‘Primal’ Creator Genndy Tartakovsky Inks Overall Deal with Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentTying up one of TV animation’s most consistent talents over the last three decades, Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) and Warner Bros.

Animation (WBA) have inked an exclusive multiyear cross-studio overall deal with Emmy Award-winning creator, producer and director Genndy Tartakovsky.Tartakovsky’s relationship with Cartoon Network stretches back over 25 years to Cartoon Network’s very first series, the seminal “Dexter’s Laboratory,” launched in 1996.

It continued through “Samurai Jack” and “Star Wars: Clone Wars” to the recent “Genndy Tartakovky’s Primal.”The overall TV deal, however, now opens the doors to Tartakovsky to work with and tap into the huge character and franchise libraries at not only Cartoon Network Studios but also Warner Bros Animation.

Under its terms, Tartakovsky will develop, create and produce original animated programming at both CNS and WBA intended for a variety of audiences and for all television platforms, including HBO Max, external streaming services, cable and broadcast networks, CNS and WBA announced Wednesday.Developed by CNS and WBA, the cross-studio overall deal provides creators with maximum creative flexibility to develop original material and access to the extensive character and franchise libraries at each studio, they added.That is a freedom which Tartakovsky has enjoyed pretty well for the whole of his career.Winning two Emmy Awards over 2020-21 as well as an Annie, “Genndy Tartakovky’s Primal” was met with critical acclaim for a 10-episode show with no dialogue that pictured the unlikely bonding between a dinosaur and cave-man in a brutal, primordial world.