EXCLUSIVE: The primary forged of cult traditional indie comedy Napoleon Dynamite are reuniting for an animated pilot launched by blockchain know-how.
Jon Heder, Tina Majorino, Efren Ramirez and Jon Gries have all signed on to voice characters in Cyko KO, which is predicated on Rob Feldman’s Ringo Award-nominated comedian ebook of the identical title. Heder, who performed a nerdy and lovable highschool scholar title character in 2004 comedy hit Napoleon Dynamite, has been forged within the lead function because the titular Cyko KO.
The character is billed as a “fourth-wall breakin’, pinball-addicted, cereal eatin’, motorcycle-ridin’ hero.” The sequence will observe him, sidekick Peachy Eager and their pet Meemop, as he protects the colonies of SuperEarth from large monsters and loopy characters “on this Saturday morning cartoon-inspired, all-ages title.”
A 12-minute pilot will launch solely on blockchain tech agency Replay’s Rewarded.TV web3 streaming service, utilizing income from an NFT assortment from Theta Labs’ ThetaDrop to fund, produce and distribute the mission.
The NFTs will unlock the present and different movie titles and sequence, with viewers of Rewarded.TV titles incomes Replay’s native RPLAY tokens by watching movies, sequence and stay TV by a proprietary watch-to-earn ecosystem. Cyko KO‘s NFTs may even supply further perks, comparable to the possibility to satisfy the forged of the present or cameo within the pilot.
The drop date for the Cyko KO Star Playing cards NFT is 12pm PT Friday (September 30).
Creator Feldman will probably be showrunner by his Earworm Media operation. Rocketship Leisure, which he based in 2019 with Tom Akel, is co-producing alongside Replay and Verified Labs, a Web3 manufacturing studio that counts Heder amongst its founder members.
Feldman beforehand labored with Theta on Cyko Headz NFT collectibles, which had been additionally based mostly on the digital comics and initially spawned the Theta blockchain. He additionally not too long ago produced function Night time of the Animated Lifeless, which starred Josh Duhamel, Katee Sackhoff, and Dulé Hill and was for Warner Bros.
“The dream has all the time been to carry Cyko KO to the world of animation, and to take action by bleeding edge know-how,” mentioned Feldman. “Between this unbelievable forged reunion and our companions at Theta, Replay, and Verified Labs, we’re going to create one thing extremely particular for the followers who’ve supported Cyko and his buddies for the previous seven years.”
“We’re thrilled to be working with Replay and Rob on this drop,” mentioned Kyle Laffey, Head of Partnerships at Theta Community. “Theta continues to construct out our video know-how and these NFTs are an ideal use case of how we are able to allow media and leisure to enter Internet 3. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than we see extra media manufacturers take this route and experiment with total new enterprise fashions for funding and distribution. Replay’s platform and Rob’s content material are a pure pairing as early pioneers on this house.”
Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory, Monster Home) is represented by The Gersh Company, Tina Majorino (Napoleon Dynamite, Andre, When a Man Loves a Lady) by Progressive Artists and Stride Administration, Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite, ER, American Dad) by A3 Artists Company and Jon Gries (Napoleon Dynamite, Males in Black, Actual Genius) by Progressive Artists.
