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Smiling Peanut Entertainment is an upstart independent media production company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The group is a privately-owned partnership formed by Chris Lanphear and Jake Theisen in late 2002. SPE originally started as Sunset Communications (SunCom), formed in 1997 by Chris Lanphear. The focus of the company was to produce quality content for the internet. During this time, SunCom worked on several projects for Poudre School District R-1, including developing a new web-based database system as well as several project websites. In October 2002, Chris Lanphear brought longtime friend Jake Theisen into the company. They later dissolved the group, reforming it as Smiling Peanut Productions. The new focus of the group was to produce and develop fresh, original and challenging work in the field of visual, audio and performing arts. In January 2003, SPE was an official sponsor of the 4th Annual TromaDance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, through our affiliation with New York-based Troma Entertainment. The event was an overwhelming success, attracting mainstream as well as independent media exposure worldwide. Smiling Peanut Entertainment currently has several projects in the works. Our first feature film, BLACK BALLOON, is currently in development. More information can be found at http://balloon.smilingpeanut.com. We have also recently acquired projects by Minnesota-based auteur Chas Kangas. SPE is aggressively looking for new projects and motivated artists. Under the direction of Lanphear, Theisen and Kangas, SPE is prepared to turn the world of art on its head.