Curtis Jobling’s 2001 book Frankenstein’s Cat has been adapted for TV, and on February 4th the Flash-animated series premiered on CBBC in the UK. Jobling’s career saw him as a production designer on Bob the Builder and in the prop department on the Wallace & Gromit film A Close Shave and Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! This series order is for thirty 11-minute episodes. Here’s the series teaser:
Myles and Greg McLeod, otherwise know as The Brothers McLeod (pronounced “MacCloud”), have teamed up Philip Cooper and BBC Childrens to create a new animated series. Pedro & Frankensheep is the brainchild of Philip Cooper at BBC Childrens and the series features a big-brained guinea pig and his patchwork pal Frankensheep as they set out on various scientific misadventures. The Brothers McLeod were heavily involved in the show - sharing the writing with Cooper, as well as designing and directing the series. The brothers even composed the music. Ten episodes were created and released exclusively online.
Nick Wade joined the brothers on the animation front. You can watch more episodes at the CBBC, but only if you live in the UK.
The Brothers McLeod, who are behind the Flash animated series Spamland and The M Man, have created a pair of holiday cards for two new clients.
The first holiday card is for Green Room Retail, a UK-based company that specializes in building creative retail spaces. The animation on this piece was done by Natalie Hinchley.
The second animated holiday card was created for Ripplecups, which his owned by Spark and Zoom, the company that is home to…. The Brothers McLeod. Ahhh… it finally comes full circle in the holiday season. Ripplecups creates a variety of products, including cups, all of which focus on sustainability and recycling.
The Brothers McLeod are chipping in on the snoring front - by animating adverts for Stop Snoring Spray. The spot was produced for Koala.
Taking part in a brand makeover, The Brothers McLeod have created a 3-minute ‘making of’ video. The UK-based brothers Greg and Myles display the process that went into making a set of ads for Calvita, an Irish cheese. If you get through to the end, you’ll see a sneak preview from one of the spots.
Back in 2005, the Brothers McLeod created a series of promotional Flash-animated shorts for Try Temps, a UK-based recruitment agency. The McLeod’s recently uploaded an episode of Barking Bob to YouTube, so why not share?
Mars Incorporated, the parent company of the candy brand Skittles, has partnered with the social networking site Bebo to announce a user-generated cartoon competition. The site offers an animation tool, loaded with Skittles themed assets. For inspiration, the Skittles team brought aboard Greg McLeod, one half of the UK’s Brothers McLeod, to produce a series of micro-shorts for the website - goskittleyourself.co.uk. The first is titled Yellow Belly.
