Animation Lab was an

animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animation, animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales ...

based in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

and

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

. Founded in 2006, and backed by Israeli Venture Capital firm

Jerusalem Venture Partners Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is an international Venture capital in Israel, venture capital firm founded in 1993. The fund specializes in investments in Startup company, startup companies, focusing on digital media, enterprise software, semic ...

(JVP), the studio was developing its first feature film, ''The Wild Bunch'', as the first feature-length

CGI animation Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating moving images. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both still images and moving images, while computer animation refers to moving images. Modern c ...

film produced in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. The story was to involve genetically modified cornstalks trying to take over a meadow populated by common wildflowers.

Philip LaZebnik Philip LaZebnik (born February 8, 1953) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known for writing the animated films ''Pocahontas'' (1995), ''Mulan'' (1998), ''The Prince of Egypt'' (1998), and ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000). Early l ...

was hired to write the screenplay, and Alexander Williams was slated to make his directorial debut. Animation Lab closed in 2013.

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American animation studios Israeli animation studios Mass media companies established in 2006 Israeli companies established in 2006 Companies based in Jerusalem Companies based in Los Angeles Mass media companies disestablished in 2013 2013 disestablishments in Israel {{Israel-company-stub