Tricky & The Cereal Killers

Proof of concept.

Set in 1990s London, the story follows a husband-and-wife animation team whose careers collapse overnight when new laws ban sugary ads targeting kids. Their mostbeloved creation, Tricky the Leprechaun, is left behind, along with their broken family. Decades later, their teenage granddaughter Charli finds Tricky’s old animation art in the attic. When she posts it on a popular short form video platform using AI tools, her viral meme accidentally opens a portal, unleashing the once-cute cereal mascots, now corrupted by AI, into the real world.

Credits:

Animation

Ryan Fairbanks

Michael Schlingmann

Dean Roberts

Uli Meyer

Gary Dunn

Boris Hiestand

Ole Christian Loken

Panagiotis Rappas

Sandro Cleuzo

Character Design

Uli Meyer

Gary Dunn

Craig Kellman

Tricky cel painted by Lucie Julliat

Live Action

Maya: Margaret Clunie

Ben: Tom Ashley

Charli: Jessica Prentice

Tricky Rob Rackstraw

Kids: Julius Meyer

Charlotte Isabell Parker

Kai Roberts

Cinematographer: Markus Ilschner

Composer Lindsay Whright

Casting Tom Medcalf

Sound designer: Giorgos Mikrogiannakis

BagPipes: Lorne MacDougall

Focus Puller: Alexandra Voikou

2nd AC: Esther Mitchell

Gaffer: Henry Young, Nicolas Hambleton

Sparks: Edmund Bishop, Oliver Young, Jordan White

On-Set Art Direction: Daniela Topham

Sound Recordist: Charlie Hinde, Olly Kent

Sound Recordist Assistant Ariya Beecham

Special FX Supervisor & Props: Mark Bailey

Vfx clean-up: Olpamish Bazarbaev

Hair & Make-Up: Lisa Meyer, Emma Leon

Runner: Anya Chung, Korede Alaran

Stills Photographer Niki Bruckner

BTS Seun Pinheiro

Colourist Garry Maddison

Grade producer: Steve Faulmann

Special thanks to

Paul Chung & Daniela Topham for the use of their home.