The Quebec City-based animation studio will bring the eagerly awaited series What If…? to life on Disney+
QUEBEC CITY, CANADA – MARCH 11, 2020 – Entertainment giant Marvel Studios announced today that Squeeze, the Québec City-based animation studio, has been given the nod to create five episodes of What If…?, a brand-new animated series. Scheduled for exclusive release on the Disney+ platform in summer 2021, What If…? is the first animated series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Squeeze CEO and co-founder Denis Doré didn’t hide his enthusiasm: “Marvel was looking for a world-class animation studio to come up with a fresh and unique style that would be in keeping with their brand essence,” he explained proudly. “We really clicked, right from our initial talks in Los Angeles last year, and they loved our proposal. I’m thrilled that our artists’ creativity and talent resonated so strongly in Hollywood.” Re-imaging various key moments in MCU’s history, What If…? uses dramatic twists to take viewers into uncharted territory.
About Squeeze
Ranked 57th on Canadian Business’ 2019 Growth 500 list of Canada’s fastest-growing companies and 89th on the Globe & Mail’s 2019 list of the top growing companies by three-year revenue growth, Squeeze is an internationally renowned and award-winning animation studio in Quebec City and Montreal. Co-founded by Denis Doré and Patrick Beaulieu in 2011, and backed by a passionate creative team of almost 150, the studio develops larger-than-life characters through the magic of 3D animation. Squeeze works with companies including Disney, Marvel, Universal, Illumination, Warner, and Ubisoft, to name a few.
The studio also produces its own original creations including its hit brand Cracké which has aired in over 210 countries and territories and has garnered over 325 million views on various digital platforms, including Tencent in China, since launching in 2016.
