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Studio expands its physical media catalog and transmedia strategy as it prepares for the October premiere of its sixth feature, Pumpkin Patch: MOONBREAKER LOS ANGELES, CA—September 2, 2026—Magic Engine Studios today announced the Blu-ray releases of Astro Cats: The Movie and The Yellow Knight, expanding the studio’s physical media catalog as it prepares to launch its new online merchandise store in mid-September. The expansion comes ahead of the October premiere of the studio

The sequel marks the sixth feature produced through the Magic Engine pipeline in less than 15 months, with a seventh movie already in development for December LOS ANGELES — August 19, 2026 — Magic Engine Studios today announced Pumpkin Patch: Moonbreaker, the direct sequel to 2025’s Pumpkin Patch, with a release planned for mid-October 2026. An exact release date and additional distribution details will be announced soon. Moonbreaker marks the sixth original feature produced

Magic Engine's Feature-length generative dark comedy expands its audience through Spotify’s growing video platform LOS ANGELES, CA — August 10, 2026 — Magic Engine Studios announced today that Pumpkin Patch, the feature-length generative dark comedy created by Brian James Gage, is now available to watch on Spotify Podcasts. The Spotify release marks the second major distribution win for the independently produced feature, following its license to Fawesome, a leading FAST plat

Magic Engine, in conjunction with K13 Cinematics, is proud to announce the launch of a new vertical entertainment series built natively for generative production. COLD HARD SWET is the first strike. Log: The world is finished. Nuked. Drowned. Gone. What’s left is the Highlands—a scorched, desert Antarctica where survival runs on absurdity, scavenging, and bad decisions. At the center of it: Ball Lucielle —a cybernetic smartass with zero patience and a tendency to bulldoze t

FULL PREVIEW BELOW . The Shoebill is back in The Yellow Knight and Easter City is about to pay for it. Magic Engine is proud to announce the official preview of The Yellow Knight , the fourth feature film completed using the Magic Engine pipeline in under nine months. A direct sequel to July 2025’s Easter-noir action comedy, The Cheep , The Yellow Knight expands the ever-growing LMAO! Universe IP created by Magic Engine’s sister studio, K13 Cinematics. The film premieres Ap

Prove the film early. Fund it faster. Put real crews to work sooner. Magic Engine pre-visualization packs reduce risk at the development stage and fast-track projects into real production, helping actors, crew, and creative teams get paid sooner by proving viability upfront. Teaser Poster Development Inside the Magic Engine The Pines Teaser Poster | A tonal foundation for pitch, pre-vis, and financing alignment. As part of our upcoming 10-minute pre-visualization segment for

The Pines is a feature project with GRIT flims that has spent years in development across shifting financing structures and production environments. Like many ambitious genre films, it advanced through packaging and market conversations without reaching camera. Rather than allowing the project to remain theoretical, Magic Engine moved it into visual form. In one week, we produced a 3.5-minute pre-visualization directly from the script designed to accomplish three objectives:

K13 Cinematics confirms that The Yellow Knight will be executed using the Magic Engine generative production system. The feature film is the sequel to The Cheep (67 min. | 2025) —a dark, R-rated comedy centered on the Easter Bunny as a glitter-suited vigilante in Easter City. Release: Easter 2026 | Written & Directed by Brian James Gage. Official Teaser Poster— The Yellow Knight. Powered by Magic Engine: Feature production + cinematic marketing. Need feature posters or cinem

Distribution Announcement Magic Engine announces that an MES-aligned property has secured a commercial OTT streaming license. Red Nose 2: FULL METAL RULDOFF —a fully self-produced, 100% generative-AI feature created in association with K13 Cinematics and executed using the Magic Engine production and delivery system has been licensed for FAST/AVOD distribution across Roku, Fire TV, and Google TV platforms. In addition, the film is now available on Relay , an emerging global