Curiosity Ink Media Goes Ape for Animated Family Comedy Feature Heston of the Apes from Acclaimed Creator Dustin Ellis
June 30 2022 - 09:23AM
Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GROM), Curiosity Ink Media
– a prolific creator of original multiplatform family entertainment
– today announced an expanded relationship with creator Dustin
Ellis (Laugh on Lorp, Aloha Hoku, Babak and Friends: A First
Norooz) to develop an original animated comedy feature, Heston of
the Apes, that Curiosity is preparing for theatrical distribution.
The film’s premise follows the misadventures of a naïve, and
stubborn, chimpanzee whose life in a science lab is about to change
as he prepares for space travel. Ellis and Curiosity Ink Media will
oversee the writing, story development and overall direction for
the film, which was penned by Ellis. The project was announced
today by Russell Hicks, Chief Content Officer of Curiosity Ink
Media. For investor relations information on Grom Social
Enterprises, Inc., visit https://investors.gromsocial.com.
Heston of the Apes follows Heston, a confident chimpanzee torn
away from his mother early in life, to be raised in a lab by a
scientist who trains him to become – as he believes it – a
heroic space explorer. When he’s in fact finally launched as a test
subject instead, he crash-lands into an animal safari theme-park.
Believing he’s arrived on Mars, the park’s ape family finds him
quite irritating and arrogant, but nonetheless an accomplished and
intrepid space explorer, and so they set out to help rebuild his
spaceship in the hopes that all of them can finally escape the park
together. Meanwhile, the scientist embarks on a mission of his own
to locate Heston and bring him back to the lab. As he closes in,
Heston’s new ape family must not only unite to prevent Heston's
capture, but also to show him the concept of 'family' and where he
truly belongs.
“Dustin Ellis has a knack for hilarious and offbeat storytelling
and Heston of the Apes is a prime example of his brilliance,”
explains Hicks. “As Curiosity Ink Media strives to deliver
one-of-a-kind characters, situations and stories, we’ve gone
completely ape over Dustin Ellis!”
Ellis began his animation career in various
production roles at Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon Animation
Studios and Universal Cartoons. In 2005, he and his wife wrote and
produced the direct-to-DVD cartoon, Babak and Friends: A First
Norooz, a special about the Persian holiday similar in format to A
Charlie Brown Christmas. The ground-breaking show starred several
well-known Persian actors, including Shoreh Agdashloo and Catherine
Bell, and sold over 20,000 copies in limited distribution.
Critically acclaimed and covered extensively by the media, the
special was screened at the British Museum in London and Washington
D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution. As a result of the positive
reception for A First Norooz, Ellis spun-off the characters into
the series Mixed Nutz, featuring a multi-cultural cast of children
learning about each other. The series was a labor of love for
Ellis, who is from a multi-cultural background, with an Iranian
Muslim mother, an American Christian father and an Iranian Jewish
wife.
About Curiosity Ink Media
Curiosity Ink Media is a global media company that develops,
acquires, builds, grows and maximizes the short, mid, and long-term
commercial potential of Kids & Family entertainment properties
and associated business opportunities. Driven by a best-in-class
leadership team, Curiosity Ink Media’s multi-faceted I.P. library
is designed to amass ongoing value through strategic stewardship,
partnerships, and highly targeted market entry.
About Grom Social Enterprises,
Inc.Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. is a growing social
media platform and original content provider of entertainment for
children under 13 years of age, which provides safe and secure
digital environments for kids that can be monitored by their
parents or guardians. The Company has several operating
subsidiaries, including Grom Social, which delivers its content
through mobile and desktop environments (web portal and apps) that
entertain children, let them interact with friends, access relevant
news, and play proprietary games while teaching them about being
good digital citizens. The Company owns and operates Top Draw
Animation, which produces award-winning animation content for some
of the largest international media companies in the world. Grom
also includes Grom Educational Services, which has provided web
filtering services for K-12 schools, government and private
businesses. For more information, please visit gromsocial.com.
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For Grom Social Enterprises/Curiosity Ink
MediaMarianne Romano+1-818-681-0849 or
media@gromsocial.com
For Investor RelationsColette
EymonttTraDigital IR+832-331-2399 or colette@tradigitalir.com
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