production companies have announced at KIDSCREEN a new co-venture to develop, produce and distribute new children’s television series and family movies. Arnie Zipursky Co-Chairman and CEO and Jim Corston Exec. VP of Production of CCI Entertainment and Tom Cox and Jordy Randall, Managing Partners of SEVEN24 Films (formerly Alberta Filmworks) announced that they will combine their production and distribution capabilities to produce several new properties over the next three years.
 
The two companies co-produced 15 episodes of the live-action/CGI series “Dinosapien” last year for BBC, Discovery USA and BBC Kids.  They are currently in development on the next 13 episodes to be produced in July.

“The combination of expertise will enable us to deliver a world class product to our international partners.  The combination of creative development, live-action and animation production and distribution expertise allow us to enhance the product at every stage,” says Arnie Zipursky. “The two companies have such complimentary skill-sets, we’re natural partners.”

The CCI Entertainment/SEVEN24 Films co-venture has commenced development on a new 13 episode tween television series entitled “Stuck in the Middle”.  They have also begun work on two movies; a Halloween thriller and a comedic family Christmas movie.

“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to combine the vast experience of two successful companies in one focused direction,” say Tom Cox, Managing Partner at SEVEN24 Films. “We have always had the utmost respect for CCI, and we’ve discovered that our creative and business instincts are very much aligned. With our joint focus on the creative, I expect that this co-venture will produce television properties that connect with an international audience in a more significant way.”

CCI Entertainment Ltd. (Cambium Catalyst International)
CCI Entertainment is one of Canada's leading independent production and distribution companies with a successful track record spanning twenty years. CCI has been particularly recognized in the area of family programming, for thousands of hours of award-winning television for the world market including: Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Erky Perky, Monster By Mistake, Timeblazers, Shining Time Station and Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show. CCI is currently in pre-production on feature/mini-series IRON ROAD, a Canada-China co-production and has produced award winning family movies including FAST FOOD HIGH, I WAS A RAT, VIRTUAL MOM and THE RIDE

SEVEN24 Films Inc. (formerly Alberta Filmworks)
SEVEN24 Films (formerly Alberta Filmworks) is an independent Canadian film and television production company based in Calgary. During its 20-year history, Alberta Filmworks produced over 160 hours of high quality, prime- time dramatic programming. Those movies and series have been broadcast and distributed throughout the world, and have garnered over 100 Canadian and international nominations and awards. SEVEN24 Films principals, Tom Cox and Jordy Randall have produced and co-produced television series, movies and feature films for CBS, Lifetime, Focus Features, ABC Family, USA Network, CBC, CTV, Disney, Global Television among others. Select titles include Tom Stone (Stone Undercover), North of 60, Brokeback Mountain, Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story, Shoebox Zoo and Dinosapien.

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