New Company Sycamore Studios Will Focus On Kids And Family Animation [Video]

Timothy Reckart, the Oscar-nominated director of the short Head Over Heels and director of the Sony animated feature The Star, has launched sycamore Studios with former Participant executive Christian McGuigan, who also served as vice president of global content strategy for Omnicom’s Porter Novelli.

The company’s first project is bringing the children’s classic Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting to life as an animated feature film.

Here are the newly-announced details about the company and its first project:

Timothy Reckart (left), Christian McGuigan

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that McGuigan had criticized Hollywood’s inclusion of LGBTQ issues in its films. He did not. He criticized Hollywood’s inclusion of “controversial” issues, a term that he did not define further in the interview.

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