{"id":2177748,"date":"2025-11-26T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2177748"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:50:09","slug":"blue-ant-media-to-buy-thunderbird-entertainment-in-63-million-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blue-ant-media-to-buy-thunderbird-entertainment-in-63-million-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ant Media to Buy Thunderbird Entertainment in $63 Million Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Indie studio <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0406247\/\">Blue Ant Media<\/a> has unveiled a deal to acquire Vancouver-based rival Thunderbird Entertainment Group as part of an Can$89 million (US$63 million) cash and stock deal.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0585822\/\">Thunderbird<\/a> backs multiple projects filming in Vancouver for U.S. studios and streamers produced on a production fee-for-hire basis, while also making its own proprietary content. The company\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0016678\/\">Atomic Cartoons<\/a> division has been at work on Marvel\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0371746\/\">Iron Man<\/a> and his Awesome Friends and Marvel\u2019s Spidey and His Amazing Friends for Disney <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110216\/\">Junior<\/a>, and Dr. Seuss\u2019s Red Fish, Blue Fish for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed takeover deal shakes up a Vancouver film and TV production sector where major studios and streamers are attracted by generous tax credits, currency savings and an expanding network of local soundstages and post-production facilities close to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird\u2019s unscripted pipeline includes series like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31100687\/\">Timber Titans<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2390276\/\">Highway Thru Hell<\/a> for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0014957\/\">USA Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie studio Blue Ant Media has unveiled a deal to acquire Vancouver-based rival Thunderbird Entertainment Group as part of an Can$89 million (US$63 million) cash and stock deal. Thunderbird backs multiple projects filming in Vancouver for U.S. studios and streamers produced on a production fee-for-hire basis, while also making its own proprietary content. 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