New York JUNE 20, 2000 -- Curious Pictures, a subsidiary of iNTELEFILM Corporation, today announced the company created the new animated series "Sheep In The Big City."

The new cartoon adds to this TV season's roster of Curious-created content, including HBO's "A Little Curious" and Oxygen Network's "Avenue Amy."

"Sheep In The Big City," which premiers with 13 half-hour episodes in Fall 2000, was created by Emmy award-winning Curious Pictures Director Mo Willems. The cartoon series chronicles the sardonically perilous adventures of a sheep on the lam.

The show tells the story of a sheep who runs away from the farm and hides out in The Big City because a Top Secret Military Organization is after him. Reminiscent of Rocky & Bullwinkle, each half hour of "Sheep In The Big City" is broken into cliffhanger chapters strung together by an omnipresent narrator, and features satirical skits, commercial and TV spoofs. Willems' previous work with Cartoon Network includes creating several minute shorts such as "Quick-Draw McGraw" for the "Shorties" series.

The cartoon is a traditionally animated 2D show, digitally painted in Toonz operating on a Windows NT platform. The background is colored and textured in Photoshop.

"Sheep In The Big City' adds to Cartoon Network's library of original TV content from our company," said Richard Winkler, executive producer, Curious Pictures. "This new cartoon exemplifies our heritage with the Cartoon Network. We look forward to our continued creative collaboration with them to develop fresh styles and comedy-driven cartoons."

About: Curious Pictures
Curious Pictures is an international entertainment company producing television series, commercials, music videos, web sites and toys. The Curious staff of directors, designers, artists and animators specialize in visually inspired live action, graphics, computer animation, cel animation, stop motion and flash animation. The company is headquartered at 440 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003; phone 212-674-1400; fax 212-674-0081; and at 1360 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103; phone 415-437-1400. Curious also has a development office in Los Angeles; phone 310-284-7211. Curious Pictures is a subsidiary of iNTELEFILM Corporation.

About: Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network, currently seen in 61.7 million U.S. homes, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s 24-hour, ad-supported cable service offering the best in animated entertainment. Drawing from the world's largest cartoon library, Cartoon Network also showcases unique original ventures such as Courage the Cowardly Dog, Mike, Lu &Og, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory and Cartoon Cartoons. Since its launch in 1992, Cartoon Network has remained one of ad-supported cable's highest-rated networks. Cartoon Network's web site is located at http://CartoonNetwork.com.

About: iNTELEFILM
iNTELEFILM Corporation based in Minneapolis, is a leading source of services for the television commercial production industry, offering extensive production capability and the exclusive services of established industry talent. Individual companies managed under the iNTELEFILM umbrella include Chelsea Pictures, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia; Curious Pictures, New York and San and Francisco; The End, Los Angeles, New York, and London; Populuxe Pictures, New York; DCODE, New York and webADTV.com, Inc., Minneapolis.

Source: Curious Pictures
Web site: http://www.curiouspictues.com, http://www.intelefilm.com/