With a focus on diversity and inclusivity, we strive to make the world a better place by creating content that is award-winning, entertaining & made with integrity.
Our Global Partners
World class projects. World class partners. Based in Vancouver, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Los Angeles, we build global brands with these leading over-the-top platforms and international broadcasters
Highway Thru Hell
This Great Pacific Media documentary TV series launched in 2012. With several top-rated seasons and more than 120 episodes, it follows heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company Jamie David Towing as the crew works hard to save lives.
Heavy Rescue is the last line of defense on some of the most treacherous highways in North America, including the dreaded Coquihalla. At any hour, in any conditions, they are ready when police and highway crews call. Highway Thru Hell documents their intense and heroic work.
Developed by:
Great Pacific TelevisionNetwork
Discovery Channel CanadaRecent Awards
The Last Kids On Earth
Based on author Max Brallier’s New York Times bestselling book series The Last Kids on Earth, the series is produced by Atomic Cartoons for Netflix, and follows Jack Sullivan and a group of zombie-fighting middle schoolers who live in a treehouse filled with video games and candy. This hilarious, action-packed, coming-of-age story is the winner of four Leo Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award!
The animated series is written and executive produced by author Max Brallier, alongside Atomic’s Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Matthew Berkowitz, and Scott Peterson who also acts as showrunner. The impressive cast also features the voice talents of household names including Nick Wolfhard, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Bruce Campbell, and more.
Created by
Max BrallierDeveloped by
Atomic CartoonsNetwork
NetflixRecent Awards
Kim’s Convenience
This multi-award-winning series features the lives of a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store in Toronto. The series is based on Kim’s Convenience by Ins Choi
The first season holds a 100% rating from Rotten Tomatoes and it has met critical international acclaim. Funny, heartfelt and authentic, Kim’s Convenience premiered on CBC then was picked up by Netflix.
Created by
Ins Choi, Kevin WhiteDeveloped by
Thunderbird EntertainmentNetworks
Netflix, CBCRecent Awards
Heavy Rescue: 401
Launched in 2017 on Discovery Canada, Heavy Rescue 401 follows several tow operators, maintenance and rescue crews along North America’s most intense stretch of highway, the 401.
From Greater Toronto through to southern Ontario, these crews fight to keep the country’s most vital trade route to the USA from breaking down through brutal storms, disastrous multi-truck pileups, horrific spills and more.
Developed by:
Great Pacific MediaNetwork
Discovery Channel CanadaMolly of Denali
Since its 2019 premiere, award-winning Molly of Denali has been recognized as the first nationally distributed children’s series in the United States to feature an Indigenous lead character.
Molly of Denali follows curious, resourceful Molly Mabray as she and her friends explore their epic surroundings and rich Native culture. Molly helps her parents run the Denali Trading Post in interior Alaska. The show has two 11-minute animated segments with a live-action segment in between. Educational, funny and fascinating, Molly from Denali also has online games, videos, activities and a podcast.
Created by
Dorothea Gillim / Kathy WaughDeveloped by
Atomic Cartoons and WGBH KidsNetworks
CBC, PBS KidsRecent Awards
What We Create
We develop and produce a diversified portfolio of animated, factual and scripted content through Atomic Cartoons and Great Pacific Media for broadcasters, OTT platforms and cable channels worldwide. Our award-winning productions speak to our deep commitment to crafting, producing and partnering on compelling, quality programming.
The Bottom Line
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