Cantilever Media develops, finances and produces high-quality family animated entertainment for film and television.

Our first animated feature was "The Amazing Maurice", based on the award winning book by Sir Terry Pratchett, written by Terry Rossio ("Shrek", "Aladdin") and in co-production with Ulysses Productions in Germany ("Louis and the Aliens", "Oops Noah is Gone").

Starring Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Hugh Bonneville, Ariyon Bakare, Peter Serafinowicz, Joe Sugg and David Tennant, the film has been released theatrically worldwide, including the USA, in 2022 /2023 and grossed over $22million worldwide at the Box Office.

The Amazing Maurice was longlisted for Best Animated Feature in the BAFTA Film Awards 2022, Won ‘Best Animation’ at Cartoons on the Bay 2023, Won the ‘Audience Choice’ Award at the Nantes Les Utopiales and premiered in the USA at the Sundance Film Festival (2023).

In 2024 The Amazing Maurice was longlisted for The Academy Awards and won a British Animation Award for ‘Best Vocal Performance’ as well as being short listed as ‘Best Animated Feature’.

In 2023, Andrew Baker, CEO of Cantilever Media, was shortlisted as ‘CARTOON European Animation Producer of the Year’.

Cantilever is currently co-producing several animated features including ‘Bollywoof’ with Newscope Films and Sky Cinema, ‘The Amazing Maurice 2’ with Ulysses Films (Germany), ‘Unstable’ with CarpeDiem Film & Tv (Canada) and BWater Studios (Spain); and ‘Wed Wabbit’ with Locksmith Animation.

Cantilever announced a joint development deal with HarperCollins Publisher and Viva Pictures for 3 adaptations from well known book properties, the first of which will be 'Mischief and Mayhem'.