Triggerfish is pleased to announce that we will be attending the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in San Francisco later this month. Kelly Dillon, who has been spearheading our exciting new in-house gaming division will be representing the studio. Anyone interested in meeting up with her or seeing some of the fun games from our second animated feature film “Khumba” should drop her an email to set up a meeting. See you there!
Read moreTriggerfish CEO, Stuart Forrest is heading off to California after being invited to speak at the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Africa Forum on Saturday, 2nd March 2013. He will be showcasing the best in African creativity and technical excellence.
Stuart will be speaking on the media and entertainment panel alongside Daniel Ogbonna, Founder & CEO of PanaTV, Michael Ugwu, CEO of Iroking, and Michelle Atagana, Editor of memeburn.com.
Triggerfish is very excited to be bringing its story to Silicon Valley and Stanford University.
More details here: http://saf.stanford.edu/
Read moreThe star of recent box office hit Taken 2, Liam Neeson,has signed on to play a malevolent leopard in South African animated film Khumba.
The multi-award winning actor has played a number of key roles in box office franchise hits including the latest Batman and Star Wars trilogies. He is also the voice of Narnia’s Aslan and will be appearing in the upcoming animated film, Lego, from the directors of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Khumba is the second animated feature to be produced by Cape Town-based, Triggerfish Animation Studios, which has seen a successful global release of Adventures in Zambezia. Khumba tells the story of a half-striped zebra who is blamed for the drought by his superstitious herd. He leaves his home in search of the magic waterhole where legend has it, the first zebras got their stripes. Teaming up with an overprotective, sassy wildebeest and a self-obsessed ostrich, this plucky young zebra meets an array of wacky characters in an unforgettable adventure through the Great Karoo desert to earn his stripes.
The original story was penned by Triggerfish writers Raffaella Delle Donne and Anthony Silverston in consultation with Jonathan Roberts, co-writer of The Lion King. Silverston, who is also the director, is proud to have someone of Liam Neeson’s caliber in the role of the villain:
“He brought a real menacing gravitas to this key character with his powerful, distinctive voice. The fact that he took part in our movie is a testament to the quality of animation produced in South Africa and I am immensely proud of what our team has achieved.”
The film is represented by LA-based sales agent CMG and will be theatrically distributed by Millennium Entertainment in the US later this year. The rest of the cast to date includes rising stars Jake T. Austin (Rio, New Years Eve), AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries, Soul Surfer) and Joey Richter (A Very Potter Musical), as well as Emmy-award winner, Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy, Crash), Richard E. Grant (The Iron Lady, Corpse Bride) and British comedy actress Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show, Doctor Who).
Read moreTriggerfish Animation CEO, Stuart Forrest, recently took to the stage during the 2012 AnimfxNZ conference to talk about how he built Triggerfish into “Africa’s answer to Pixar & DreamWorks”. The conference hosted speakers from some of the world’s top film, special effects and gaming companies including Weta, DreamWorks, Blizzard, Valve, Rovio & Limbic Software!
And you’re invited… Many of you may already know Adventures in Zambezia has been submitted to the Oscars selection committee for Best Animation. We are excited to announce that part of this process includes a full week of preview screenings in Los Angeles starting tomorrow, Friday November 9th!
So this is your invitation to be part of the lucky few that get to see a sneak peak of Adventures in Zambezia in 3D! Screenings are 3 times daily at 12:20pm, 4:50pm and 7:00pm at Regency Plant 16, 7876 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys, CA 91402. Tel: (818) 779-0323
It’s gonna be AMA-Zing! 
So don’t miss out!
