Cutting Class Media and Lakeside Animation have started production on the adult animated comedy feature, Matters Beyond.

The feature is created by Daniel C. Katz (Super Turbo Story Time), who will also serve as writer, director and producer.

The film focuses on a man who dies minutes after discovering life’s purpose, and decides to embark an quest through purgatory for reincarnation.

Cutting Class Media (Gary and His Demons) will distribute and produce the feature with North Bay, Ont.-based Lakeside (Sonya from Toastville) providing animation service. L.A.-based Titmouse (Big Mouth) will collaborate on the animation side. Lee Porter (Doomlands) will serve as supervising producer.

The feature is slated to be completed by Q4 2025. Bowen told Playback Daily that the feature is financed via private equity and producer investments. A budget was not disclosed.

The Toronto-headquartered Cutting Class launched in June under the leadership of Bowen and Carly Sacks, both former Blue Ant Media execs. Bowen was previously the founder and managing director of Look Mom! Productions, a Blue Ant subsidiary, while Sacks served as Blue Ant’s director of production finance.

They were also joined by actor-producer Bracken Burns as partner and head of scripted.

The company is focused on the development, production and distribution of live-action scripted and unscripted content as well as long-form animation. Since its inception, it has announced several projects, including the international distribution of the CBC Documentary Channel production, What We Carry and a new season of People Watching.

Katz is represented by VERVE.

Image courtesy of Daniel C. Katz and Alex S. Martin