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The Trustees of the Rainmaker also announced that Warren Franklin, current President of Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects, a division of Rainmaker's wholly-owned subsidiary Rainmaker Limited Partnership ("Rainmaker LP"), has been appointed CEO and a Trustee of Rainmaker effective immediately. Warren Franklin replaces Mark Prior who has stepped down as CEO and a trustee of Rainmaker to pursue other interests however, Mark Prior will continue his association with Rainmaker as a consultant through the closing of the Mainframe transactions. The Trustees of Rainmaker extend their thanks to Mark Prior for his contribution to Rainmaker.
Upon completion of the acquisition of Mainframe, Rainmaker proposes to combine the businesses of Mainframe and Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects. Warren Franklin and Rick Mischel, the current CEO of Mainframe, will lead the new entity. The combined entity will be the largest animation and visual effects studio in Canada, employing over 300 artists and technicians and will have significant global reach due to Rainmaker LP's facility in the London, England and Mainframe's Los Angeles office.
Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is the industry leader in CG animation for television and direct-to-video DVD family entertainment. Mainframe has produced over 269 half hours of CG animated television as well as 16 CG animated direct-to-video/DVD feature films and three CG animated television specials. Mainframe's CG animation expertise is also being used in the production of theatrical feature films, interactive games and commercials. Established in 1993, Mainframe continues to grow its library of proprietary productions, and has received many prestigious awards for its work on such international brands as Barbie (winner of the VSDA Award for Children's Title of the Year), Hot Wheels, Spider-Man, Casper and Popeye. The company is recognized as a CG animation pioneer having developed the groundbreaking internationally distributed television series ReBoot. Mainframe clients include Sony, Mattel, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Electronic Arts (Canada) and MTV. For more information, visit www.mainframe.ca.