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March 18, 2006 TV Episode Monster Warriors

Studio
Coneybeare Stories, Really Big Bug Movies Ltd.
Distributor
YTV

Synopsis

Huge frogs rain down on Capital City, trapping the Monster Warriors inside a movie theatre with a stranger who may be something more than human.

Characters

Tabby, Vanka, Antonio, Luke, Kreeger, Mayor Mel, Dink Doormen, Missy Gore, Henry

Credits

Directing

Director
Marni Banack, Wilson Coneybeare, Otta Hanus, Graeme Lynch, Bill Marks, Warren P. Sonoda
First Assistant Directors
Jonnie Katz, James Rait, Jill Campbell Samson
Second Assistant Director
Karen McGarroch
Third Assistant Directors
Jeff Horn, Jeremy Perger
Daily Third Assistant Director
Stephen John Donkers
Trainee Assistant Director
Darren Williams
Second Unit Director
James Rait

Producing

Producer
Andre Czernohorsky, Barbara Patten
Executive Producers
Wilson Coneybeare, Michael Lekes
Assistant to Executive Producer
Jeannette Corbett
Co-Executive Producer
Tatiana Kober

Voices

Voice
Mandy Butcher (Tabby), Lara Amersey (Vanka), Yani Gellman (Antonio), Jared Keeso (Luke), Mike "Nug" Nahrgang (Kreeger), Allan Royal (Mayor Mel), Jonnie Katz (Dink Doormen), Heidi Leigh (Missy Gore), Cameron Ansell (Henry)

Crew

Creator
Wilson Coneybeare
Cinematography
Jason Webber
First Assistant Camera
Demetri Portelli
Second Assistant Camera
Nicole Wiwchar
Camera Trainee
Melinda Hughes
Script Supervisors
Matti Huhta, Katharine Jane Reid
Casting
Susannah Coneybeare, Ron Leach
Casting Assistant
Robin Ott
Production Design
Phillip Craig, Craig Harris
Art Direction
Craig Harris
Set Decoration
Peter Atto, Robert Hillman
Costume Design
Tarah Burke
Key Makeup Artists
Molly Adey, Sarah Craig
Assistant Makeup Artist
Sandra Ardagna
Property Master
Brad Archdekin
Props
Reece Carkner, Ryan Louagie
Key Scenic Artist
Greg Kleynhans
Painters
Greg Kleynhans, Joanna Syrokomla
Carpenter
Greg Lantnier
Construction Coordinator
Kyle Larsen
Assistant Art Director
Shelley H. Silverman
Lead Dresser
Bill Thrasher
Set Dresser
Zac Ward
Boom Operator
Jason Gough
Sound Mixer
Rob Rouse
Visual Effects Supervisors
Derek Grime, Kevin Pitts
Digital Compositor
Ralph Schmidt
Production Secretary
Sanja Adamovic
Production Accountant
Doug Allen
Assistant Production Accountant
Monica Ionson
Dolly Grip
Daryl Alvaro
Craft Service
Lila Bahadori
Extras Casting
Dylaine Bovaird
Production Assistants
Colin Burke, Hunter Commerford, Janet J. Lawson, Alexander Shapcott, Daniel Zuccala
Driver Captain
Anthony Hollier
Driver
Tim Carleton
Story Department Coordinator
Jeannette Corbett
Key Grip
Alex Dacev
Unit Transport Coordinator
Dean Fester
Key On-Set Wardrobe
Sabrina Horlyck
Electricians
Alex Jordan, Ken Simpson
Gaffers
Alex Jordan, Jonathan Williams
Talent Coordinator
Heidi Leigh
Production Coordinator
Matthew P. Wocks
Co-Production Coordinator
Dean Pollock
Location Manager
Tanya Shields
Director of Business Affairs
Vanessa Steinmetz

Companies and other credits

  • Visual Effects: Bullseye Post Production

Production notes

Who do you call when giant earthworms are eating subway trains, a 60-foot bumblebee is sucking up the city's electricity and a gigantic squid is munching ferry boats? The Monster Warriors, of course. Using everyday household objects to make low-tech weapons, the Monster Warriors- Luke, Vanka, Tabby and Antonio- defend Capital City against an onslaught of creatures straight out of a 1950s monster movie, like a giant anaconda, Tyrannosaurus Rex and a skeleton army.

Combined live action and 3D CGI animation (the creatures are animated).

Each episode spawns a different CGI created B-movie monster, such as giant spiders, a skeleton army, a giant anaconda and a terrifying tyrannosaurus rex. As the series gathers pace, Monster Warriors Luke, Vanka, Tabby and Antonio begin to unravel the explanation behind the monsters- that crazed, retired B-movie director Klaus Von Steinhauer is behind the attacks.

Filmed in Barrie, Ontario, the city's quarries, junkyards and waterfront set the perfect photo-realistic stage upon which visual effects team Bullseye Post Production created the show's 3D-animated monsters and brought them to life.