Auf dem Annecy International Film Festival haben der legendäre Modedesigner Jean Paul Gaultier und nWave Studios erste Einblicke in ihren gemeinsam geplanten Animationsfilm gegeben.
Jean Paul Gaultier (Credit: Imago / Pacific Press Agency)
Der legendäre französische Modedesigner Jean Paul Gaultier und die belgischen nWave Studios planen einen gemeinsamen Animationsfilm. Gaultier hat die Funktion des Artistic Director übernommen. Erste Bilder wurden auf dem Annecy Film Festival vorgestellt. Der Film handelt von einer modebesessenen Motte, die im Original von Rossy De Palma gesprochen wird. Die präsentierten Bilder/Zeichnungen durften allerdings nicht öffentlich preisgegeben werden. Die Originalidee zum Film, der noch keinen Titel hat, sondern lediglich als „Untitled Jean Paul Gaultier Project“ firmiert, hatte Emilie Frèche. Sie verarbeitet darin eigene Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen, die sie als Kind einer Familie, die in der Modeindustrie tätig ist, gesammelt hat. Die Heldin des Films, die modeverliebte Motte, flüchtet aus ihrer bisherigen Lebensumgebung, einem Second-Hand-Laden auf dem Land,...
Jean Paul Gaultier (Credit: Imago / Pacific Press Agency)
Der legendäre französische Modedesigner Jean Paul Gaultier und die belgischen nWave Studios planen einen gemeinsamen Animationsfilm. Gaultier hat die Funktion des Artistic Director übernommen. Erste Bilder wurden auf dem Annecy Film Festival vorgestellt. Der Film handelt von einer modebesessenen Motte, die im Original von Rossy De Palma gesprochen wird. Die präsentierten Bilder/Zeichnungen durften allerdings nicht öffentlich preisgegeben werden. Die Originalidee zum Film, der noch keinen Titel hat, sondern lediglich als „Untitled Jean Paul Gaultier Project“ firmiert, hatte Emilie Frèche. Sie verarbeitet darin eigene Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen, die sie als Kind einer Familie, die in der Modeindustrie tätig ist, gesammelt hat. Die Heldin des Films, die modeverliebte Motte, flüchtet aus ihrer bisherigen Lebensumgebung, einem Second-Hand-Laden auf dem Land,...
- 6/16/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
Jean-Paul Gaultier has unveiled first details and images for his upcoming debut animated fiction feature tapping into his collections and experiences in the Paris Fashion world. The images have not been made available to share publicly.
The Untitled Jean-Paul Gaultier Project is being produced by nWaves Studios, the Belgium-based animation production house behind family hits such as Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness and Bigfoot Family.
The project is based on an original idea by writer Emilie Frèche, sparked by her own experiences growing up with parents and extended family members in the fashion industry.
The fairytale-style story revolves around a fashionista young moth who escapes a provincial thrift store run by a retired model called Kiki, and makes her way to Paris with ambitions to pursue a career in haute couture.
“She is quite desperate because she only has dirty moths around her who eat old sweaters all day long,...
The Untitled Jean-Paul Gaultier Project is being produced by nWaves Studios, the Belgium-based animation production house behind family hits such as Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness and Bigfoot Family.
The project is based on an original idea by writer Emilie Frèche, sparked by her own experiences growing up with parents and extended family members in the fashion industry.
The fairytale-style story revolves around a fashionista young moth who escapes a provincial thrift store run by a retired model called Kiki, and makes her way to Paris with ambitions to pursue a career in haute couture.
“She is quite desperate because she only has dirty moths around her who eat old sweaters all day long,...
- 6/13/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
While this summer’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will certainly tout its lifelike visual effects, if you are looking for a realistic depiction of creatures in the wilderness, the Zellners certainly have the big-budget blockbuster beat. With the dialogue-free Sasquatch Sunset, starring Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Christophe Zajac-Denek, and Nathan Zellner as a Bigfoot family in Northern California, we witness a year in the life of their journey. Ahead of an April release from Bleecker Street, along with stops at Berlinale and SXSW, the first trailer and poster have now arrived for the Ari Aster-backed film.
I said in Sasquatch Sunset is a Dialogue-Free Experiment in Capturing the Circle of Life”>my Sundance review, “Life in the wilderness––breathing in the mountain air, basking in the sun, and foraging for the perfect meal––can also be punishing and unforgiving. Particularly if you are a Sasquatch family.
I said in Sasquatch Sunset is a Dialogue-Free Experiment in Capturing the Circle of Life”>my Sundance review, “Life in the wilderness––breathing in the mountain air, basking in the sun, and foraging for the perfect meal––can also be punishing and unforgiving. Particularly if you are a Sasquatch family.
- 2/13/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Signature Picks Up Animated Feature ‘The Inseparables’ From ‘Toy Story’ Writers for U.K. (Exclusive)
Signature Entertainment has said that it has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to animated family adventure The Inseparables, written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (Toy Story), from nWave Studios. A major theatrical release is planned for Dec. 8.
The feature is produced by Matthieu Zeller (The Queen’s Corgi, Bigfoot Family, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness) and Matthieu Gondinet (Bigfoot Family, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness) and directed by Jérémie Degruson (The House of Magic, Son of Bigfoot, Bigfoot Family). It was written and based on an original story by Cohen and Sokolow and adapted into a screenplay by Cal Brunker (Paw Patrol: The Movie) and Bob Barlen (Arctic Dogs).
The adventure follows a puppet named Don, tired of always playing the fool, who teams up with rapping teddy bear DJ Doggy Dog to save his friends in a wondrous adventure across Central Park.
The deal was...
The feature is produced by Matthieu Zeller (The Queen’s Corgi, Bigfoot Family, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness) and Matthieu Gondinet (Bigfoot Family, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness) and directed by Jérémie Degruson (The House of Magic, Son of Bigfoot, Bigfoot Family). It was written and based on an original story by Cohen and Sokolow and adapted into a screenplay by Cal Brunker (Paw Patrol: The Movie) and Bob Barlen (Arctic Dogs).
The adventure follows a puppet named Don, tired of always playing the fool, who teams up with rapping teddy bear DJ Doggy Dog to save his friends in a wondrous adventure across Central Park.
The deal was...
- 10/6/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Inseparables,” Jérémie Degruson’s ambitious animated feature competing this week at Annecy festival, has been sold to a raft of territories by Octopolis and nWave.
Based on an original idea by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, the Oscar-nominated writers of “Toy Story,” “The Inseparables” follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with a boundless imagination and, DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend. Don and DJ Doggy Dog cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in New York City. The film was penned by Bob Barlen and Cal Brunker.
Budgeted at $25 million, “The Inseparables” was produced by nWave Studios in Belgium, Octopolis in France and A Contracorriente Films in Spain.
New sales deals have been closed for France (Kmbo), South Korea (First Run), Greece (Odeon), Poland (M2 Films), Turkey (filmarti), Israel (Forum...
Based on an original idea by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, the Oscar-nominated writers of “Toy Story,” “The Inseparables” follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with a boundless imagination and, DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend. Don and DJ Doggy Dog cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in New York City. The film was penned by Bob Barlen and Cal Brunker.
Budgeted at $25 million, “The Inseparables” was produced by nWave Studios in Belgium, Octopolis in France and A Contracorriente Films in Spain.
New sales deals have been closed for France (Kmbo), South Korea (First Run), Greece (Odeon), Poland (M2 Films), Turkey (filmarti), Israel (Forum...
- 6/13/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures have announced that Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie — their sequel to Paw Patrol: The Movie, which was itself based on the hit animated kids’ series Paw Patrol — will move up its release date from October 13 to go wide on September 29.
The original show, which debuted on Nickelodeon in the U.S. in 2013, centers on Ryder and his crew of search and rescue dogs known as Paw Patrol, watching as they go on missions to protect their community of Adventure Bay and nearby areas.
In the second Paw Patrol film, a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, giving the Paw Patrol pups superpowers and transforming them into The Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of...
The original show, which debuted on Nickelodeon in the U.S. in 2013, centers on Ryder and his crew of search and rescue dogs known as Paw Patrol, watching as they go on missions to protect their community of Adventure Bay and nearby areas.
In the second Paw Patrol film, a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, giving the Paw Patrol pups superpowers and transforming them into The Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of...
- 2/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben Stassen’s nWave Studios is set to produce “The Inseparables,” a 25 million animated feature based on an original idea by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, the Oscar-nominated writers of “Toy Story.”
The feature is being jointly produced by nWave Studios in Belgium, Octopolis in France and A Contracorriente Films in Spain.
Cohen and Sokolow penned the feature with Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen, Matthieu Zeller and Jérémie Degruson.
Degruson, who previously directed some of nWave Studios’ biggest animated hits “The House of Magic,” “Bigfoot Junior” and Bigfoot Family,” is on board to helm “The Inseparables.”
The animated buddy movie follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with a boundless imagination and, DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend, as they cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in New York City.
The movie...
The feature is being jointly produced by nWave Studios in Belgium, Octopolis in France and A Contracorriente Films in Spain.
Cohen and Sokolow penned the feature with Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen, Matthieu Zeller and Jérémie Degruson.
Degruson, who previously directed some of nWave Studios’ biggest animated hits “The House of Magic,” “Bigfoot Junior” and Bigfoot Family,” is on board to helm “The Inseparables.”
The animated buddy movie follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with a boundless imagination and, DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned stuffed animal toy in need of a friend, as they cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in New York City.
The movie...
- 5/12/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
International projects need to spend part of their budget in Belgium.
Brussels-based Belga Film Fund is looking for international film and TV projects in which to invest the €30m it says it has raised this year through the Belgian tax shelter.
“We are putting together a line-up of projects that will be shot in 2022 but will benefit from the funds we will collect this year,” explained company founder and general manager Fabrice Delville.
He said Belga is open to applications for funding before its next funding deadline ends on December 6th.
“Our support is spend-related. We ask for the project to spend money in Belgium,...
Brussels-based Belga Film Fund is looking for international film and TV projects in which to invest the €30m it says it has raised this year through the Belgian tax shelter.
“We are putting together a line-up of projects that will be shot in 2022 but will benefit from the funds we will collect this year,” explained company founder and general manager Fabrice Delville.
He said Belga is open to applications for funding before its next funding deadline ends on December 6th.
“Our support is spend-related. We ask for the project to spend money in Belgium,...
- 11/26/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The International Union of Cinemas (Unic) has unveiled its annual report highlighting recent developments within Europe’s theatrical industry during the pandemic. The org looks at 43,000 screens across 38 territories for its study.
This year’s findings, presented during exhibition trade show CineEurope, show that European movie theaters suffered a 70.4% year-on-year drop to €2.6 billion ($3 billion) in box office revenue in 2020. In terms of admissions, there was an annual drop of 68.4% to 430 million tickets sold.
Unic estimates that as much as €4.5 billion ($5.2 billion) were lost in other revenues for the European industry.
European theaters were on a path of steady growth when they were hit by the pandemic, having increased by 34% between 2000 to 2019 during the last two decades. 2019 was a particularly strong year as European cinemas grossed over €8.8 billion at the box office and attracted more than 1.34 billion cinema-goers.
While cinemas were shut down for most of the year and U.S.
This year’s findings, presented during exhibition trade show CineEurope, show that European movie theaters suffered a 70.4% year-on-year drop to €2.6 billion ($3 billion) in box office revenue in 2020. In terms of admissions, there was an annual drop of 68.4% to 430 million tickets sold.
Unic estimates that as much as €4.5 billion ($5.2 billion) were lost in other revenues for the European industry.
European theaters were on a path of steady growth when they were hit by the pandemic, having increased by 34% between 2000 to 2019 during the last two decades. 2019 was a particularly strong year as European cinemas grossed over €8.8 billion at the box office and attracted more than 1.34 billion cinema-goers.
While cinemas were shut down for most of the year and U.S.
- 10/5/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
How do you turn a beloved Canadian preschool animated TV series into a big screen outing for all to enjoy this summer? Add a touch of Gotham spirit, a colourful joker and an orphan backstory (or two) into the mix with Paw Patrol.
Bigfoot Family’s Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen have joined writing forces with Madagascar’s Billy Frolick and come up with a credible tale of the infamous, resourceful puppies saving the day for all, complete with an environmental message looming like a storm cloud above. It sounds like a lot on a ‘U’-slated film’s plate, but the filmmakers have merely supersized the paw power and turned the lovable pups into big-city superheroes, after taking them out of their normal stomping ground of Adventure Bay.
Boy leader Ryder (voiced by Will Brisbin) and his team of six brave pups called Chase (Iain Armitage), Marshall (Kingsley Marshall...
Bigfoot Family’s Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen have joined writing forces with Madagascar’s Billy Frolick and come up with a credible tale of the infamous, resourceful puppies saving the day for all, complete with an environmental message looming like a storm cloud above. It sounds like a lot on a ‘U’-slated film’s plate, but the filmmakers have merely supersized the paw power and turned the lovable pups into big-city superheroes, after taking them out of their normal stomping ground of Adventure Bay.
Boy leader Ryder (voiced by Will Brisbin) and his team of six brave pups called Chase (Iain Armitage), Marshall (Kingsley Marshall...
- 8/11/2021
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Disney/Pixar’s sea monster story Luca has been granted an August 20 release date in China, signaling that the end of the giant market’s latest unofficial blackout period may be afoot. While Luca will take a prime slot amid a series of local holdovers and is the first Hollywood studio title to release since June, its date also comes at a time when about 30% of cinemas are closed in the market due to a Covid surge, and as box office overall has been muted there. Last week, movie theaters reset capacity limits to 75% in low-risk areas, and those in medium- and high-risk areas were closed. Presumed local blockbuster The Battle At Lake Changjin subsequently postponed its August 12 release.
Disney will have more than a week to get the China Luca marketing machine going — a luxury that was not afforded some movies earlier in the season. Luca is also getting a Friday launch,...
Disney will have more than a week to get the China Luca marketing machine going — a luxury that was not afforded some movies earlier in the season. Luca is also getting a Friday launch,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The first import to break through China’s nearly two-month political moratorium on foreign films apparently won’t be “Black Widow” or “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” Instead, Beijing is opening its doors to an unlikely contender for August: a little-known British Christmas film about a cat.
“A Christmas Gift From Bob” — a seasonal, feel-good sequel to the uplifting 2016 biographical drama “A Street Cat Named Bob” — will hit Chinese screens on Aug. 6. The first film told the real-life story of how busker and recovering addict James Bowen turned his life around after befriending a stray cat, and was based on Bowen’s memoirs. The second finds Bowen fighting to keep Bob by his side after the local authorities attempt to take the cat away during Christmas.
“Gift From Bob” counts Chinese firm DDDream amongst its backers, with the company’s Yang Yiwen listed as an executive producer. It is directed by Charles Martin Smith,...
“A Christmas Gift From Bob” — a seasonal, feel-good sequel to the uplifting 2016 biographical drama “A Street Cat Named Bob” — will hit Chinese screens on Aug. 6. The first film told the real-life story of how busker and recovering addict James Bowen turned his life around after befriending a stray cat, and was based on Bowen’s memoirs. The second finds Bowen fighting to keep Bob by his side after the local authorities attempt to take the cat away during Christmas.
“Gift From Bob” counts Chinese firm DDDream amongst its backers, with the company’s Yang Yiwen listed as an executive producer. It is directed by Charles Martin Smith,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
While U.S. blockbusters deserted screens in 2020, French animated features had 10-year record-breaking performance at the local box office last year, according to a study conducted by the Cnc (National Film Board) and unveiled on the opening day of Annecy Film Festival.
As French theaters were shut down for most of the year due to the pandemic, only 25 animated films were released in local cinemas last year. But the few local animated pics that were released, such as “Bigfoot Family,” “Josep” and Joann Sfar’s “Little Vampire,” represented 32.7% of all admissions for animated films in France in 2020, the highest level within the last decade.
“Bigfoot Family” was directed by Ben Stassen and Jérémie Degruson. The 3D-animated film is the sequel to “Son of Bigfoot,” and was written by Bob Barlen and Cal Brunker (“Escape From Planet Earth”). “Josep,” meanwhile, is directed by Aurelien Froment (known as Aurel) and charts the life of Josep Bartolí,...
As French theaters were shut down for most of the year due to the pandemic, only 25 animated films were released in local cinemas last year. But the few local animated pics that were released, such as “Bigfoot Family,” “Josep” and Joann Sfar’s “Little Vampire,” represented 32.7% of all admissions for animated films in France in 2020, the highest level within the last decade.
“Bigfoot Family” was directed by Ben Stassen and Jérémie Degruson. The 3D-animated film is the sequel to “Son of Bigfoot,” and was written by Bob Barlen and Cal Brunker (“Escape From Planet Earth”). “Josep,” meanwhile, is directed by Aurelien Froment (known as Aurel) and charts the life of Josep Bartolí,...
- 6/14/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Altitude has acquired U.K. distribution rights to “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,” a 3D animated feature inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ 19th-century classic D’Artagnan novels.
The family adventure film is being represented in international markets by Charades, the sales banner behind the Oscar-nominated “Mirai” and “I Lost My Body.”
Budgeted in the range of $10 million, the movie is a reboot of the popular 1980s TV series “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,” which aired in more than 100 countries and on 150 networks, and was adapted by Doug Langdale.
Directed by Toni García, the film follows Dogtanian, a fearless young boy who embarks on an adventure-filled journey to Paris hoping to become one of the king’s “muskehounds” guards.
Altitude is planning to release “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehound” in the U.K. and Ireland on June 25. The deal marks the first collaboration between Charades and Altitude.
Charades previously sold the film...
The family adventure film is being represented in international markets by Charades, the sales banner behind the Oscar-nominated “Mirai” and “I Lost My Body.”
Budgeted in the range of $10 million, the movie is a reboot of the popular 1980s TV series “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,” which aired in more than 100 countries and on 150 networks, and was adapted by Doug Langdale.
Directed by Toni García, the film follows Dogtanian, a fearless young boy who embarks on an adventure-filled journey to Paris hoping to become one of the king’s “muskehounds” guards.
Altitude is planning to release “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehound” in the U.K. and Ireland on June 25. The deal marks the first collaboration between Charades and Altitude.
Charades previously sold the film...
- 5/28/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mamoru Hosoda, the Oscar-nominated director of “Mirai,” has attracted a prestigious international creative team for his anticipated music-filled film, “Belle,” whose first trailer is being unveiled by Studio Chizu. On top of revealing exclusive new images, the trailer also features the very first track of the film.
Mixing reality and fantasy, “Belle” follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest of becoming who they truly are.
Represented in international markets by Charades, “Belle” will bring together a crew of Japanese and international talents, the first of its...
Mixing reality and fantasy, “Belle” follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members on the Internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges and love, in their quest of becoming who they truly are.
Represented in international markets by Charades, “Belle” will bring together a crew of Japanese and international talents, the first of its...
- 4/1/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Even with new titles on VOD and streaming charts, the Oscar nominations may shake things up. Netflix received 35 total nominations among 14 titles, providing an unprecedented chance to see how many titles return to charts. The two top performers to date have been “Hillbilly Elegy” and “The Midnight Sky.” Nomination leader (with 10) “Mank” barely caused a wrinkle on the charts, placing tenth for a single day when it was released.
Currently, the dominant VOD titles are Sony’s standard-price ”Monster Hunter” and PVOD “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.” However, the other #1 is Nicholas Jarecki’s “Crisis” (Quiver) in its second week. The tripych of opiate-crisis stories starring Gary Oldman and Armie Hammer showed initial response last week and is now tops at Apple TV (which often foretells success later at other sites). For some reason (possibly a listed price of $9.99?), it doesn’t show up on the top 500 titles at Google Play.
Currently, the dominant VOD titles are Sony’s standard-price ”Monster Hunter” and PVOD “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.” However, the other #1 is Nicholas Jarecki’s “Crisis” (Quiver) in its second week. The tripych of opiate-crisis stories starring Gary Oldman and Armie Hammer showed initial response last week and is now tops at Apple TV (which often foretells success later at other sites). For some reason (possibly a listed price of $9.99?), it doesn’t show up on the top 500 titles at Google Play.
- 3/15/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Royalty is in vogue. Amazon Prime reported that its Eddie Murphy sequel “Coming 2 America,” per Screen Engine/Asi, had the most opening-weekend viewings of any original film in the past 12 months. Over the weekend, Prime Video also became the top downloaded Entertainment app on the App Store, and the #2 downloaded app across all free apps. Paramount Pictures initially planned to release the $60 million title in theaters last August, but sold worldwide rights to Amazon for a reported $125 million.
Another Paramount title, “SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run,” finally made its American debut as a Premium VOD for $19.99. It bested all premium titles and took #1 on the revenue-based FandangoNow chart. It’s the latest breakout success among animated films that includes “The Croods: A New Age,” “Soul,” and “Tom & Jerry.”
“Raya and the Last Dragon” also debuted this weekend in theaters and on Disney+ for those subscribers willing to pay...
Another Paramount title, “SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run,” finally made its American debut as a Premium VOD for $19.99. It bested all premium titles and took #1 on the revenue-based FandangoNow chart. It’s the latest breakout success among animated films that includes “The Croods: A New Age,” “Soul,” and “Tom & Jerry.”
“Raya and the Last Dragon” also debuted this weekend in theaters and on Disney+ for those subscribers willing to pay...
- 3/9/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
This week, it’s all about awards and animation. Wherever you look — VOD charts (“The Croods: A New Age”), Netflix (“Bigfoot Family”), theaters (“Tom & Jerry”), and HBO Max (“Tom & Jerry”), cartoons are king. This weekend, Disney ups the ante with “Raya and the Last Dragon” on Disney+ and in theaters. Meanwhile, “Minari” was strong in its Premium VOD debut and “I Care a Lot” is thriving at Netflix.
No need for industry status to get screeners: Nearly all contenders are available with either platform subscription or VOD rental. Hulu has “Nomadland” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” Amazon Prime owns “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Netflix is the home of “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “The Life Ahead,” HBO Max has “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Disney+ has “Soul,” and as of March 2, “The Mauritanian” will be on PVOD March 2.
Showing success both on transactional and revenue charts,...
No need for industry status to get screeners: Nearly all contenders are available with either platform subscription or VOD rental. Hulu has “Nomadland” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” Amazon Prime owns “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Netflix is the home of “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “The Life Ahead,” HBO Max has “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Disney+ has “Soul,” and as of March 2, “The Mauritanian” will be on PVOD March 2.
Showing success both on transactional and revenue charts,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Studio Chizu is unveiling the first teaser and poster for Mamoru Hosoda’s highly anticipated animated feature “Belle,” the revered Japanese director’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated film “Mirai.”
Paris-based sales company Charades is representing the film in international markets and will kick off sales at the virtual European Film Market. Nippon Television handles sales for Asia.
Hosoda’s ninth feature, “Belle” follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, Suzu enters “U,” a virtual world of five billion online members, and she becomes Belle, a world-famous singer. Belle soon meets with a mysterious creature with whom she embarks on a journey of adventures and love in their quest of becoming who they truly are.
“’Belle’ is the movie that I have always wanted to create and I am only able...
Paris-based sales company Charades is representing the film in international markets and will kick off sales at the virtual European Film Market. Nippon Television handles sales for Asia.
Hosoda’s ninth feature, “Belle” follows Suzu, a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, Suzu enters “U,” a virtual world of five billion online members, and she becomes Belle, a world-famous singer. Belle soon meets with a mysterious creature with whom she embarks on a journey of adventures and love in their quest of becoming who they truly are.
“’Belle’ is the movie that I have always wanted to create and I am only able...
- 2/17/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Brussels-based company’s ‘Bigfoot Family’ recently sold to Netflix.
An animated feature based on the story of Don Quixote is in production at Brussels-based animation studio nWave Pictures, scripted by two of the screenwriters behind Toy Story.
Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen have written the feature, which will be directed by Jérémie Degruson and has a budget between €15m ($18m) and €20m ($24m).
The original screenplay first surfaced more than 10 years ago, titled Q, but nWave founder and filmmaker Ben Stassen told Screendaily that it will be renamed.
“It’s about a puppet theatre in New York City where...
An animated feature based on the story of Don Quixote is in production at Brussels-based animation studio nWave Pictures, scripted by two of the screenwriters behind Toy Story.
Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen have written the feature, which will be directed by Jérémie Degruson and has a budget between €15m ($18m) and €20m ($24m).
The original screenplay first surfaced more than 10 years ago, titled Q, but nWave founder and filmmaker Ben Stassen told Screendaily that it will be renamed.
“It’s about a puppet theatre in New York City where...
- 2/12/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) is joining forces with Ben Stassen, a veteran Belgian animation director and producer, and his producing partner Matthieu Zeller on “Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness,” an ambitious 3D-animated adventure film based on the Dark Horse comics.
Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet will direct “Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness,” whose screenplay was written by Dave Collard, based on “Chickenhare,” the graphic novels penned and illustrated by Chris Grine and published by Dark Horse comics.
“Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness” is being produced by Caroline van Iseghem and Stassen at nWave Pictures, and Matthieu Zeller at Octopolis, who are rolling off the success of “Bigfoot Family,” one of France’s highest grossing films at home and abroad — across 51 territories — in 2020.
The film is co-produced by Spip. Sony Pictures Entertainment France will distribute the film and have home entertainment and digital rights in France.
The family...
Stassen and Benjamin Mousquet will direct “Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness,” whose screenplay was written by Dave Collard, based on “Chickenhare,” the graphic novels penned and illustrated by Chris Grine and published by Dark Horse comics.
“Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness” is being produced by Caroline van Iseghem and Stassen at nWave Pictures, and Matthieu Zeller at Octopolis, who are rolling off the success of “Bigfoot Family,” one of France’s highest grossing films at home and abroad — across 51 territories — in 2020.
The film is co-produced by Spip. Sony Pictures Entertainment France will distribute the film and have home entertainment and digital rights in France.
The family...
- 2/8/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
A couple of things have caught our eye in February’s Netflix UK line-up, first, the German dystopian sci-fi Tribes of Europa. After the success of sci-fi series Dark, the streaming service invested in a bunch of new German-language series, including the mega-successful historical Barbarians. Tribes was among them, and tells the story of a group of siblings in 2074, separated after a global disaster that leaves Europe riven by warring factions. Also sounding like a good time is South Korean comedy Space Sweepers, about a spaceship crew tasked with cleaning up intergalactic trash.
There’s also the arrival of Parks and Recreation in full – perfect for a lockdown rewatch, new stand-up, all of The Vampire Diaries, and Jason “It’s a megalodon” Statham in The Meg.
We’ll update this list with new arrivals as they’re confirmed.
1 February
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
The Family Fang (2015)
The House Arrest of Us...
There’s also the arrival of Parks and Recreation in full – perfect for a lockdown rewatch, new stand-up, all of The Vampire Diaries, and Jason “It’s a megalodon” Statham in The Meg.
We’ll update this list with new arrivals as they’re confirmed.
1 February
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
The Family Fang (2015)
The House Arrest of Us...
- 2/1/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
February may be the shortest month, but that doesn’t mean streaming services can ignore their duty to entertain us at all times. In that mission, Netflix is making a decent effort in February 2021. This isn’t the most jam-packed month the major streamer has trotted out just yet but there are plenty of new originals to get the job done.
Netflix has a few original series of note this month. The party begins with Kid Cosmic on Feb. 2. This animated series is a comic-tinged adventure from Craig McCracken, creator of the Powerpuff Girls. That’s followed by the Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl-starring Firefly Lane on Feb. 3 and Behind Her Eyes on Feb. 17. Perhaps the biggest sleeper this month, however, is Tribes of Europa. This post-apocalyptic adventure series premieres on Feb. 19.
There are also quite a few intriguing Netflix original movies in February 2021. Malcolm and Marie stars John David Washington...
Netflix has a few original series of note this month. The party begins with Kid Cosmic on Feb. 2. This animated series is a comic-tinged adventure from Craig McCracken, creator of the Powerpuff Girls. That’s followed by the Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl-starring Firefly Lane on Feb. 3 and Behind Her Eyes on Feb. 17. Perhaps the biggest sleeper this month, however, is Tribes of Europa. This post-apocalyptic adventure series premieres on Feb. 19.
There are also quite a few intriguing Netflix original movies in February 2021. Malcolm and Marie stars John David Washington...
- 2/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Paris-based sales outfit Charades has boarded Louis-Julien Petit’s “The Kitchen Brigade” and Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud’s “The Test.” Charades will begin sales on the pair of French films at the virtual UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, which kicks off Jan. 13.
“The Kitchen Brigade” marks Petit’s follow up to “Invisibles,” a comedy-drama that tells the true story of homeless women reintegrating into society. The film was a box office hit in France with 1.3 million admissions sold, and was released in more than 30 territories.
Exploring the world of French gastronomy, “The Kitchen Brigade” tackles the issues of social justice and inclusion through the story of Cathy (Audrey Lamy), a determined 40-year-old sous-chef who dreams of opening her own gourmet restaurant. As she faces financial difficulties, Cathy takes a job in the cafeteria of a shelter for young migrants. While she hates her new position, Cathy’s skills and passion for cuisine...
“The Kitchen Brigade” marks Petit’s follow up to “Invisibles,” a comedy-drama that tells the true story of homeless women reintegrating into society. The film was a box office hit in France with 1.3 million admissions sold, and was released in more than 30 territories.
Exploring the world of French gastronomy, “The Kitchen Brigade” tackles the issues of social justice and inclusion through the story of Cathy (Audrey Lamy), a determined 40-year-old sous-chef who dreams of opening her own gourmet restaurant. As she faces financial difficulties, Cathy takes a job in the cafeteria of a shelter for young migrants. While she hates her new position, Cathy’s skills and passion for cuisine...
- 1/4/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Rolling off the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Mirai,” Paris-based sales company Charades is set to reteam with Japanese auteur Mamoru Hosoda on his next directorial outing, “Belle.”
“Belle” follows a fruitful collaboration between Charades, Hosoda and his production company Studio Chizu. “Mirai” world premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2018 and was acquired by GKids for the U.S. In addition to being Oscar-nominated, “Mirai” also earned a Golden Globe nomination and received the Annie Award for best animated feature.
Hosoda’s ninth project, “Belle” follows a teenage girl who lives between modern-day Japan and a virtual world called “U.” As with some of Hosoda’s previous work, which includes “Digimon: The Movie” and “Summer Wars,” “Belle” will explore how technology impacts lives and relationships. Hosoda will also tackle familiar themes such as youth, family bonds and friendship to create a story about courage and hope in difficult times.
“I’ve been...
“Belle” follows a fruitful collaboration between Charades, Hosoda and his production company Studio Chizu. “Mirai” world premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2018 and was acquired by GKids for the U.S. In addition to being Oscar-nominated, “Mirai” also earned a Golden Globe nomination and received the Annie Award for best animated feature.
Hosoda’s ninth project, “Belle” follows a teenage girl who lives between modern-day Japan and a virtual world called “U.” As with some of Hosoda’s previous work, which includes “Digimon: The Movie” and “Summer Wars,” “Belle” will explore how technology impacts lives and relationships. Hosoda will also tackle familiar themes such as youth, family bonds and friendship to create a story about courage and hope in difficult times.
“I’ve been...
- 12/15/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Charades, the Paris-based sales company behind the Oscar-nominated “Mirai” and “I Lost My Body,” has locked a raft of deals on “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,” a 3D animated feature inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ 19th-century classic D’Artagnan novels.
Budgeted in the region of $10 million, the family-skewing film is a reboot of the popular 1980s TV series “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,” which aired in more than 100 countries and on 150 networks.
Charades launched the film at the AFM and closed Central Partnership (Russia), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Baltics (Acme), Turkey (Tanweer), Middle East (Empire International), Israel (Forum), Greece (Odeon) and South Africa (Empire Entertainment). The company is in negotiations to pre-sell the film to France, Germany, Australia/New Zealand and Poland.
“The project is in line with our DNA: a strong IP, a very solid studio and of course there is an emotional attachment to the brand as the TV series was...
Budgeted in the region of $10 million, the family-skewing film is a reboot of the popular 1980s TV series “Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,” which aired in more than 100 countries and on 150 networks.
Charades launched the film at the AFM and closed Central Partnership (Russia), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Baltics (Acme), Turkey (Tanweer), Middle East (Empire International), Israel (Forum), Greece (Odeon) and South Africa (Empire Entertainment). The company is in negotiations to pre-sell the film to France, Germany, Australia/New Zealand and Poland.
“The project is in line with our DNA: a strong IP, a very solid studio and of course there is an emotional attachment to the brand as the TV series was...
- 11/18/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Feature reboots popular children’s TV series inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s 19th-century classic.
Charades has boarded sales on Dogtanian And The Three Muskehounds, a family-focused feature animation inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ 19th-century classic swashbuckling D’Artagnan trilogy.
The Paris-based sales company has a strong track record in selling feature animations, having previously handled The Queen’s Corgi and Bigfoot Superstar as well as Academy Award nominees Mirai and I Lost My Body.
This new animation sales acquisition reboots the popular Dogtanian children’s series which first launched in Japan in the 1980s and went on to air in some 100 territories,...
Charades has boarded sales on Dogtanian And The Three Muskehounds, a family-focused feature animation inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ 19th-century classic swashbuckling D’Artagnan trilogy.
The Paris-based sales company has a strong track record in selling feature animations, having previously handled The Queen’s Corgi and Bigfoot Superstar as well as Academy Award nominees Mirai and I Lost My Body.
This new animation sales acquisition reboots the popular Dogtanian children’s series which first launched in Japan in the 1980s and went on to air in some 100 territories,...
- 11/2/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
After an underwhelming start to the year, France has redeemed its status as Europe’s largest nation of cinemagoers, with the national box office bolstered by a tide of local movies that have sustained admissions despite the near absence of big Hollywood movies.
So far, 2020 has been a banner year for French fare, and local distributors — who were initially reluctant to release movies when theaters reopened in June after a three-month shutdown — have taken note. Upon news of Universal’s postponement of James Bond film “No Time to Die” to next spring, Gaumont immediately scheduled in the freshly vacant Nov. 11 Bond slot “Aline” (pictured), Valerie Lemercier’s anticipated movie about Celine Dion. Gaumont will give “Aline” a wide release, treating it as a French blockbuster.
Among the French and European sleeper hits that have been driving the box office are family movies like “Les blagues de Toto,” “Bigfoot Superstar,” French...
So far, 2020 has been a banner year for French fare, and local distributors — who were initially reluctant to release movies when theaters reopened in June after a three-month shutdown — have taken note. Upon news of Universal’s postponement of James Bond film “No Time to Die” to next spring, Gaumont immediately scheduled in the freshly vacant Nov. 11 Bond slot “Aline” (pictured), Valerie Lemercier’s anticipated movie about Celine Dion. Gaumont will give “Aline” a wide release, treating it as a French blockbuster.
Among the French and European sleeper hits that have been driving the box office are family movies like “Les blagues de Toto,” “Bigfoot Superstar,” French...
- 10/8/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gerard Butler tops nine new markets with STX’s action thriller ‘Greenland’.
Gerard Butler’s latest action thriller Greenland opened top in nine of its 11 new markets at the weekend: Taiwan, Singapore, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Top new territory for Greenland at the weekend was Taiwan, opening with a five-day $1.01m from 62 locations, and a 57% market share, for local distributor CatchPlay. STX – which produced and represents the film internationally – reports that this result is 77% ahead of the debut number for Butler’s Angel Has Fallen, and 174% ahead of Olympus Has Fallen.
The estimated international weekend total...
Gerard Butler’s latest action thriller Greenland opened top in nine of its 11 new markets at the weekend: Taiwan, Singapore, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Top new territory for Greenland at the weekend was Taiwan, opening with a five-day $1.01m from 62 locations, and a 57% market share, for local distributor CatchPlay. STX – which produced and represents the film internationally – reports that this result is 77% ahead of the debut number for Butler’s Angel Has Fallen, and 174% ahead of Olympus Has Fallen.
The estimated international weekend total...
- 8/18/2020
- by 1100901¦Charles Gant¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Unhinged’ topped the box office in six countries, including new markets Russia and Austria.
South Korean box office rose 68% at the weekend, thanks to the arrival of strong local title Deliver Us From Evil, directed by Hong Won-Chan (2015’s Office).
Cj Entertainment’s action thriller grossed a handy $10.6m for the August 7-9 period, and $15m since its August 5 opening date. Admissions were 1.39m for the weekend period, and just over 2.03m since Wednesday – 78% of the total market. The film reunites Hwang Jung-min and Lee Jung-jae who appeared together in 2013’s New World.
Deliver Us From Evil’s numbers are...
South Korean box office rose 68% at the weekend, thanks to the arrival of strong local title Deliver Us From Evil, directed by Hong Won-Chan (2015’s Office).
Cj Entertainment’s action thriller grossed a handy $10.6m for the August 7-9 period, and $15m since its August 5 opening date. Admissions were 1.39m for the weekend period, and just over 2.03m since Wednesday – 78% of the total market. The film reunites Hwang Jung-min and Lee Jung-jae who appeared together in 2013’s New World.
Deliver Us From Evil’s numbers are...
- 8/11/2020
- by 1100901¦Charles Gant¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Europe’s biggest nation of moviegoers, France, saw its theaters reopen with a bang on June 22 and managed to sell between 850,000 and 900,000 admissions through Sunday.
It’s roughly 50% less than an average week in June, but considering the dearth of fresh releases, the heat wave, which plagued most of the country last week, and fears of a second wave of Covid-19, it’s an “outstanding result that is beyond our most optimistic forecast,” said Eric Marti at Comscore France. Theaters had been shutdown for more than two months.
The admission tally is particularly strong since not all theaters were open during the first part of the week. Indeed, only about 60% of theaters had reopened on Monday and Tuesday, and by Wednesday there were 85% of them, said Marti. Today, most of France’s 2,040 cinemas and 5,700 screens are active.
“As many as 660,000 admissions were sold between Wednesday and Sunday, when almost all the venues had reopened,...
It’s roughly 50% less than an average week in June, but considering the dearth of fresh releases, the heat wave, which plagued most of the country last week, and fears of a second wave of Covid-19, it’s an “outstanding result that is beyond our most optimistic forecast,” said Eric Marti at Comscore France. Theaters had been shutdown for more than two months.
The admission tally is particularly strong since not all theaters were open during the first part of the week. Indeed, only about 60% of theaters had reopened on Monday and Tuesday, and by Wednesday there were 85% of them, said Marti. Today, most of France’s 2,040 cinemas and 5,700 screens are active.
“As many as 660,000 admissions were sold between Wednesday and Sunday, when almost all the venues had reopened,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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