Overview
- Jerry Bruckheimer is producing an animated feature based on Epic with creator Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Atlantic executive Kevin Weaver, and producer Chad Oman.
- CAA will present the early-stage project to studios and streaming platforms.
- Epic began as a Notre Dame thesis and built a TikTok following that pushed its 2022 music releases to No. 1 on iTunes and on soundtrack charts.
- Reporting notes prior lawsuits between Rivera-Herrans and an original record company that complicated production.
- The project enters a market that also includes Christopher Nolan’s separate live-action Odyssey with a star cast.