Overview

• Nappy Boy Entertainment is developing Wiscansin as an animated property in partnership with Viral Nation and Wind Sun Sky Entertainment.
• Catherine Winder of Wind Sun Sky, a former Lucasfilm executive, describes an irreverent, self-aware take on university life as the creative tone.
• The team is aiming to release initial shortform content in roughly nine to twelve months while timing for the full series remains unconfirmed.
• Viral Nation details a transmedia rollout that includes animated shorts and a series shown at live tour stops, on Roblox, and across digital platforms to build multiple revenue streams.
• The project formalizes a fan-grown brand born from T-Pain’s 2008 “Wiscansin” lyric, which has expanded into merchandise, a fictional university, and a Milwaukee music festival, with T-Pain deeply involved creatively.