founded 2003 headquarters vancouver british columbia toronto ontario los angeles california subsidiaries reunion pictures website http www.thunderbird.tv thunderbird films is an expanded multiplatform media production distribution and rights management company based in vancouver bc canada with offices in toronto and los angeles . thunderbird has a catalogue of more than 400 hours of canadian and us television content including such children s series as some assembly required zigby zixx mr. young and dramas such as endgame da vinci s inquest and intelligence . together with soda pictures thunderbird has acquired the rights to films such as high rise disorder and the second mother . it was recently announced that lionsgate founder and thunderbird director frank giustra will act as executive producer alongside thunderbird ceo tim gamble for the blade runner sequel which is set to be released on october 6 2017 . the tv series guilt also received a series order from freeform the show is produced by sea to sky entertainment a joint venture between lionsgate and thunderbird films and had its series premiere on june 13 2016 . on february 10 2016 it was announced that thunderbird would be co producing netflix original series beat bugs a series that features music from the beatles covered by artists such as eddie vedder sia and p nk . the series animation will be done by atomic cartoons and will begin streaming in the summer of 2016 . in july 2016 thunderbird announced they are in production on a new 13 episode half hour comedy based on ins choi s award winning play kim s convenience . the show premiered on cbc october 11 2016 . executive producers on kim s convenience are ivan fecan tim gamble alexandra raff leslie lester albert schultz ins choi and kevin white . supervising producers are sandra cunningham and robin cass . thunderbird s programming airs on major networks around the globe . contents 1 reunion pictures 2 sea to sky entertainment 3 great pacific media 4 soda pictures 5 atomic cartoons 6 kim s convenience 7 beat bugs 8 blade runner 2049 9 package deal 10 mr. young 11 some assembly required 12 endgame 13 thunderbird catalogue 13.1 tv series 13.2 films 14 references reunion pictures edit on april 4 2013 it was announced that thunderbird films purchased reunion pictures . matthew o connor lisa richardson and tom rowe who formed reunion pictures in 2004 will remain with the company and produce under their own brand as will thunderbird . 1 sea to sky entertainment edit in march 2012 thunderbird films announced a new partnership between lionsgate entertainment to form sea to sky entertainment . the announcement came weeks after frank giustra became a major shareholder in thunderbird films . 2 lionsgate and thunderbird will jointly manage the venture which is designed to share production and distribution costs for all scripted projects picked up to series . 3 thunderbird and lionsgate intend to do eight to ten productions a year through the sea to sky pact . 2 in february 2013 sea to sky entertainment announced brett burlock as its vice president of creative affairs . the ex head of development at ctv whose credits include flashpoint and the borgias has been charged by lionsgate and thunderbird films with creating a one stop studio alternative for canadian networks . 4 on august 17 2015 abc family announced the cast of guilt a one hour drama about a young american woman in london who becomes a prime suspect in the savage murder of her roommate . the series stars katrina law and billy zane and is a co production of sea to sky entertainment the joint venture between lionsgate television and thunderbird films and bv family productions in association with abc family . gary fleder kingdom scorpion will direct . on november 5 2015 guilt received a series order from abc family . the series premiered on june 13 2016 on freeform in usa and on bravo in canada on june 21 . great pacific media edit in 2014 it was announced that thunderbird films acquired great pacific media . great pacific media is specializing in the development production co production and financing of factual documentary and reality television . current series include highway thru hell and heavy rescue 401 as well as the upcoming hgtv series worst to first and save my reno soda pictures edit in september 2014 it was announced that thunderbird films acquired soda pictures . soda pictures is a london based all rights film distribution company with a division in canada specialising in arthouse independent and world cinema . established in 2002 by eve gabereau and edward fletcher the company releases 25 films a year and has a library of over 300 titles . they have released such groundbreaking films as fatih akin s head on tran ahn hung s norwegian wood jim jarmusch s only lovers left alive kelly reichardt s old joy meek s cutoff and night moves christian petzold s barbara and phoenix both starring nina hoss from saudi arabia wadjda brazilian award winner the second mother icelandic breakout hit rams french thriller disorder starring matthias schoenaerts and diane kruger and the oscar nominated documentary finding vivian maier as well as on the canadian side lone scherfig s the riot club ben wheatley s high rise and the western slow west starring michael fassbender . they also have a partnership with miramax films under which they are releasing the ninth life of louis drax starring jamie dornan and southside with you based on the obama s first date in 1989 . upcoming they have sundance selection lovers and the despot and the critically acclaimed cannes competitors paterson and toni erdmann . atomic cartoons edit on july 8 2015 thunderbird films acquired canadian animation company atomic cartoons . 5 in february 2016 it was announced that atomic cartoons would be creating the animation for netflix original series beat bugs which is a show inspired by over 50 famous beatles tunes covered by numerous international artists . in march 2016 director blake johnson says if thunderbird films and atomic cartoons can work an computer animated television series for netflix named audrey and drake a feature television show where audrey and drake finds out a lot of adventures . 6 kim s convenience edit thunderbird films commenced production on a 13 episode first season of the new half hour comedy series kim s convenience which premiered on october 11 2016 on cbc . the series is based on the award winning play by ins choi who serves as series creator along with kevin white schitts creek . executive producers on kim s convenience are ivan fecan tim gamble alexandra raff leslie lester albert schultz ins choi and kevin white . supervising producers are sandra cunningham and robin cass . the series stars paul sun hyung lee jean yoon simu liu andrea bang andrew phung and nicole power . beat bugs edit beat bugs is a netflix original series . it was announced in february 2016 that thunderbird would be a co producer on the series which began streaming on netflix august 3 2016 . the series features original characters and a world created by australian native josh wakely who directs writes and produces the series following a deal with sony atv music publishing for worldwide rights to record covers of the beatles song catalog . beat bugs incorporates songs from the lennon mccartney northern songs catalog . the show will feature some of the best known beatles songs woven into the narrative of each episode with eddie vedder pink james bay sia the shins of monsters and men chris cornell regina spektor and james corden each recording their rendition of an iconic song . among the songs featured are help all you need is love come together penny lane yellow submarine lucy in the sky with diamonds sgt. pepper s lonely hearts club band and magical mystery tour . blade runner 2049 edit thunderbird films owns a 50 percent stake in the blade runner franchise and will be an active partner in the new blade runner feature film with ceo tim gamble and frank giustra will serve as executive producers . 7 it was announced on august 18 2011 that ridley scott has signed on to direct and produce the new installment of blade runner 8 and that the original screenwriter hampton fancher is in talks to pen the untitled sequel . 7 on february 27 2015 it was announced that canadian director denis villeneuve will be directing the sequel and on february 28 2015 it was confirmed that harrison ford will reprise his role as rick deckard with ryan gosling in talks to star in the remake . 9 on may 21 2015 award winning cinematographer roger deakins joined the blade runner sequel which is rumored to be named android dream . other cast include robin wright dave bautista jared leto ana de armas sylvia hoeks carla juri and mackenzie davis . the film will be released on october 6 2017 and it was recently announced that the official title will be blade runner 2049 . package deal edit on may 29 2012 citytv s original content team announced that it had commissioned package deal a new comedy series produced by thunderbird films and created by andrew orenstein malcolm in the middle 3rd rock from the sun . package deal is a 13 episode half hour multi camera original comedy about three overly close brothers and the woman who comes between them . 10 on april 1 2013 it was announced that package deal would begin airing on the citytv network starting monday may 6 2013 at 8 30pm pst . 11 the second season premiered on citytv on september 12 2014 and on april 20 2015 it was announced by thunderbird that the sitcom would be made available to stream in the us on hulu . package deal stars randal edwards harland williams jay malone julia voth and jill morrison . mr. young edit thunderbird films and corus entertainment commenced production on a 26 episode first season of the comedy series mr. young in october 2010 . the series was created by dan signer the suite life on deck a.n.t. farm and stars brendan meyer matreya fedor and gig morton . mr. young centers on child prodigy adam young brendan meyer who graduated from university at the age of 14 . he decides to come back to high school to live the high school experience only he becomes the science teacher at the school . with one foot in the lunch room and the other foot in the staff room it s mr. young s social life that s being put to the test . 12 on april 29 2011 mr. young was renewed for a 26 episode second season . 13 the series was renewed for a third season in april 2012 . thunderbird began production of a 28 episode third season on may 10 2012 . 14 mr. young is broadcast on ytv in canada and disney xd in the united states . 12 some assembly required edit thunderbird films and corus entertainment commenced production on a 26 episode first season of the comedy series some assembly required which premiered on ytv on january 6 2014 . the series was created by dan signer the suite life on deck a.n.t. farm and howard nemetz mr. young the suite life of zack & cody and stars kolton stewart charlie storwick and harrison houde . some assembly required tells the story of jarvis raines kolton stewart an average teenager who becomes boss overnight after he sues a toy company over a defective chemistry set that blows up his house . jarvis first act as ceo of knickknack toys is to recruit a group of kids from his high school to help him run the company . on january 5 2015 some assembly required returned to ytv for a