Flashback: Making The Egg of Darkness

The last of the Squirrelings must go on an epic adventure to stop the evil emperor from using a powerful crystal to cover the world in darkness.

The animated adventure, The Egg of Darkness premiered in 2014 and garnered millions of views. Due to some issues, the film in it’s original form had to be removed from YouTube. It then went through a “Special Edition” process. Many scenes were altered and enhanced with better animation, shading, and color. It took months to redo and it was re-released featuring new characters The Squirrels from a new series William Sikora was also working on at the time. The Egg of Darkness: Special Edition premiered later that Fall.

Join Red, the squirrel as he journeys to save the world from the evil emperor of the Reptilias, who threatens to cover the land in darkness forever. Directed by William Sikora III. Starring: Tyler Parks, Christina Benthall, Tyler Jacob, William Sikora , Jason Marks, & Chris Alvarado. Inspired from 80’s fantasy films The Never Ending Story and The Dark Crystal, The Egg of Darkness is an animated film full of adventure and fun for the whole family.

Go behind the scenes and meet the voice cast and see how it was made.

The Egg of Darkness Returns!

After months of being in the dark, the announcement of the re-release excited fans for the November release.  The film was bumped up to October because production was moving much faster than planned. Finally on October 15, it debuted on BTV with new characters, new animation enhancements and more!

“We put well over 100 hours of work into this re-release, it was an exhausting amount of work and I could not be any more proud of this movie.” Sikora said.

You can watch the new adventure HERE.

Egg of Darkness Is Returning!!!

In a huge surprise announcement today, director William Sikora unveiled his plans for bringing back the smash hit The Egg of Darkness to BTV.

I am beyond excited to be bringing this film I worked so hard on back to the world. Due to the cease and desist from Rovio using their characters in our fan film, we were forced to take it down, sadly they didn’t like what we created but we know the fans loved it. It took a lot of deliberation, but I am happy to say that the project is already in production being re-imagined with our lovable Squirrel characters and I am certain the fans are going to enjoy it just as much as before! We are also throwing in a few surprises for those who have seen it before. Sikora said.

The film will retain the original voice actors and keep the story the same, except for a few tweaks in animation and seeing the birds as squirrels instead.  The Egg of Darkness will be globally re-released this November exclusively on BTV.  The director also unveiled a new trailer which gives fan a peek into the epic adventure awaiting them.

Sikora Unveils ‘The Squirrels’

The world is about to go nuts as we finally unveil our newest characters in the upcoming animated series, The Squirrels.

I am beyond excited to show these characters to the world and give them a taste of what is to come. The plan is to release animated shorts featuring this crazy family of squirrels who live in a tree, they will go on adventures, do parodies, and down the road, I’d love to see them in iPad children’s books and even games/apps.  Sikora said.

The Squirrels is the first original characters from Sikora Entertainment since 2012’s Rudy: The Christmas Ball. Although there have been many animated creations that featured other branded characters in parody shorts/fan films released from 2012 to 2014, the time is now for all original characters to take the spotlight.

Originals

With the critical acclaim of Patch, director William Sikora is setting out to create his own brand and with a goal to expand the characters across multiple platforms and entertainment venues, the real work is just beginning.

The Squirrels is set to premiere it’s first animated short sometime this year.