DDEG Saturday Animation Announces First Original Series "Chase and CATCH"

Saturday Animation Studio, a subsidiary of the Montreal-based Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG) with a mission to "bring back the magic of Saturday mornings," announces the development of its first original animated series, Chase and CAPTURE, a high-octane action comedy series for global distribution.

"Inspired by classic 80s cartoons, Chase and CAPTURE is a high-speed story about brotherhood, collaboration, belonging and building your own path, "commented Fred Faubert, DDEG CCO and showrunner." Boasting high octane thrills enhanced by technology and next-generation gadgets, we are confident that kids all over the world will be clamoring to join Chase and CAPTURE in their adventures ».

In Chase and CAPTURE, teenage prodigy Kenzo Chase joins Vivacity's futuristic police force where he must learn to work as a team with his prototype robot partner CATCH. Together they strive to decipher clues that will dismantle a diabolical outlaw syndicate led by notoriety-hungry Brainwreck and his VANISH team, and prevent them from wreaking havoc on the chrome-plated, smooth streets of Vivacity.

Season 1 (13 x 22 '), intended for Boys 7+, will be produced in CGI UHD using DDEG's proprietary real-time pipeline based on Epic's Unreal Engine.

“By producing the series on Unreal Engine, we can bring whole worlds of stories and their characters to life in multiple dimensions, from content to toys to video games. Chase and CAPTURE it is the first of several original IPs that we plan to bring to market in the next year, "said Louis-Simon Ménard, DDEG CEO and showrunner.

Global franchise management agency Cookbook Media has been tasked with developing and implementing an international distribution strategy that includes content, consumer products, publishing and digital activations.

“We immediately fell in love with Chase and CAPTURE as it has all the elements to appeal to kids' love of action-adventure comedy, heroic characters, robots, vehicles and gadgets, "said Claudia Scott Hansen and Rob Bencal of Cookbook Media." We're thrilled to be creative partners with DDEG and Saturday Animation Studio in the early stages of development to work with the studio to create a recipe for the success of this extraordinary new property that has high commercial appeal. "