Ben 10 and Big Hero 6 Teams Join Alpha Group For New Animated Series

06/05/2017 09:47 pm EDT

Alpha Group US LLC, a subsidiary of Alpha Group, one of the fastest growing Media and Toy companies, is excited to announce its creative partnership with Man of Action Entertainment, the Creators of Ben 10 and the team and characters for Disney's Academy Award®-winning feature, Big Hero 6.

Alpha and Man of Action will team up to write and produce a brand new, as-yet-untitled original animated series.

Matthew Wexler (PAW Patrol, Bakugan) of WexWorks Media will Executive Produce the series in partnership with Alpha.

"We're thrilled to be partnering with best-in-class creative teams like Man of Action and WexWorks Media to develop dynamic new content," said Brehan Maul, Vice President Marketing, Alpha Group US LLC. "This project represents one of many ways we are approaching development, and will anchor our growing slate of animation content."

"Man of Action was very excited by the unique creative proposition brought forward by Alpha and WexWorks and we look forward to creating a fantastic new story world to explore it in," said Man of Action in a statement.

Alpha Group US is a wholly owned subsidiary of the China -based Alpha Group Co. Ltd., one of the largest and most successful animation, toy, and entertainment groups in Asia. With a mission of providing engaging entertainment experiences, linking superior animation content with high quality toys and games for kids and their parents, Alpha takes play seriously. Their portfolio of brands, including Super Wings™, Sky Rover™, Drone Force™ and Regal Academy™, appeals to both boys and girls across a wide range of ages. There is something for everyone, and much more on the horizon!

Man of Action Entertainment are Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle, the writers' collective behind comic's largest franchise characters as well as original characters published by their Man of Action imprint at Image Comics. Man of Action created Ben 10, the $4.5 billion boys' action franchise, and serve as creators/executive producers of the new iteration, already renewed for season two on Cartoon Network. Man of Action created the characters and team for Big Hero 6, Disney/ Marvel's Academy Award®-winning feature. Dentsu handpicked them to create, write and executive produce the all-new Mega Man series coming to Cartoon Network in 2018 and they also created the upcoming Zak Storm series for Zag as well as a new show with Alpha Group and WexWorks. Man of Action created Generator Rex and launched both Disney XD's Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man and Marvel's Avengers Assemble as EXP/writers. In addition to creating successful video games, toy lines and comic books, Man of Action are the creator/producer/writers of recent and upcoming feature films and live-action TV series based on their original comic books and graphic novels including I Kill Giants, Officer Downe, Kafka, The Crusades and The Great Unknown.

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