Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman is the head of a booming brood that contains 13 children from six different relationships. Scroll down to meet his family:
08.06.2023 - 14:23 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: The animation indie behind Netflix’s Trash Truck and My Dad the Bounty Hunter has been acquired by France Télévisions’ studio arm.
France.TV Studio becomes a majority owner of Dwarf Animation Studios, providing the animation producer and facility with a “more robust operational infrastructure and accelerating the long-term goal of building a creative hub in the South of France,” according to France.TV Studio. Financials were not disclosed.
France.TV Studio, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of French national broadcaster France Télévisions, will build out Dwarf’s front-end pre-production such as visual development and storyboarding, while sharing technical facilities.
Dwarf Animation Studio is best known for Netflix animation double My Dad the Bounty Hunter from Everett Downing and Trash Truck, which is EPd by Oscar-winning animation vet Glen Keane, along with Disney+ show Monsters at Work. The studio has also teamed with ON Animation Studios on the animated Ladybug and Cat Noir feature Miraculous: The Film, which will be given a theatrical release next month.
Founded in 2010 by former DreamWorks Animation exec Olivier Pinol, Dwarf is based in Montpellier, France, and has adopted a culture of merging new technologies with traditional media to “build memories through emotional connection in feature films and episodic series.”
“Having such an opportunity to grow and develop Dwarf Animation Studio as well as build a creative hub together is a truly gratifying and eye-opening experience,” said Pinol.
France.TV Studio CEO Laurence Schwob praised Dwarf for “pushing the envelope in real time animation.”
France.TV Studio creates shows across genres, mainly for the French national broadcaster. It makes around
Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman is the head of a booming brood that contains 13 children from six different relationships. Scroll down to meet his family:
So long, soundstage of 1,000 memories.
Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman recently learned he fathered a son whose birthday lands on a significant day to the reality star.
Dog the Bounty Hunter has found something unexpected.
Duane «Dog the Bounty Hunter» Chapman recently discovered that he has another child. The controversial reality TV star is opening up about meeting his adult son for the first time, and the symbolic importance of his previously secret son's birthday.Dog took to Instagram on Monday — which memorialized the fourth anniversary of his late wife Beth Chapman's death — to share how meeting his son recontextualized the significance of this emotional date.«For the last four years, this day was a terrible reminder of one of the greatest losses of my life.
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A post shared by Duane Lee Chapman (@duanedogchapman)Duane didn't get into details of his son's life or how it was discovered that he had a son, but he hinted that all will be told in the upcoming memoir, called "Nine Lives and Counting.""For anyone who has suffered a terrible loss please know God restores and redeems," Dog said. "Happy birthday son, love you both."Including Jon, Page Six said the reality TV star now has 13 children from his numerous marriages and past relationships. June 26 is clearly a bittersweet day for the "Dog's Most Wanted" star.
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