D.E, Great article, I wonder if it will have an affect on the stock price.
Mainframe Entertainment Inc. Signs Deal to Produce New Animated Television Series, `MDK', Based on PC Game
PR Newswire - July 29, 1997 21:59
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VANCOUVER, July 29 /CNW - PRN/ - Computer animation innovator Mainframe
Entertainment, Inc., of Vancouver has completed an agreement with Playmates
Interactive Entertainment (PIE) and Shiny Entertainment to produce and
distribute a new animated television series based on the Playmates and Shiny's
action shooter PC game ``MDK'', it was announced today by Mainframe President
and CEO Christopher Brough.
The William Morris Agency is packaging the property for TV distribution,
with worldwide distribution rights targeted for fall 1998. MDK, which was
released for PC only last May, has risen rapidly on the best-selling game
charts, and will be released for Sony PlayStation in September.
The high-action, special-effects laden 3D game involves a young hero and
his dog battling evil robots trying to take over a futuristic planet earth.
``MDK'' is the leading top selling PC video game in Europe and a monster
hit in America.
``Among the many properties Mainframe looks at each year for possible
development into television series, ``MDK'' really stood out due to its
originality, characters, graphics and other compelling elements,'' explains
Brough.
Mainframe is best known for its initial series, the critically acclaimed,
award-winning television show ReBoot(TM), as well as its subsequent series,
Beast Wars - Transformers. The world's first ever 100% computer animated
television production, ReBoot(TM) is currently in its third season of
production, with Beast Wars in its second season.
Additionally, in partnership with IMAX(R) Corporation, Mainframe is
producing two IMAX(R) Ridefilms(TM) for the worldwide market. The first
Ridefilm(TM) designed specifically for the IMAX(TM) motion platform is due for
release later this year.
And rounding out Mainframe's agenda, together with Electronic Arts, a
world leader in the development of computer games, the company is producing a
computer game based on the ReBoot(TM) property, ``Countdown to Chaos'', which
features real time animation produced at Mainframe. The game debuted at the
E3 trade show and convention this summer in Atlanta, and will be released
worldwide in the Fall of this year.
Mainframe Entertainment, Inc., a world leader in 3D computer animation,
produces state-of-the-art animation for television, motion pictures,
interactive media and motion rides from its digital studios in Vancouver. Its
staff has grown to nearly 200 since the company's start in 1993.
Mainframe also develops and owns a number of proprietary software
programs that enhance and accelerate animation production processes, and
manages a highly successful merchandising and licensing program based on its
properties.
Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is publicly traded on the TSE under the
trading symbol MFE.
SOURCE: Mainframe Entertainment, Inc |
