Chris Meledandri's Universal-based shingle has a name -- Illumination -- and a batch of deals.
Meledandri left Fox Animation nine months ago to put Universal into the family-film game; Illumination's animated and live-action features will begin showing up in 2010.Work begins on the first animation project later this year, and by 2010, Meledandri said the company will generate two to three family films each year for U's distribution pipeline.
Talent deals so far have been underwritten by Universal -- several of the scribes signing pacts for pics were involved in recent Fox hits -- but Meledandri and the studio confirm they will close a deal by later this year for outside coin that will co-finance both development and production slates.
Meledandri confirmed he made an exclusive deal with Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio to write two animated films, but wouldn't divulge the specific projects they are scripting. The duo wrote the feature adaptation of "Horton Hears a Who," which Fox releases March 14. The writers also will become consultants on Illumination projects for several years.
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