Animaginary & Gersh Rep Mankowski's 'Getting Lost' Animated Franchise
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- Animaginary partnered with Gersh to represent worldwide rights on Michael Mankowski's three animated projects: the feature film Getting Lost, series Getting Lost: Lost Tapes, and spin-off Not That Indian
- Getting Lost stars Kevin Smith, Dan Aykroyd, Russell Peters, and Kim Basinger, and is in production with the team aiming to finish animation later this year for a Sundance premiere
- Getting Lost is pitched as an R-rated animated survival fever dream mixing psychedelic comedy with hand-drawn and stop-motion animation, with Aykroyd saying 'there's really nothing else out there like this for adults right now'
- The TV series Getting Lost: Lost Tapes follows Bill discovering Uncle Bob's hidden archive of unaired VHS tapes after Bob's death, framing each tape as a dangerous global adventure
- Not That Indian is in development as a standalone adult animated spin-off centered on Swami Pastrami, a sarcastic Toronto comedian who inherits a mystical locket and journeys across India
- Mark A.Z. Dippé and John Schneider produce across all three projects, with Eric Garofano serving as executive producer, and Mankowski writing and directing each
Why it matters: The deal positions a three-project animated franchise — including a Sundance-targeted R-rated feature with A-list voice talent — for global sales through Gersh, giving Animaginary the agency infrastructure to scale Mankowski's vision beyond a single film.
