Vancouver, BC – September 18, 2009 - Terry Kalagian has been named Vice President of Business Development for Rainmaker Entertainment, it was jointly announced today by Warren Franklin, CEO, and Catherine Winder, President of Rainmaker. Kalagian, a veteran animation producer and development consultant, will focus her efforts on cross-platform distribution opportunities for Rainmaker’s original content, as well as work-for-hire projects and newly revived ReBoot properties. more

BAY AREA TO BENEFIT FROM COMBINED RESOURCES AND SERVICES

San Francisco, CA - August 11, 2009 - FotoKem, one of Hollywood’s most established post production facilities, has made a significant investment in the Northern California media community with its acquisition of Spy Post, a San Francisco company known for its work in commercial and feature film post production. The investment represents a natural addition for FotoKem as it steps further into the creative realm and continues to stay at the head of the technological curve by perfecting new file-based workflows, digital intermediate pipelines, and services for new camera technologies. more

Sam Fisher Character Emotes for Ubisoft Franchise

Vancouver, BC - June 29, 2009 — Rainmaker Entertainment announced today that it created and produced the game trailer for Ubisoft’s “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction,” which was named Best of E3 360 Game by 1up.com, Best Xbox 360 Game by GameFocus.ca, Best Xbox 360 Title by Goonline.com, Best of PC E3 2009 Awards by IGN.com and nominated for Best of Show and Best Action/Adventure Game by the Game Critics Awards. The fifth game in the “Splinter Cell” series is a tentpole franchise for game giant Ubisoft, the Paris headquartered publisher and developer. The series, an action stealth game, is based on the Tom Clancy novels and lead character Sam Fisher. The trailer garnered a 9.2 rating on GameTrailer.com. more

Former Lucasfilm Animation Executive Producer to Ignite New Projects and Enhance Creative Management Team

Vancouver, BC – May 12, 2009 – Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX: RNK) Warren Franklin, CEO of Rainmaker Entertainment, announced today that veteran animation producer and creative executive, Catherine Winder, has joined Rainmaker Entertainment as President. Winder was most recently at Lucasfilm Animation where she set-up the studio and produced the Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as the animated feature version which was released by Warner Bros. last summer. Kim Dent Wilder is also being added to the management team as Senior Vice President of Production and Operations. Tara Kemes will join Rainmaker as Manager of Talent Development. more

Awards for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture and for Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture

Vancouver, B.C., February 24, 2008 — CIS Vancouver artists won two Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards for their work on Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” a Universal Pictures release, at the 7th Annual VES Awards gala held Saturday in Los Angeles. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. more

Vancouver, BC, December 10, 2008 – “Twilight,” Summit Entertainment’s action packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire, released November 21, 2008 and earned $69.6 million in its opening weekend. “Twilight” is based on Stephenie Meyer’s #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 25 million books in print. CIS Vancouver took on the visual effects work in bringing this wildly popular series to the screen. Richard Kidd was the visual effects supervisor for the film and Geoffrey Hancock served as CIS’s visual effects supervisor. more

Visual Effects Create the Stadiums and Deliver the Fans

Hollywood, CA - Oct. 10, 2008 - CIS Hollywood was the sole visual effects vendor for The Express, which follows the extraordinary life of college football hero Ernie Davis, whose quiet fight for equality and respect forever changed the face of the game, and whose civil rights story continues to inspire new generations. Thomas J. Smith, CIS Hollywood’s visual effects supervisor, oversaw 125 shots. more

Rainmaker Adds Development, Technology and Recruiting Executives

Vancouver, BC - October 9, 2008 - Warren Franklin, CEO of Rainmaker Entertainment, announced today the promotion of animation producer Jennifer Twiner-McCarron to Vice President of Production, Rainmaker Entertainment. Twiner-McCarron has been producer or executive producer on most of Rainmaker’s films for the past eight years. Franklin also announced that Kimberly Dennison has joined Rainmaker as Director of Development and Barbara Dawson has returned to the company as Director of Talent Relations and Recruiting, both newly created positions. Tony Pelle has been promoted to Director of Technology, also a newly created post. Paul Gertz, Executive Vice President of Business Development, will continue to be responsible for studio relationships, partnerships and business affairs. Gertz, Dennison, Dawson and Twiner-McCarron will report directly to CEO Franklin, with Pelle reporting to Twiner-McCarron. more

Vancouver, B.C. - May 6, 2008 - Dennis Hoffman has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager of CIS Vancouver, it was announced today by Don Fly, President of the CIS Visual Effects Group. Hoffman has been CIS Vancouver’s Head of Production since the beginning of 2007. Fly has also announced that Marianne O’Reilly, currently President of CIS Vancouver (formerly Rainmaker Visual Effects) and a nine year veteran of the company, will relocate to the East Coast where she will consult on new business opportunities for the company. more

VANCOUVER, BC (April 16, 2008) – Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee and his POW! Entertainment Inc. (Pink Sheets: POWN), along with Brighton Partners, have joined forces with Rainmaker Entertainment to launch the new superhero property “Legion of 5,” it was announced today by Warren Franklin, CEO of Rainmaker. Rainmaker, a leading CG animation producer, will develop and produce the feature length film properties. more