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Auntie Claus Kicks Up Her Heels As Local Movie Project Meets Its Kickstarter Goal
Athena Studios raised its hoped-for goal of $38,000 by the Oct. 17 deadline.
There's a happy crowd today at Athena Studios, the new animation studio started by Piedmont resident Jon Peters.
The studio met — and exceeded — its Kickstarter goal of raising $38,000 to help produce a trailer and pitch package for its first feature-length film project, "Auntie Claus," Peters said in an email Thursday.
The studio received $42,486 in pledges from a total of 591 backers by the deadline of Thursday, Oct. 17. Most of the funding comes from relatively small pledges, ranging from $2 to $500. Gifts to the backers range from digital wallpaper to packages that include crew T-shirts and copies on the book on which the film is based.
You can follow the project via the "Auntie Claus" Facebook page.
You may read more about Peters, Athena Studios and Auntie Claus in "Animated Piedmont: Your Chance to Help Create a (Potentially) Major Motion Picture."
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