IN PRODUCTION

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ANNE BANCROFT as Sedessa	MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN as Elder Marley	LOUIS GOSSETT JR. as King Zahn

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT as Princess Kyla	ERIC IDLE as Spig	CHRIS KATTAN as Filo

SALLY KELLERMAN as the Narrator	VAL KILMER as Bogardus	MALCOLM McDOWELL as Raius

FREDDIE PRINZE JR.
as Delgo

BURT REYNOLDS
as Delgo's Father

KELLY RIPA
as Kurrin

UPDATED JULY 1, 2004

From Fathom Studios exclusively for My Love Hewitt Websites

DELGO FINDS PLAYMATES

Playmates Toys Awarded Worldwide Master Toy License for Animated Feature Film

ATLANTA, GA – July 1, 2004 – Fathom Studios and its Licensing Agency of Record, Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) today announced it has awarded the master toy license for the computer animated feature film, Delgo, to Playmates Toys. The toy line includes dolls and figures at several price points, as well as play sets, action figures, vehicles, play environments, and toy accessories.

Delgo is a terrific film that offers something for everyone,” said Lou Novak, Playmates Toys president. “The film’s characters and creatures are fresh and exciting and will capture the imagination of today’s children while entertaining moviegoers of all ages. The story’s humor, action, and fantasy worlds set Delgo apart from other animated features and will allow us to create a toy line as whimsical and adventurous as the film itself. We are thrilled to have partnered with Fathom Studios on! this project.”

Delgo is a fantasy adventure film and the first independently produced computer animated feature in the U.S. The all-star voice cast includes Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Val Kilmer, Chris Kattan, Kelly Ripa, Eric Idle, Michael Clarke Duncan, Malcolm McDowell, Burt Reynolds, and Lou Gossett, Jr.

“We are excited to work with Playmates Toys on the toy line for Delgo,” said Marc F. Adler, producer and co-director. “Playmates has had incredible success with unique properties, such as The Simpsons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and continues to position itself as one of the most innovative companies in the industry. We cannot imagine a better partner to bring the magical adventure of Delgo to kids around the world.”

Delgo's toy licensing aggrement follows a publishing deal with Penguin Group (USA) Inc. for illustrated picture books, novelizations, story books, harcover novels, MadLibs and movie scrapbooks. Joy Tashjian of JTMG added, "We're thrilled to add Playmates Toys to our growing family of licensing partners for Delgo."

Playmates Toys, Inc. was also recently awarded the master toy license for Peter Jackson's upcoming King Kong.

Delgo takes place in a magical land where two civilizations are brought together by an outlawed romance and the heroics of some unlikely friends.

Still in production, Delgo has created a worldwide following largely due to the Digital Dailies, a message board on the movie’s Web site (www.delgo.com) where the studios’ production teams post selected works-in-progress, allowing fans to follow artist collaboration and watch the making of the film as it happens.

About Fathom Studios

Atlanta-based Fathom Studios has been creating award-winning computer animation for more than a decade. A division of the interactive agency Macquarium Intelligent Communications, the studio focuses on developing original content for television, film and the Internet through passion and creativity. Delgo has been in production since 2001.

About Playmates

With over thirty-five years of experience, Playmates Toys, Inc. is among the most well respected and innovative marketing companies in the global toy industry. Playmates has a proven history in the management of long term, proprietary and licensed entertainment brand franchises. Playmates designs, develops, markets and distributes its products in over sixty countries worldwide. Playmates Toys Inc. is a division of Playmates Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-based company whose stock is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

UPDATED JUNE 18, 2004

From SciFi Channel

HEWITT DELVES IN DELGO

Jennifer Love Hewitt told SCI FI Wire that she voices a character in the upcoming animated fantasy film Delgo, which she said defied description. "It's a little hard for me to talk about, because I did my voice almost a year ago now," Hewitt said in an interview. "I did my first version of it almost two years ago now. It's an amazing looking project, from what I've seen, but they're still very much doing all the animation for it."

Hewitt said that the film--which also features the voices of Freddie Prinze Jr., Val Kilmer and Chris Kattan--adapts a beloved Shakespearean story in a new, fantasy environment. "It's sort of a Romeo and Juliet story between the two worlds of these kind of real-life teenager bugs," Hewitt said.

"I play this princess, and she's sort of a princess-teenager-bug-preacher-fairy thing, and she's just amazing looking."

Hewitt added that even though she hasn't kept up with each stage of the computer-animated film's development, she expects it will look fantastic when it is finished. "It's just really hard to stay up with where the project is and everything, but it's going to be amazing," Hewitt said. "It's going to be fascinating to people when it comes out."

UPDATED JUNE 16, 2004

From Variety

A NEW DELGO REP

"Atlanta-based animation house Fathom Studios has pacted with newly formed production group Key Creatives to rep the studio's services and to sell worldwide rights to its first CGI feature film, "Delgo."

UPDATED MAY 5, 2004

From CNN

From CNN's NEXT@CNN that aired on April 24 & 25, 2004, a section on
THE MAKING OF 'DELGO'

DANIEL SIEBERG (host of the CNN program): When we come back, we will get an inside look at high tech movie making and an animated feature that you may be standing in line to see this time next year. And later in the show we will meet a real-life astronomer as the inspiration for a movie actor. And find out why she spends her life searching for E.T.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

SIEBERG: This week, we're at a movie studio in Atlanta that is taking on the big guns of animation like Disney and! Pixar. Fathom Studios is making a full-length animated feature called "Delgo" with voices provided by stars ranging from Jennifer Love Hewitt to Lewis Gossett Junior to Burt Reynolds. It is due out next year. And I got a chance to see how "Delgo" is moving from script to screen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JASON MAURER, DIRECTOR, "DELGO:" This type of environment, you have absolute control. I can put my characters anyplace, I can put my camera any place, and I can have 1! ,000 characters if I want.

SIEBERG, (voice over): Computer animation and virtual cameras give "Delgo's" director Jason Maurer endless options without re shooting anything.

MAURER: If I want to make this shot longer or shorter, all I have to do is grab that dot and drag it over and it is changed. The action hasn't changed. It's exactly the same but where my camera cuts are happening is different.

SIEBERG: Once the director shares his vision for the script, characters must be created, s! ets and props must be built, all in the computer.

WARREN GRUBB: Everything we have to build has to be sort of unique. So it's not just building an earthly set. It's an entire new civilization.

SIEBERG: Warren Grubb is the film's digital handyman overseeing everything from designing and building "Delgo's" house to dreaming up mystical creatures, and deciding how they walk, breathe, and see.

GRUBB: We went to the zoo and we took a lot of video of d! ifferent creatures, sort of got these feet that are like elephants and the trunks and you've got a body like a snail.

SIEBERG: He used both high and low-tech artistry to create the main characters' heads.

GRUBB: We actually got a sculptor to mold them physically in clay. So we ended up doing is scanning in with a laser scanner the heads based on these clay figures.

SIEBERG: Animators then use everything from mirrors to their dogs to their own acting skills to bring characters to life.

! MATTHEW MUNN, CHAARACTER ANIMATOR: You zoom in on character's face, you get the mirror and you act it out in the mirror yourself, and you try to I guess animate what you see in the mirror.

THOMAS JODD, CHARACTER ANIMATOR: Every animator is a ham at heart. I use my web cam here to try to act out myself.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People will thank me and welcome Sedessa (ph) as their true leader.

CHRIS HICKMAN, CHARACTER ANIMATOR: This is a character! called Pookie. It's the pet of our evil villain; it is kind of a cross between a dog and a bird. He kind of looks a little bit like my Boston Terrier Caesar. So I wanted to incorporate some of my pet into the character.

PAUL DIAZ, CHARACTER ANIMATOR: Our job is to give life to these characters. If you can get that from me, then I've done my job. My six seconds that I've got here and you felt something, and then I accomplished what I set out to do.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, that part. This one?

SIEBER! G: Sometimes it's the actor's voice that takes charge of the scene.

PETE DEVLIN, CHARACTER ANIMATOR: Chris Cattan (ph) had ad libbed the entire line. So as much as he had ad libbed the line, I sort of ad libbed the animation.

SIEBERG: In his first feature film, Fathom Studios scored a coupe by snagging Freddie Prince Jr. to play Delgo. Jennifer Love-Hewitt (ph) is his love interest. Val Kilmer, Anne Bancroft and Lieu Gossett Jr. are among the other star voices. Lighting then adds detail and mood to their characters without the restrictions of human actors and a real set.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now, one of the great things about virtual lighting is that we can have lights that don't cast shadows. We can have a light right in front of a character's face. We have so much more control over our lighting that we can make her look so much more evil.

SIEBERG: For animators, smoke, fog, water and grass pose enormous challenges.

MATT WILSON, LIGHTIING ARTIST: Just by adding a little bit of grass to the scene, you can see that it adds volume to it and really sort of changes the environment the characters are in and adds one more level that illusion that we need to pull off an interaction with the viewer.

SIEBERG: Along with creativity, there's a lot of math and physics in animation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a lot of techn! ology that goes into creating all the guys.

SIEBERG: A major battle scene begins with particles.

JOHN LYTLE, TECHNICAL: Now particles are just little points in space. They have a mass. They have physical traits pretty much like anything in the real world. These particles are seeking out other particles, and what they're doing is basically attacking the other ones and killing them off.

SIEBERG: Director Maurer says the elements all have to work together.

MAURER: A good movie should grip you so much that you forget about all those things. The best special effect is ! one you never see.

UPDATE APRIL 30, 2004

From CNN

ANIMATED ACTION: NOT JUST FOR HOLLYWOOD ANYMORE

Atlanta-based Fathom Studios takes on Tinseltown

By Marsha Walton
CNN

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Attention Shrek, Simba and Nemo. Meet your new computer-generated neighbors: Delgo, Kyla and Sedessa.

They are the product of a small Atlanta-based studio taking on Disney and Pixar with a full-length, animated feature due out in the spring of 2005.

Fathom Studios had been producing e-learning, Web and broadcast projects for several years when it began working on a computer-animated fantasy adventure called "Delgo" in 2000. The studio has not yet released a feature film. But it hopes to capture part of the more than half a billion dollars that animated movies took in at the box office last year, according to the Motion Picture Association.

The world of computer-generated imagery has completely changed how animated movies are created.

There's no longer a need for movie-makers to be physically based in Hollywood. And the artists and animators who once did the sketches and animation art cells have completely new tools. The 3-D modeling, animation and special effects software "Maya," from the veteran software company Alias, is now the tool of choice at Fathom.

"Delgo's" director Jason Maurer says the options of this computer-based project are endless.

"In this type of environment you have absolute control," says Maurer, who started in the business as an illustrator. "I can put my characters anyplace. I can put my cameras anyplace. I can choose any type of lens. I can have a thousand cameras if I want."

In fact, the technology in this field moves so quickly that equipment needed for certain tasks isn't even purchased until just before it will be used.

"We buy machines as we need them so we are always maintaining the fastest hardware possible," says Maurer.

With no track record in the field, Fathom managed to snag an eclectic and multigenerational cast of entertainers to voice the fantasy characters.

Freddie Prinze Jr. is Delgo, Jennifer Love Hewitt is his love interest Princess Kyla and Saturday Night Live's Chris Kattan plays Delgo's goofy sidekick, Filo.

Other stars include Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Anne Bancroft, Lou Gossett Jr., Malcolm McDowell, Eric Idle, Kelly Ripa, Burt Reynolds and Sally Kellerman.

'Every animator is a ham at heart'

While the main characters in the film have many human qualities, there are plenty of creatures born completely from the imaginations of the film's creators.

"The creatures are really interesting and fun from my perspective because I have to figure out how they move ... not like humans, not like creatures on earth, so you have fun with the flexibility," says Warren Grubb, visual effects supervisor.

"We went to the zoo and we took a lot of video of creatures," says Grubb, also known as the studio's "digital handyman." To illustrate the film's fauna, he showed off a "jomou," a roundish animal with feet like an elephant and a body like a snail.

Character animators use everything from mirrors to old movies to pictures of their dogs for inspiration to help bring the the "actors" to life.

"Every animator is a ham at heart," says Fathom animator Thomas Judd. While working on a particular scene, he often uses a webcam to tape himself performing an exaggerated rendition of the dialogue. He then uses the camera again for a close-up of his own lips to help sync the words to the characters' mouths.

Lighting and special effects add additional layers to the fantasy production.

When the animation is done, lighting supervisor Stephanie Cushing gets the computer files and "virtually" illuminates them. In some ways, she says, it's a lot easier than physically hauling lights and filters to a real-life set. But it also poses its own challenges.

"With real world lighting, like the sun, the light comes in, it bounces and scatters and creates ambient light. But with virtual light, it comes in and stops. We have to understand the physics of light enough to put bounce lights in to get that ambient feel," she adds.

Cushing says it's common to have dozens -- sometimes more than a hundred -- virtual lights in each scene. Another benefit for animation filmmakers is that lights can be placed anywhere.

"You can have lights that don't cast shadows, you can have a light right in front of a character's face," says Cushing, who watches a lot of old black-and-white films and film noir to get lighting ideas.

'The best special effect is one you never see'

This creative business also encompasses a big slice of math and physics.

Animator Ando Tammik has been working on an action scene that involves a character with wings catching and rescuing someone in mid-air.

"One of the most important aspects of animation is to give the character weight to make it believable," says Tammik. "If it just floats around, it's not going to look real, so people won't identify with the character," he said.

Tammik physically lifted weights and did calculations to account for gravity while constructing the scene.

Animated crowd and battle scenes also take advantage of mathematical formulas to make them simpler to create.

"You have to really work with just an insane amount of characters, so there's a lot of technology that goes into creating all of the guys," says technical director John Lytle.

For example, soldiers charging into battle in the film start out as "particles." Hundreds of these simple particles, seen as dots or small triangles on the computer screen, are programmed to seek each other out in the battle scene. These fast and simple dots are later used to help create the logistics and the combat.

"They'll have the same exact attributes by default: the same height, the same speed, everything's the same," says Lytle.

But once their moves are determined, they'll be tweaked to give the scene more realism.

The particles are then assigned different heights, weights, speeds and looks, making it appear as if each combatant had been created individually.

Director Maurer says no matter how elaborate the characters, the lighting or the special effects, it all has to be conveyed to the moviegoer as a seamless, well-written story.

"A good movie should grip you so much that you forget all those things. The best special effect is one you never see."

And Maurer says the same goes for the contribution of the computer to the world of animation.

"Technology is a paintbrush -- it's just making things better," he says.

UPDATED APRIL 28, 2004

From CNN International

ANIMATING A SUCCESS STORY

'Delgo' is the 'toon that could

By Nick Nunziata
CNN Headline News

In Atlanta's trendy Buckhead district, amidst the pubs, boutiques and fashionable eateries, lurks a company building an animated feature that just might get Hollywood to sit up and take notice -- figuratively, of course.

After all, Hollywood's not some gigantic six-eyed serpent born of radioactive waste that's able to physically sit up and notice anything. Scratch that. That's exactly what Hollywood is.

The company is Fathom Studios and the film is "Delgo," a feature described by producer Marc Adler as "an animated fantasy adventure set in a magical world with action, humor and romance. It combines the epic visual style of 'Lord of the Rings' with the original comedy of 'Shrek.'"

Note to prospective filmmakers: It doesn't hurt to compare your story to ones that have pocketed a few billion box office and home video greenbacks.

The sad and unfortunate dying gasps of American 2-D animation have created an insatiable demand for cartoons driven by binary code. In the wake of the Pixar/Disney split, a film like "Delgo" has incredible potential.

"The Pixar/Disney relationship is one of those marriages you hate to see end in divorce," Adler comments. "Pixar's creative team and Disney's marketing/distribution are both the best at what they do and that's why they've been so successful together. Their success has opened doors for studios like Fathom and we'll likely see other studios replicating their model in the future."

While it's unlikely that anyone can belly up to Pixar in the name recognition and creativity game (yet), it's companies built of passion and autonomy, like Fathom, that have the best chance of becoming the next name brand. Of course, the risks are incredible.

"The only way we could get the film made was to fund it independently," says Adler. "Although Fathom has been in the animation business for over a decade, we had never produced our own feature. It was only after we started getting media attention and a following through www.Delgo.com that studios took notice of us. Of course, we have enjoyed the autonomy of producing the film as we envisioned it without outside influences."

The fact a film this epic and ambitious can be made in Georgia and still compete is an eye-opener.

That "Delgo" is packed to the gills with a top-grade voice cast takes the whole package to the next level for Adler and his crew.

"In many cases, like with Chris Kattan, their improvisations were so good we changed lines and even scenes," the producer says. "With actors like Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Michael Clarke Duncan and Kelly Ripa, you can't help but be moved by their performances. We've read these lines on paper hundreds of times, but their delivery of the lines always got the laughs or tears out of us. They've taken the film far beyond our initial expectations."

Those tears might be tears of joy when the underdog "Delgo" finally hits theaters, because while Hollywood can sometimes take a beastly shape, it's always looking for that next big thing.

UPDATED APRIL 18, 2004

From Fathom Studios and USA Today

Freddie Prinze Jr. is the voice behind the upcoming CGI character "Delgo".

DELGO IS FREDDIE!

by Rati Bishnoi, USA TODAY and Jim Mix

Scooby-Doo 2 star Freddie Prinze Jr. is the voice of Delgo in the upcoming computer-generated movie set in a fantasy world.

Fathom Studios has revealed that Prinze is Delgo, a teen who must save the world, after conducting a "Who is Delgo?" contest at www.delgo.com.

Producer and co-director Marc Adler says thousands of guesses were cast; entries included Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Delgo is a rarity: An independently produced computer-animated movie made outside Hollywood. Fathom is based in Atlanta.

Still, the risky venture has lured stars including Jennifer Love Hewitt (Prinze and Hewitt were boyfriend and girlfriend characters in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer), Chris Kattan, Anne Bancroft (who worked with Hewitt in Heartbreskers), Michael Clarke Duncan, Val Kilmer, Kelly Ripa, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds and Louis Gossett Jr.

Prinze, who also did voice work for the 2005 animated movie Happily N'Ever After, says: "You expect (Delgo) to be very sort of vanilla, and he isn't. He's a fairly complicated guy."

Delgo is set in a magical world where two warring factions must be saved by the young and impulsive hero and his band of unlikely friends.

Prinze says he was attracted to the project because "I've always sort of been in love with that sort of world, fantasy, ever since I was a little boy with Dungeons & Dragons."

Prinze will take a hiatus from "younger" roles this June when he begins filming Dolan's Cadillac, based on a Stephen King short story, with Gabriel Byrne.

Story: © 2004 USA TODAY - a division of Gannett Co. Inc. and Fathom Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Images: © 2004 Fathom Studios and Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

UPDATED MARCH 4, 2004

MOVIE FANS CAN GUESS THE
VOICE OF "DELGO" AND ATTEND
PREMIER
(Psst! Possibly meet Jennifer Love Hewitt---one of the stars)

In Response to Rumors and Web Chat About the Actors Identity, Fathomv Studios Launches a Contest Allowing Fans to Guess the Voice of "Delgo"

Listen and Win:
Fans can visit www.delgo.com, the official Web site for the computer animated feature film, "Delgo," where they can watch and listen to an animated clip of the title character, and then submit their guess online. All other cast members have been announced, including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Anne Bancroft, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Ripa, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds, Malcolm McDowell and Lou Gossett, Jr.

Voices Carry:
The contest is Fathom Studios™ answer to fan interest around the world. "In addition to discussions on Internet message boards, fans have sent countless emails via the Delgo.com Web site pondering the identity of Delgo," explained producer and co-director, Marc F. Adler. "So, we decided to have some fun with it and give our fans the chance to win prizes for their guesses. The actor has graciously agreed to sign merchandise for the winners. We look forward to seeing all the guesses that come in and announcing the winners."

Start Guessing:
The contest goes live Friday, March 5, 2004.

The Loot:
Prizes include: Tickets to the "Delgo" movie premiere and merchandise signed by the actor.

The Place:
The contest can be found on www.delgo.com

The Movie:
Delgo is a fantasy adventure film and the first independently produced computer animated feature in the U.S. Still in production, "Delgo" has created a worldwide following largely due to the Digital Dailies, a message board on the movieâ€™s Web site (www.delgo.com) where the studiosâ€™ production teams post selected works-in-progress, allowing fans to follow artist collaboration and watch the making of the film as it happens.

The Studio:
Atlanta-based Fathom Studios has been creating award-winning computer animation for more than a decade. A division of the interactive agency Macquarium Intelligent Communications, the studio focuses on developing original content for television, film and the Internet through passion and creativity. Delgo has been in production since 2001.

UPDATED OCTOBER 13, 2003

Actual size.....

UPDATED AUGUST 25, 2003

From The Hollywood Reporter

VILLAINOUS TURN FOR
BANCROFT IN 'DELGO'

by Josh Spector with Jim Mix

Anne Bancroft ("The Graduate" to name many and Mrs. Mel Brooks) has signed on for a villainous turn in the CG-animated Fathom Studios feature "Delgo." Bancroft joins a star-studded voice cast that includes such names as Jennifer Love Hewitt (who worked with Bancroft in MGM's 2001 smash hit "HEARTBREAKERS"), Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan and Chris Kattan.

The actress will voice the character of Sedessa, an eccentric leader who is as ambitious as she is charming. "Delgo," the first theatrical production from Atlanta-based Fathom Studios, is set in a divided land where a troubled youth and some unlikely friends must save the world from itself. The film is seeking distribution.

For Bancroft, a five-time Oscar nominee and winner for her role in 1962's "The Miracle Worker," "Delgo" marks a return to working in the animated feature realm. She lent her voice to the 1998 animated DreamWorks feature "Antz." Bancroft is repped by ICM.

UPDATED JULY 28, 2003

From Fathom Studios

KELLY RIPA GETS ANIMATED FOR DELGO

America's Favorite TV Talker Joins Voice Cast for Independent Computer Animated Feature Film

ATLANTA, GA - She's been called lively and vivacious--and now, she's really animated. Kelly Ripa (Live with Regis and Kelly, Hope and Faith) joins an all-star voice cast including, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Kattan, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds, and Lou Gossett, Jr. in voicing a character for the animated adventure "Delgo," the first independently produced computer-animated feature in the U.S.

The Daytime Emmy nominee is voicing Kurrin, Princess Kyla's (Jennifer Love Hewitt) handmaiden and best friend. "I am so excited to be a part of 'Delgo,'" says Ripa. "It's a beautiful family film that will be as much fun for parents as it will be for their kids. My son came to the recording session and was mesmerized by the stunning animation-he also had a lot of fun directing me!"

"Delgo," a fantasy adventure film, is the first theatrical production from Atlanta-based Fathom Studios. The film is set in a divided land where a troubled youth and some unlikely friends must save the world from itself. "It's a great story with an important message of tolerance," says Ripa. "I'm very impressed that an independent studio in Atlanta can create such amazing imagery and I had so much fun working with them."

"Kelly Ripa is one of those people who is just as advertised," said producer and co-director, Marc F. Adler. "She is charming, fun, professional, and the hardest working woman in show business. We're thrilled to have her on board."

Ripa joins an all-star cast, including critically acclaimed actor Val Kilmer (The Doors, Tombstone) voicing Bogardus, a fearless and cocky street-smart soldier; actress/singer Jennifer Love Hewitt (Heartbreakers, The Tuxedo) voicing the feisty Princess Kyla; actor/comedian Chris Kattan (Saturday Night Live) voicing Filo, a fast-talking, wise-cracking smart-aleck; comedian and cult icon, Eric Idle (Monty Python) voicing Spig, a bumbling, pompous-yet dimwitted-imp; OscarÓ nominee Michael Clarke Duncan (Daredevil, The Green Mile) voicing Elder Marley, a mystical Stonesage master; OscarÓ winner Lou Gossett, Jr. (An Officer and A Gentleman) is voicing the benevolent King Zahn; OscarÓ nominee Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights, Smokey and the Bandit) is voicing Delgo's Father; and OscarÓ nominee Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) is narrating the film.

"Delgo" has created a worldwide following largely due to the Digital Dailies, a message board on the movie's Web site (www.delgo.com) where the studios' production teams post selected works-in-progress, allowing fans to follow artist collaboration and watch the making of the film as it happens.

About Fathom Studios

UPDATED JULY 18, 2003

From Fathom Studios

OSCAR NOMINEE BURT REYNOLDS JOINS
THE ALL STAR VOICE CAST FOR "DELGO"

Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winner Burt Reynolds joins an all-star cast including, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Kattan, Eric Idle and Lou Gossett, Jr. in voicing a character for the animated adventure "Delgo," the first independently produced computer-animated feature in the U.S.

Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights, Smokey and the Bandit) is voicing Delgo's boisterous Father. "Fathom Studios is doing stunning work and the studio itself is inspiring," says Reynolds. "I am very proud to be a part of the first animated film being produced in my home state of Georgia."

"Delgo," a fantasy adventure film, is the first theatrical production from Atlanta-based Fathom Studios. The film is set in a divided l! and where a troubled youth and some unlikely friends must save the world from itself.

"We are thrilled to be working with Burt," said co-director, Jason F. Maurer. "His unique voice and innate charm will instantly connect audiences with his character."

Reynolds joins an all-star cast, including critically acclaimed actor Val Kilmer (The Doors, Tombstone) voicing Bogardus, a fearless and cocky street-smart soldier; comedian and cult icon, Eric Idle (Monty Python) voicing Spig, a bumbling, pompous-yet dimwitted-imp; Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan (Daredevil, The Green Mile) voicing Elder Marley, a mystical Stonesage master; Oscar winner Lou Gossett, Jr. (An Officer and A Gentleman) is voicing the benevolent King Zahn; and Oscar nominee Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) is narrating the film.

UPDATED MAY 20, 2003

From Fathom Studios

ATLANTA, GA – Atlanta-based Fathom Studios today confirmed actress/singer Jennifer Love Hewitt and comedic actor Chris Kattan have joined Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, and Lou Gossett, Jr. in the voice cast for the animated adventure “Delgo,” the first independently produced computer-animated feature in the U.S.

Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Tuxedo, I Know What You Did Last Summer) is voicing Princess Kyla, a spunky and beguiling Princess with a big heart and an even bigger attitude. SNL alum Kattan (Undercover Brother, Corky Romano) is voicing Filo, a fast-talking, wise-cracking smart-aleck.

“I am thrilled to be a part of this movie,” said Hewitt. “Princess Kyla is very cool and fun; girls will really love her. The look of ‘Delgo’ is unlike anything I’ve seen before and the story has a lot of heart.”

“I am delighted Jennifer and Chris are a part of our voice cast,’” said Marc F. Adler, co-director and producer. “Jennifer has amazing range and her personal charm comes through in everything she does. Chris is one of the funniest men in Hollywood. We cannot imagine anyone else voicing these roles.”

Kattan and Hewitt join an all-star cast, including critically acclaimed actor Val Kilmer (The Doors, Real Genius) voicing Bogardus, a fearless and cocky street-smart soldier; comedian and cult icon, Eric Idle (Monty Python) voicing Spig, a bumbling, pompous—yet dimwitted—imp; Oscar Ó nominee Michael Clarke Duncan (Daredevil, The Green Mile) voicing Elder Marley, a mystical Stonesage master and the mentor to Delgo, a brash teenager who is haunted by his past, and Oscar Ó winner Lou Gossett, Jr. (An Officer and A Gentleman) is voicing the benevolent King Zahn.

The hero, Delgo--along with several other characters--has been recorded and will be announced this summer.

“Delgo” has created a worldwide following largely due to the Digital Dailies, a message board on the movie’s Web site (www.delgo.com) where the studios’ production teams post selected works-in-progress, allowing fans to follow artist collaboration and watch the making of the film as it happens.

About Fathom Studios: Atlanta-based Fathom Studios has been creating award-winning computer animation for more than a decade. Originally a division of the interactive agency Macquarium Intelligent Communications, the studio focuses on developing original content for television, film and the Internet through passion and creativity.

PRINCESS KYLA

Fathom Studios presents
an Electric Eye Entertainment Production

a Farefelian film

Directed by
Marc F. Adler
& Jason Mauer

Story by
Marc F. Adler
Jason Mauer
Scott Biear

Director of Photography
Herb Kossover

Screenplay by
Scott Biear
Patrick Cowan
Carl Dream
Jennifer A. Jones
Jason Mauer

Produced by
Marc Adler

Animation Director
Warren Grubb

Associate Producer
Jennifer A. Jones

Made by
Fathom Studios
& Electric Eye
Entertainment Corporation

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