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Larry Kasanoff Leads Industry Veterans To Form The Cartoon Coalition
A group of prominent animation, entertainment and music producers with credits for Mortal Kombat, The Lion King and Dirty Dancing have teamed to form a production venture. The Cartoon Coalition will debut at the AFM with a trio of movies.
“Larry Kasanoff, the Maestro of ‘Mortal Kombat,’ has seen the future of film production – and it’s right around the corner.”
“‘We don’t consider ourselves to be American producers,’ says Mr. Kasanoff, from his office in Santa Monica, California. ‘We are without a flag. We’re in the business to make movies and make movies for the world.’”
“Threshold (is spinning) gold from digital threads…”
“(Threshold is the) Next-Generation Pixar.”
“Threshold is on the threshold of a new concept in Hollywood.”
“The Guy’s Guy, CEO Larry Kasanoff, talks about why he has found success…’This is a great time. There is a ton of confusion, and we always think there is a ton of opportunity in confusion.’”
“While other video games, such as Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter, met with little success on the big screen, Kasanoff saw more potential in Mortal Kombat. Said Kasanoff, ‘I don’t get involved with something that I don’t think can be a five year project, with all types of entertainment spin offs.’ “
“Threshold Entertainment… has become one of the fastest growing multimedia companies around.”
“(Threshold) is one man’s vision of a media company in the Internet age, a symbiotic operation creating brand-name programming that easily moves among the internet, film and TV shows.’
‘Rolling down the San Diego Freeway in a chauffeured Lincoln, producer Larry Kasanoff spouts his recipe for success (in movies) …’Action. Explosions. Cars. Babes.’
“(Mortal Kombat is) #1 movie in the Universe! A high tech fun house!”
“Threshold is partnering with IBM to give animated movies a makeover.”
Asked if she made (Threshold and Universal’s) Bobbleheads: The Movie to endear herself to a new generation of fans, Cher says, "It's like Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again…My character was great, I was wearing my "Turn Back Time" outfit, and I was helping the little kids."
“ ‘The Producer’ (adult animated show from Threshold is) utterly reprehensible… and actually pretty funny.”
‘Larry Kasanoff…the producer of ‘Mortal Kombat’ films, who also worked with ‘Terminator’ director James Cameron to create production company Lightstorm Entertainment, has a big
vision for Blackbelt TV….’
“I would get Blackbelt TV. I would subscribe to that…Just all fighting. I like that…We get to
look at you (Host Sara Underwood) and then we get to watch people kick the shit out of each other all day. Can’t go wrong with that.”
“Blackbelt TV is the brainchild of Larry Kasanoff, creator of the Mortal Kombat movie.”
“We’re doing for martial arts what MTV did for music”
- Larry Kasanoff on CNN
“So why the hell has it taken so long for someone to give your (TV) a round kick? Fear not – Blackbelt TV is here. The brainchild of Larry Kasanoff, producer of the Mortal Kombat movie franchise…”
“ ‘Still, don’t expect a tender Terminator 2.’ Says Kasanoff: ‘It’s the most violent movie ever made about world peace.’ ”
“ ‘I think it’s a bunch of weasels scrambling for votes (re: senate hearings on violent movies),’ said Larry Kasanoff, President of a company that makes, among other things, movies based on video games like Mortal Kombat’ ’’
“Threshold turns out as much content…as most studios a thousand times its size.”
“This is a deal that allows everyone to share the risks. We wind up owning the films. Our partners have access to a slate of films they might otherwise not want to bear the entire freight of,’ (says Larry Kasanoff.) “
“There’s a…company of techno-wizards called Threshold Entertainment…it’s amazing the worlds they can create.”
“(Strange Days is) one of the best films of the year.’
- Roger Ebert
