Assemblage Entertainment

Assemblage Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Company typePrivate
Industry
Founded2013; 10 years ago
FounderAK Madhavan (MadMax)
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India
Key people
AK Madhavan aka MadMax (Founder & Director)
Arjun Madhavan (CEO)
Number of employees
280+
ParentCinesite (2022–present)
Websitewww.madassemblage.com

Assemblage Entertainment is an Indian animation studio based out of Mumbai, founded in December 2013, by industry veteran AK Madhavan (fondly known as Madmax).[1] The studio distributes animation productions of major Hollywood studios and other independent production companies from around the world.

Background

In September 2015, Assemblage Entertainment completed work on its first feature animation film, Blinky Bill the Movie, a full-length feature film co-produced by Flying Bark Productions, Telegael.[2]

Starting with a team of fewer than 20 artists in the suburbs of Mumbai, the company has grown rapidly into a studio of over 450 people, working on full-length features for global audiences. It has established itself as a leading independent player in animation, with numerous projects from global producers. The CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai mentioned Assemblage Entertainment as forebear of their Google Cloud Platform[3] at the GCP Next Global User Conference on 23 March 2016.[4]

The company also experiments with different types of film making. Recently, it ventured into short-film making with Living Idle.[5]

Visual effects

In 2021, the company set up their VFX unit and was one of the leading VFX studios to work on Rocketry: The Nambi Effect directed by R. Madhavan.[6] The movie was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was appreciated by critics and audience alike.[7] Assemblage also received a Filmfare Awards nomination for Best VFX in 2023.[8]

Feature films

# Title Release date Production companies Distributor/Network
1 Blinky Bill the Movie 17 September 2015 Flying Bark Productions Studio 100 (international sales)

StudioCanal (Australia)

2 Norm of the North 15 January 2016 Lionsgate Films
Splash Entertainment
Telegael 		Lionsgate Films
3 Arctic Dogs 1 November 2019 AMBI Media Group
AIC Studios
TATATU 		Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
4 Sneaks 18 April 2025 Cinema Gypsy Productions
Lengi Studios [9] 		Briarcliff Entertainment
5 Groove Tails TBA Imprint Entertainment[10]
Aloe Entertainment 		TBA
6 Stitch Head TBA Gringo Films
GFM Animation [11] 		TBA

TV Show

# Title Release date Network
1 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 1 December 2018 TF1
2 Trollhunters 26 June 2019 Netflix
3 Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt 8 May 2020 Netflix
4 Puffins 1 December 2020 Apple TV+
5 Super Giant Robot Brothers 4 August 2022 Netflix
6 Eureka! 4 August 2022 Disney Junior
7 S.M.A.S.H 22 August 2022 Max
8 Morphle and the Magic Pets 20 March 2024 Disney Junior
9 Press Start! 21 November 2024 Peacock
10 Wolf King 2025 Netflix
11 The Three Musketeers TBA TBA
12 Baby Puffins & Bunny TBA TBA

Visual Effects

# Title Release date
1 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 1 July 2022
2 Chhaava 6 December 2024

DVD

# Title Release date
1 Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure 8 October 2013
2 The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today 6 September 2016
3 The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover 28 March 2017
4 The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery 27 March 2018
5 Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom 11 January 2019
6 Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure 11 June 2019
7 The Swan Princess: Kingdom Of Music 6 August 2019
8 Norm of the North: Family Vacation 25 February 2020

Awards

Group Category (Recipient) Result
ANN Awards 2024[12] Best Preschool show for Morphle And The Magic Pets Won
Best Animated Digital Series for Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Won
Best animated series for Puffins Impossible Won
Studio of the Year Nominated
ANN Awards 2023[13] Best Preschool show for Eureka! (2022 TV series) Won
Best Animated Digital Series for Booba Won
Best animated series for Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Won
Best Partnered Animation Work for Super Giant Robot Brothers Won
Filmfare Awards 2023 [14] Best VFX for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Nominated

Short films

  • The FAB Gift of Life (2018)[15]

References

  1. ^ "Founder Interview: Assemblage Entertainment".
  2. ^ "Telegael".
  3. ^ "Google Cloud Platform Case Study" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Recognition from Google CEO at GCP Next Global User Conference on March 23, 2018".
  5. ^ "Indian Director Ramana's Short-Film Living Idle wins International Acclaim, 2018".
  6. ^ "'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' Co-Director Explains How R. Madhavan Transformed For His Role".
  7. ^ "'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' Co-Director Explains How R. Madhavan Transformed For His Role".
  8. ^ "NOMINATIONS FOR 68thHYUNDAI FILMFARE AWARDS 2023".
  9. ^ "'Rob Edwards to Make Directorial Debut With Animated Feature 'Sneaks' (EXCLUSIVE)".
  10. ^ "'Imprint Family Entertainment Launches With Animated Film GROOVE TAILS Starring Jamie Foxx".
  11. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (13 February 2023). "'GFM Animation Boards 'Stitch Head' Animated Movie Adaptation". Animation Magazine.
  12. ^ "Ann Awards 2024 witnessed remarkable participation: Here's the full list of winners". AnimationXpress Team. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Fourth edition of Ann Awards celebrates animation galore; here's a full list of winners". AnimationXpress Team. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Nominations for 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023". Filmfare. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  15. ^ Smith, Mark. "Tragic schoolboy Fraser Bates turned into teddy bear animation to raise awareness of organ donation".