In 1967’s The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman’s fresh out of college Benjamin Braddock is told the future is in plastics. In 2023, Amazon is taking some of that advice to heart and betting some of its future on Superplastic.
To be specific, that wager on the snarling character design company is taking the form of a $20 million investment round via the House of Bezos’ Alexa Fund.
Additionally, the Paul Budnitz and Huck Gee formed Superplastic have inked a first-look development deal with Amazon Studios to bring their saucy street level characters to the streaming screen.
To that end and drawing from some of Superplastic’s OG synthetic celebrities, The Janky & Guggimon Show is already in development at Amazon.
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