DHX hit with major data breach (beware of spoilers)

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

Boulder Media has posted that they are seeking for animators to work on a CG movie for a "well-known" Hasbro franchise. It's possible that this will be the studio making the G5 movie, although not certain.
This was posted on the Boulder Media Twitter:

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Yes, the leaked emails said it was Boulder, so it's safe to assume this is about MLP!

[Pinkie21]

They lost me at “CG”.  I hope so hard it’s not MLP.  They’ve done just fine without going the CG route.  If it is, I’m fully done with ponies.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

They lost me at “CG”.  I hope so hard it’s not MLP.  They’ve done just fine without going the CG route.  If it is, I’m fully done with ponies.

If nothing changes from the leaked emails and such, the movie prequel to the G5 series will be in CG, sadly.
I'm hoping that it just pulls it off well and doesn't look like some old SFM FiM animation.

[Zapper]

The leaks said the movie will be CG but the series will be 2-D and they very likely won't work with Flash anymore but a similar software to what Boulder Media will use for the movie. Probably TB Harmony?
I'm super excited!

[Al-1701]

Before people freak out at the term "CG", using animation programs like Flash and Toon Boom is considered "CG".

[LadyMoondancer]

Boulder Media is going to produce Transformers: Cyberverse, so it could also be for that series.

As other have said, CG doesn't necessarily mean 'CGI like Pixar'.  If you look at the promo images for Cyberverse, they look 2-D.  But they are computer generated, rather than cel-animated.  In that sense they are "CG."

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[Baby Sugarberry]

The current G4 cartoon is already CG - Computer Generated.  There's no hand drawing or colouring involved.

[Leave a Whisper]

CGI noooo thank you.

[Leave a Whisper]

Boulder Media is going to produce Transformers: Cyberverse, so it could also be for that series.

As other have said, CG doesn't necessarily mean 'CGI like Pixar'.  If you look at the promo images for Cyberverse, they look 2-D.  But they are computer generated, rather than cel-animated.  In that sense they are "CG."

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Is it wrong that my first thought was, Hooray! They have faces again!

I've never been a huge fan of the Animated/Prime aesthetic.

[Sunset]

I'll hold my judgment till I see it.  But I do hope it comes off more 2D.  I have yet to see horses of any type animated well in 3D other than by power houses like Disney/Pixar.  And that kind of talent/ megabucks just isn't going to happen for MLP.

[Sparkle Pony]

I... completely missed this during my absence.  I've skimmed through but honestly I'm having a hard time finding everything in this thread and figuring our what is real or not.  I don't suppose anyone has a collection of all leaked G5 materials they could put in one place and post or PM me?

[Leave a Whisper]

I... completely missed this during my absence.  I've skimmed through but honestly I'm having a hard time finding everything in this thread and figuring our what is real or not.  I don't suppose anyone has a collection of all leaked G5 materials they could put in one place and post or PM me?

No one is really for certain.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

I... completely missed this during my absence.  I've skimmed through but honestly I'm having a hard time finding everything in this thread and figuring our what is real or not.  I don't suppose anyone has a collection of all leaked G5 materials they could put in one place and post or PM me?

Hmm, I was gonna link you the sources of the leaks, but it seems they've been taken down. I do still have them all on my laptop, though...

[Sparkle Pony]

Ah, it's okay, I ended up reading the whole thread.

I'm really torn about this "G5".  I really really badly don't want the Mane 6 again, but some of the new concept art is really pretty.  Seriously, just make a new toyline with all (or at least mostly) new characters and decent quality toys and I will BE there.  I do hope they avoid going for any of the overly "anime" looking designs though.  I'm not a fan of the smooshed faces, massive eyes, and weird legs of G4 and would not like to see that aesthetic repeated.  I guess we will just have to wait and see!

[Motion-Paradox]

I'm not sure if what I've been able to find is actually the concept art or not, but I'm wondering whether the current generation actually will end in 2019. It may be that it's their plan right now, but they might change it later if the current series is still doing well enough; originally they had planned to end the series with season 3 and the first Equestria girls movie, but they changed their plans because the series was still doing well and ended up rewriting the episode at the last minute.