VALENCIA ANIMATORS JOIN BIG SONY DEAL.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer A pair of midsize animation houses, including Valencia-based Foundation Imaging, received a boost Monday from a deal with Sony Corp. to produce 40 television episodes of a ``Starship Troopers'' cartoon. The agreement will lead to both companies doubling their work forces. Foundation Imaging, which generates special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. for the ``Star Trek'' TV shows, will add 55 jobs to its current roster of 50 workers while Burbank-based Flat Earth Productions will go from 30 employees to 60. Four-year-old Flat Earth, best known for its special-effects work on ``Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and ``Xena: Warrior Princess The concept of warrior princesses is relatively new in fiction but it became increasingly popular with the feminist movement's successes in female empowerment, gradually pushing the stereotype of a "damsel in distress" to the background. ,'' said it is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. additional office space to house the extra work force. Sony released its ``Starship Troopers'' movie, based on the Robert Heinlein book and featuring computer-generated giant insects Insects See also ants; bees; biology; butterflies; zoology. acarophobia a fear of itching or of the mites or ticks that cause it. aeroscepsy, aeroscepsis perception by means of the air, said to be a function of the antennae of insects. , in late 1997 to moderate box office returns of $57 million domestically. It plans to premiere the TV series this fall in first-run syndication See syndication format. . The new ``Starship Troopers Troopers in the United States civilian police forces usually refer to members of state highway patrols, state patrols, or state police agenciess. : Bug bug, in zoology bug, common name correctly applied to insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, although members of the order Homoptera (e.g., mealybug) are sometimes referred to as bugs, as are other insects in general. Wars'' will be completely computer-generated. Although Foundation will produce 25 half-hour episodes and Flat Earth will generate 15, the companies will jointly develop digital technology to create the animation. ``A television show of this size requires the complete cooperation of all parties,'' said Kevin Kutchaver, president of Flat Earth, adding that the inter-company collaboration is ``unparalleled'' in TV history. Ron Thornton, president of 7-year-old Foundation, said, ``A television series of this scope and complexity has never been produced before.'' Monday's announcement comes amid Hollywood's growing interest in animation and is the first from Sony's new division, formed three weeks ago, to create long-lasting animated properties for the family market. ``Bug Wars'' will be executive produced by Sony's Richard Raynis, who oversees the studio's ``Godzilla'' and ``Men In Black'' TV series. |
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