"We are extremely excited to be working with Phil Roman on 'Atomic Betty.'Phil is an animation guru and his experience will surely make an alreadygreat property even better," said an exuberant Samantha Daley, AtomicCartoons Producer. "The show follows the imaginary adventures of AtomicBetty, the outer-space alter-ego of a young stay-at-home girl named Betty.Even though Atomic Betty is based on a girl, we feel the show will reachboth genders because it follows one little girl's way of dealing with theunfamiliar and sometimes difficult world of childhood."

Said Phil Roman: "All of us at Phil Roman Entertainment are excited aboutour new association with the young, energetic and talented team at AtomicCartoons. We are delighted to be working on 'Atomic Betty,' a projectthatis both unique and distinctive."

Roman formed his new animation company in 1999, after departing FilmRoman,a company he founded fourteen years earlier. He began his career in 1955 at the Walt Disney Studios. Afterwards, he worked for Warner Bros. Cartoons,and this was followed by stints with a string of other major animationcompanies including MGM Animation, UPA Film, Bill Melendez' productioncompany, and Ralph Bakshi's company. He has served as Executive Producerof"The Simpsons," "King of the Hill," and the "Garfield" series andspecials,and has directed numerous "Charlie Brown" features and TV specials. Romanalso produced and directed the full-length animation feature, "Tom andJerry: The Movie," for Miramax and Turner. Phil Roman Entertainment hasdelivered a Warner Home Video Christmas video, "Grandma Got Run Over by aReindeer," and "Christmas in Gaudinia." Three classic RKO films, "Sinbadthe Sailor," "Blackbeard the Pirate," and "The Fourth Musketeer," as wellasthree other films to be selected from RKO's vast library, will be jointlydeveloped and produced by Phil Roman Entertainment and RKO as featurelengthanimated films.

The fully Canadian owned Atomic Cartoons was founded by Directors TrevorBentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller and Emmy winner Rob Davies in 1999andhas since seen much success. The four have directed a multitude ofanimationprojects and provided pre-production on over 100 half hours of televisionanimation including Warner Brothers' "The Zeta Project," Film Roman's "TheOblongs" and Nelvana's "Pelswick." Atomic has also produced numerousinternet projects for the likes of Mondo Media and WB Online. AtomicCartoons is one of Vancouver, Canada's premier animation studios. Examplesof Atomic's work can be found at http://www.atomiccartoons.com.

"Atomic Betty" was negotiated for Phil Roman Entertainment by the firm'sVice President, Rick Ramirez and for Atomic Cartoons by Cheryl Nelson ofWyman, Isaacs, Blumenthal & Lynne of Los Angeles, California.