Studio Update: Thac 8 Results and More Delays

By: Andrew Bermudez

(Lego Studios; February 25, 2011)

     With the last weekend in February upon us, it's now time to do an update of the happenings around Lego Studios.

     First off, the winners of Twenty Four Hour Animation Contest 8 have been announced; Lego Studio's own When Barrels Fly got 16th place. Congratulations to all of the winners and well done to all who entered. Here is the official results sheet from Bricksinmotion.com.

     Keep in mind that these are only the user names. If you want to see their entries, just go to the Bricksinmotion forum and click on the thread "THAC 8 - 25 Finalists" under the sub forum "Contests and Festivals."

     In other news, MORE delays have occurred. The studio's Tales of Yore entry Making Tracks and the highly anticipated Johnny Thunder and the Wisdom of the Ancients will both be delayed for later dates. "I know that the fans are really looking forward to these films, but were just so busy with another rewrite for Forest of Fear and the development for the new cartoons, we don't have the time," said Lego Studios CEO Mark Matthew.

     Because of this, Making Tracks will no longer be a Tales of Yore entry. "This is actually a good thing," said director Simon Jonathon. "If we spend more time on the film, it will end up with more polish than if we rush it for the Summer." The film has now been shoved off into 2012, while Johnny Thunder and the Wisdom of the Ancients will return to its original release date - 2014.