Baobab Studios
A VR Animation Studio
STATUS: Active, Private
FOUNDED: 2015
FOUNDER(S):
Eric Darnell, Chief Creative Officer
Maureen Fan, Chief Executive Officer
Larry Cutler, Chief Technical Officer
Michael Hutchinson, Chief Scientist
HEADQUARTERS: Redwood City, CA, US
WEBSITE: www.baobabstudios.com
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Baobab Studios is the leading VR animation studio. Our mission: Inspire you to dream by bringing out your sense of wonder. We will immerse you in fantastical worlds, introduce you to characters to fall in love with, and let you interact with these characters.
Founded by Eric Darnell (Director of all 4 Madagascar films), Baobab's Emmy® award winning VR animation, INVASION!, starring Ethan Hawke, launched to substantial critical acclaim and has become the top downloaded VR experience. In a first, Hollywood is taking IP from VR to become a feature film: Roth Kirschenbaum Films (Maleficent, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Huntsman) has signed to adapt INVASION! into a feature film.
Baobab’s 2nd Emmy® award winning VR animation, ASTEROIDS! starring Elizabeth Banks was an official 2017 Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival selection and won Best VR Experience at the Unity Vision Conference.
Baobab's latest Crow: The Legend, starring John Legend, Diego Luna, and Constance Wu premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and Cannes this year. Baobab Studios has raised $31M from leading media and tech investors.
PRODUCTS / PROJECTS / PATENTS:
Bonfire: You’ve just crashed your spaceship on a strange planet. Your only tools for survival are a fading bonfire, a surly robot and a limited supply of nourishment cylinders. And what's that sneaking around out there in the dark alien jungle?
Crow - The Legend: From the director of Madagascar, INVASION! (Tribeca 2016), and ASTEROIDS! (Sundance 2017) comes Baobab Studios' latest visionary VR animation. The carefree forest animals imagine spring will last forever. However, winter comes and the animals soon realize that their lives are in danger. What they need is a hero; what they need is Crow: The Legend.
Asteroids: 2018 Emmy® winning VR Experience. From the director of Madagascar comes ASTEROIDS!, the highly-anticipated followup to the Emmy® winning VR animation INVASION! Mac and Cheez are back with their robot sidekick Peas, this time on a dangerous, deep space mission. Disaster strikes as they are attacked by teeth-gnashing space bugs careening asteroids.
Invasion: 2017 Emmy® winner for “Outstanding Interactive.” Available on all major VR platforms across the universe. At Baobab Studios, we believe everyone can enjoy VR, so we made INVASION! Through quality animation, comedic timing, beautiful art, and compelling stories, we aim to create VR animation that everyone can enjoy -- regardless of age, background or personal experience. Narrated by Ethan Hawke.
Jack (Part I): Official selection of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival! Premiering at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, JACK is the latest VR immersive theater piece from Baobab Studios and Mathias Chelebourg. “Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum!” Step into the shoes of Jack, grasp the magic beans in your hand, and feel the thrill of an adventure into the realm of the giants, all in a vibrant new world re-imagined from the classic 5,000 year-old fairy tale, “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
