Adventures on Orsum Island
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Adventures on Orsum Island was a planned British
CGI
children's television series
created by former Thomas and Friends and TUGS
director and producer, David Mitton
. This was Mitton's last work before his death in 2008. The show was being produced by Pineapple Squared Entertainment, which was founded by Mitton and director David Lane
in 2005. Four episodes were produced before the project was abandoned following David Mitton's sudden heart attack and death on May 16, 2008.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
CGI
Computer animation
Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....
children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
created by former Thomas and Friends and TUGS
TUGS
TUGS is a British children's television series, first broadcast in 1988. It was created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton. The series dealt with the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who...
director and producer, David Mitton
David Mitton
David Nelson Godfrey Mitton was a British television producer and director, and an experienced model maker and author, best known for directing and producing the children's television shows TUGS and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends...
. This was Mitton's last work before his death in 2008. The show was being produced by Pineapple Squared Entertainment, which was founded by Mitton and director David Lane
David Lane (director)
David Lane is a British television and film director, best known for his association with series produced by Gerry Anderson's AP Films.Lane directed several episodes of the Thunderbirds television series, including "Attack of the Alligators!", as well as the two cinema films Thunderbirds are GO and...
in 2005. Four episodes were produced before the project was abandoned following David Mitton's sudden heart attack and death on May 16, 2008.