Former Pixar artist Colin Levy’s sci-fi proof of concept short “Skywatch” is being adapted into an original series for NBCUniversal streamer Peacock.
In a competitive situation, Ucp and Peacock landed the rights to Levy’s project. The series will be written and executive produced by Levy and Mike Sundy, with Levy attached to direct. Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will exec produce on behalf of Fuzzy Door. Also exec producing are Lightning Hill Pictures’ Andre Danylevich and Fourth Wall Management’s Jon Huddle and Russell Hollander. Universal Studio Group’s Ucp is the studio.
The original 10-minute short, written and directed by Levy and produced by Danylevich, was a passion project funded via Kickstarter that took six years to create, with the help of volunteer artists led by VFX Supervisor Sandro Blattner. It featured Uriah Shelton, Zach Callison and a cameo by Jude Law. Levy and Sundy co-wrote a...
In a competitive situation, Ucp and Peacock landed the rights to Levy’s project. The series will be written and executive produced by Levy and Mike Sundy, with Levy attached to direct. Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will exec produce on behalf of Fuzzy Door. Also exec producing are Lightning Hill Pictures’ Andre Danylevich and Fourth Wall Management’s Jon Huddle and Russell Hollander. Universal Studio Group’s Ucp is the studio.
The original 10-minute short, written and directed by Levy and produced by Danylevich, was a passion project funded via Kickstarter that took six years to create, with the help of volunteer artists led by VFX Supervisor Sandro Blattner. It featured Uriah Shelton, Zach Callison and a cameo by Jude Law. Levy and Sundy co-wrote a...
- 8/26/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
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