Animation Magazine has an article about a new company getting into the animation biz called Wild Canary. Headed by former exec VP of Klasky-Csupo’s ka-chew! commercial division Richard Marlis and Carmen Italia, founder of Italia Partners, they are based in Burbank, and already have a slew of projects in development. Among their projects are

new animated spots for Mucinex and Chucky Cheese, as well as a video game project for RDAI. Also in production are numerous entertainment projects for such clients as Disney, Marvel Studios, Cartoon Network and 20th Century Fox.

Joining Wild Canary are veterans of the industry Liz Seidman as exec producer of animation, producer Chris Hutchison and directors Paul DeMeyer and Gary Johns.