Spire Animation announces "Century Goddess" the first animated film
Spire Animation Studios, today announced the production of the film Century Goddess, his first animated feature film.
Spire Animation Studios is a new creative voice in the animation studio landscape, taking a multidisciplinary approach and bringing together new voices from cinema around the world,
The history of Century Goddess
Currently under development, Century Goddess is the story of a superpowered young woman (Tara), who is revealed to be a goddess of the century, and unleashes her generational power of song and words to ignite a revolution. The contemporary animated musical will be creatively led by award-winning Spire Animation Studios co-founder Brad Lewis (Ratatouille, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The LEGO Batman Movie, Finding Nemo, Cars 2, Antz) and produced by Spire Animation Studios co-founder PJ Gunsagar along with Lewis.
Lewis and Gunsagar have combined a strong and dynamic creative force to help guide the development of the feature film.
Lewis's comment
“As the world continues to be a true melting pot of diverse cultures and backgrounds, our goal for Century Goddess is to show a vehicle for a family film, where storytelling can ignite struggle, joy and perseverance, inspiring and entertaining audiences on a global scale, ”Lewis said. "To tell this compelling story of Tara, our female lead, we brought together Diane, Starrah and Bisha, a powerful team of creatives, to help us make our first high-end animated film."
Animated characters are caricatures of the real world
“The animated characters are caricatures of the real world, and that's what we want to convey in the Century Goddess movie,” Gunsagar said. "At Spire, we are creating universal stories, taking them to a larger than life and cultural scale and bringing new creative voices to the animation space."
Prior to Spire Studios, Lewis spent a decade at Pixar Animation Studios, later working at Warner Bros. Pictures. He was also co-director of Ratatouille, and writer of Cars 2. Lewis was an early employee of DreamWorks SKG and played a central executive role in the early days of the company producing "Z the Ant" (Antz) the studio's first animated film. He was recently nominated for an Academy Award for How to Train Your Dragon - The hidden world (How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World). Gunsagar co-founded Prana Studios and served as president, making 3D animations and visual effects for films such as Transformers, Tron Legacy, Tinker Bell (Tinkerbell) and Disney Planes. Gunsagar most recently was co-founder and CEO of the education and technology company Kidaptive.
