God’s Gang Ltd. (godsgang.com), the manufacturing firm behind animation sequence God’s Gang led by former Disney Channels government Nimrod Avraham May, introduced the addition of Cinemon Entertainment’s Réka Temple to its advisory board.
Temple’s function on the board will see her deliver her intensive expertise to assist throughout the complete lifecycle of manufacturing. This will embody overseeing timelines, deliveries and high quality processes of recent episodes which might be at present in manufacturing, as nicely the event and manufacturing of future episodes.
“Réka is an esteemed veteran of the global entertainment industry. Her credits, awards, and sheer volume of work speak for itself,” mentioned May. “Réka is an expert in bringing brilliant ideas to the world. She has a proven track record of delivering work to the very highest of standards and has an unparalleled level of expertise in the animation industry. It is a true honor to have her join God’s Gang.”
With 30 years of expertise within the movie and tv trade, Temple is an award-winning government producer who has obtained over 100 awards and nominations over the course of her profession. Her credit embody over 300 sequence episodes and 12 function movies.
Prior to becoming a member of Cinemon Entertainment, Temple labored at Loonland Media AG, the place she performed a key function in managing abroad co-operations, and produced initiatives in New York, Los Angeles, London, Munich and Seoul. She was Secretary General of the Hungarian Producer’s Association (2005-2009) and headed the Animation Department on the Institute of Theatre and Film (2010-2014). She is the present President of the Hungarian Animation Producers’ Association and represents the nation as its Ambassador on the European Animation Awards.
Cinemon’s 2023 function Four Souls of Coyote gained two awards, together with the Best Feature Jury Award, on the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Best Animation Film award on the Shanghai International Film Festival, and obtained quite a few accolades from festivals worldwide.
Having hit 1.67 million subscribers on its YouTube channel, Temple’s appointment to the God’s Gang board follows that of Bruce Daitch, former COO and CFO of DreamWorks Animation and VP of Animation at Netflix; Sheri Conn, former Vice President of Marketing at Disney and Head of Worldwide Television Brand Marketing at DreamWorks Animation; and Bruno Zarka, former President of Distribution, and Co-Production for the TV Division of Toonz Media Group.
Temple joins a newly restructured board which sees Jon Sumroy transfer from CMO to COO, the place he’ll work alongside God’s Gang creator May to ship the subsequent episodes of the animated sequence. Libby Alpert is promoted to the place of CMO.
In addition to the board strikes, God’s Gang has additionally made the addition of shaolin monk and martial arts professional Gene Ching to its interfaith council as a Buddhism advisor. Ching will work to make sure that God’s Gang is correct of and delicate to Buddhism. The specialist group consolidated by God’s Gang Ltd. that advises the sequence additionally consists of a Rabbi, an Imam, a Pastor and a Hindu specialist.
The God’s Gang sequence itself goals to advertise peace and shared values between folks no matter their non secular beliefs. The story brings collectively 4 extraordinary martial arts heroes from Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism who go on hilarious adventures for audiences aged 9-19. The 13-minute pilot has already amassed 1.67 million subscribers to the present’s YouTube channel and three million views. Hiring Temple will assist the workforce to develop additional episodes for the two,000,000+ on-line group with the intention of releasing the sequence on terrestrial tv in future.
“God’s Gang’s mission is more relevant than ever. Today’s youth are in dire need of stories that promote peace, love, and solidarity — delivered in a way that captivates and entertains,” mentioned Temple. “Above all, God’s Gang is a modern and hilariously relatable series, offering humor and charm that resonates with everyone, inspiring both laughter and connection.”
The God’s Gang manufacturing workforce contains director Ehud Landsberg (Transformers: Cyberverse, Vampirina) and author Rob Kutner (five-time Emmy, Grammy and Peabody Award winner; Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show, Angry Birds, Ben 10). The sequence is created by May, and the pilot was produced by the workforce at Infinite Frameworks in Singapore.
