Roblox Game Series Expands PMI/WSS Slate with Multi-Platform Content
Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (WSS) have announced they will team-up with partner Productivity Media, Inc. (PMI), the LA-based film finance and production company, to adapt an episodic scripted series based on the Roblox hit game CREATURES OF SONARIA. Published by Twin Atlas, CREATURES OF SONARIA is based on the explosively popular open world Roblox game with over 378M+ players.
Spanning a visionary world of exotic monsters, dragons and critters bounding, flying and swimming across forests and beneath the seas, CREATURES OF SONARIA spills forth with the possibilities of endless adventure, mystery and deep lore. Through scripted storytelling, the CREATURES OF SONARIA adaptation will bring the games fantastical creatures and epic world to life in a new medium that consumers haven’t experienced before.
Continuing its foray into pioneering scripted content using the Roblox platform, CREATURES OF SONARIA will be the second series from a Roblox game that Wind Sun Sky is adapting, following the previously announced TWILIGHT DAYCARE SERIES. The adaptation of the game into a narrative universe will be overseen by Catherine Winder, WSS CEO/EP and Jay Bennett, VP Creative Franchise Strategy at WSS, with Productivity Media fully financing the series.
“I am very excited to work with Catherine, Jay and the innovative team of storytellers at WSS to add narrative depth to our characters and in turn further engage and delight our fans in a whole new way,” said Twin Atlas’s Samuel Garcia.
“As the partnership of PMI and WSS expands, we will continue to look for rich universes with cross platform, immersive potential, like Creatures of Sonaria, to partner up with and extend into the kind of gamified storyworlds that global audiences and fans are looking for in the metaverse,” said WSS’s Catherine Winder and PMI’s William Santor
The series adaptation of CREATURES OF SONARIA and the newly announced investment partnership with Wind Sun Sky mark the recent expansion of PMI, which has been active in film finance and production over the last decade and continues to focus on shepherding A-list talent driven features films, episodic and digital content across a variety of genres and platforms.
Twin Atlas is repped by Russell Binder of Striker Entertainment who will also executive produce. WSS is repped by Janice Ross at Brand Fresh Entertainment.
About Wind Sun Sky Entertainment:
Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (WSS) is a Canadian multimedia company led by former LucasFilm executive, Catherine Winder (Invincible, The Angry Birds Movie 1 & 2, Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Based in Vancouver, WSS works at the intersection of storytelling and technology to build franchises for the global marketplace, producing in all mediums including interactive, film, series (live action and animation), Roblox and mobile apps. To expand its’ media footprint and content offerings, WSS partnered with Productivity Media co-producer and financier of high-quality original film and TV content for the family and the adult market.
In partnership with Skybound Entertainment, WSS produced the global hit series Invincible, an animated dramatic adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic book for Amazon Prime. WSS recently produced the adult comedy animated series Psi Cops for Adult Swim Canada in partnership with OddFellows Entertainment with Skybound Galactic distributing. Continuing its legacy of producing adult animation, the studio has a diverse rich slate of comedic and dramatic shows in development. In the kids’ space, WSS is adapting the hit Roblox game Twilight Daycare (1.5B+ Plays) into an innovative scripted series produced in the Roblox platform. It launched Camp Bonkers, an original first of its kind multi-platform property that includes a Roblox Game, an app, a kids’ variety show. Pioneering, WSS adapted the musical mobile game My Singing Monsters producing the first of its kind live interactive animated show My Singing Monsters Fandemonium. For HEXBUG, WSS adapted their award winning toyline, JunkBots into a web series and Roblox game. The studio is developing a soon to be announced multi-platform metaverse for kids focused on the environment.
To learn more about Wind Sun Sky Entertainment go to https://windsunsky.com
About Productivity Media:
Established in 2012, Productivity Media develops, co-produces and finances high-quality original film and TV content for the global marketplace. Offering innovative and collaborative financing solutions as well as development, production, sales and marketing expertise, Productivity Media is a top destination for storytellers across all media platforms. Productivity Media is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Los Angeles, London and Vancouver.
About Twin Atlas:
Twin Atlas is a leader in Roblox development and the metaverse. Twin Atlas has accumulated over two and a half billion total plays, from notable, award-winning titles such as “Creatures of Sonaria”, “World // Zero”, “Dragon Adventures”, and more. Committed to creating breakthrough experiences and original content, Twin Atlas strives to achieve high quality entertainment.
