Robot Chicken

[poisonbella]

or are they at a new one?

[ZorakFan3271]

Well for Season 6, they'll be at a new animation studio that Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have formed called "Stoopid Buddy Stoodios". But the first 5 seasons were at ShadowMachine. 

[misterrick]

So I have to wonder what the ultimate fate of Shadowmachine will be now that they have lost a major client in [adult swim], Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have started their own shingle Stoopid Buddy Stoodios to produce Robot Chicken and hopefully Season 2 of Titan Maximum and Dino Stamatopoulos has partnered up with James Fino, Dan Harmon and Joe Russo II, to form the shingle Starburns Industries to produce Frankenhole and reportedly from their website Stamatopoulos is working on some sort of revival of Moral Orel. Currently the Shadowmachine website has a holder page in place which previously showed a greasy gear but now has a snow covered forest with a message that says "Time For a Revamp, Please check back soon for our new website." which worries me because IIRC that's what happened with Spümcø just before they shuttered, they put up a holder page and within a week or two Spümcø was gone.

[ZorakFan3271]

I thought I heard ShadowMachine folded; which is why RC/Frankenhole/Moral Orel Special are all making their own animation studios to produce their shows. I don't know, seems things aren't going too well for ShadowMachine. 

[misterrick]

@ZorakFan3271, Apparently not (at least for now) but like I said the volatility of this business could change things in a snap of a finger. One minute Shadowmachine, Spümcø, Noodlesoup, Hanna-Barbera and even World Leaders Entertainment are up and running and the next poof! their gone, shuttered out of business. The entertainment business can be a cruel.. cruel mistress.

Rick

[ZorakFan3271]

I actually just read Dino talking about why he formed his own animation studio; because while he liked the people from ShadowMachine, he didn't like the people running it

"Well, I opened my own studio with three other guys, including Dan Harmon who created the show Community.  We’re based in a Burbank in an actual castle. Well, it kind of looks like a castle, right by the 5 freeway. I really liked everyone who worked at ShadowMachine except the people who ran it."

http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/the-scoop-on-frankenholes
-second-season/ 

[misterrick]

Just as an FYI for everyone, Seth and Matthew's Stoop!d Monkey website can be found here and Dino's Starburns Industries is here.

Rick

[ZorakFan3271]

Well, ShadowMachine are currently working on an R-rated animated comedy: 

The film marks ShadowMachine’s first R-rated adult stop-motion animation feature and one of several in the works for the thriving production outfit. Mary Hidalgo is casting the film which is currently in production.

http://www.moviehole.net/201253003-mila-kunis-goes-to-hell-and-ba
ck

So they're still working. 

[ShlickShlickShlick]

That sounds like something I'll see, despite any ill will between Adult Swim productions and ShadowMachine.