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In 2007, Sony Pictures Animation released "Surf's Up," a unique animated film presented in a mockumentary style. While its box office performance wasn't stellar, grossing $152 million worldwide against a $100 million budget, it received overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Oscars. A decade later, Sony followed up with "Surf's Up 2: Wave Mania" in 2017, but this sequel was released directly to home video and digital platforms. Its production quality was widely considered inferior to the original, drawing significant negative reviews.
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Now, eight years later, Sony is once again revisiting the "Surf's Up" franchise. Entertainment outlet Deadline exclusively reported today that Sony has tapped Canadian independent animation studio Atomic Cartoons to produce a new "Surf's Up" animated series. Each episode of the show will run approximately 11 minutes and target children aged 6 to 9. Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, and John Hazlett, the three creators behind the animated series "The Guava Juice Show," are set to serve as showrunners and write the scripts.
via： Deadline