[Ronald Epstein]

Cartoon Network Has the Looks and the Brains
As Re-Animated: The Movie
Premieres on DVD from Warner Home Video August 21st

Cartoon Network’s first live-action feature Re-Animated, which set a ratings record for the network’s top original movie debut, will be released on DVD on August 21, 2007 from Warner Home Video. The single-disc DVD which retails for $14.97 will feature bonus material including behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes and never before seen bloopers. In addition to the DVD release of the movie, Re-Animated will also debut as a regular series on Cartoon Network later this summer.

The two-hour movie, which scored with kids 6-11 with a delivery of 1.2 million viewers, is set in a world where anything can happen. It’s a world where seventh-grader Jimmy Roberts has an alien sister with green skin, his dad acts like a toddler, and his mom is an astronaut. It’s a world where brain transplants are not only possible, they are considered outpatient surgery. So when Jimmy, played by Dominic Janes from ER, collides with a park trolley at the famous Gollyworld theme park and needs an emergency brain transplant, Gollyworld doctors decide to give him the frozen brain of the famous cartoonist Milt Appleday, played by comedy veteran Fred Willard. Now, wherever Jimmy goes he sees all of Milt’s cartoon creations - Golly Gopher, Dolly Gopher, Crocco the Alligator and the rest of the Appleday cartoon gang come to life, but only in Jimmy’s (or Milt’s) brain.

Also appearing in the movie are Micah Karns as Craig, Jimmy’s best friend; Eunice Cho as Robin, Jimmy’s crush; Matt Knudsen as Sonny, Milt Appleday’s evil son who’s trying to steal his father’s brain back from Jimmy; Bill Dwyer as Jimmy’s Dad; Rachel Quaintance as Jimmy’s Mom; and Rhea Lando as Yancy, Jimmy’s alien step-sister.

Actors Paul Reubens, Tom Kenny, Ellen Greene and Brian Posehn lend their voices to the Appleday cartoon characters that come to life only for Jimmy.

Re-Animated is created and written by Adam Pava and Tim McKeon, who were writers on Cartoon Network’s hit series Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and The Life & Times of Juniper Lee. The film is directed by New York-based filmmaker Bruce Hurwit. Re-Animated is a Renegade Animation, Appleday Pictures, and Cartoon Network production.



BASICS
$14.97
Street Date: 8/21/07
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Running time: 85 minutes
DVD Catalog # T7871