London-based outfit Film Constellation has scored a first round of pre-sales on its upcoming family CG animated feature “The Growcodile” at the Annecy Animation Film Festival.
“The Growcodile” tells the story of a young girl and her rather unconventional pet, a crocodile named Gilbert. The feature is being adapted by Luuk van Bemmelenfrom from the bestselling children’s book “Crocodile came within!” from renowned Dutch author Paul Van Loon.
The animated film, which is expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2025, has pre-sold to Poland (Kinoswiat), Eastern Europe (ProRom), Cis & Baltics (Volga), Portugal (Nos), Greece & Israel (Tanweer), Turkey & Mena (Italia Film), and Vietnam (Lumix), with several other territories under offer and in discussion. Kmbo will release it in French theaters.
Budgeted at $10 million, the CGI animated feature film will be directed by Cartoon Saloon alumni Joost Van Den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, who have previously collaborated on a...
“The Growcodile” tells the story of a young girl and her rather unconventional pet, a crocodile named Gilbert. The feature is being adapted by Luuk van Bemmelenfrom from the bestselling children’s book “Crocodile came within!” from renowned Dutch author Paul Van Loon.
The animated film, which is expected to be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2025, has pre-sold to Poland (Kinoswiat), Eastern Europe (ProRom), Cis & Baltics (Volga), Portugal (Nos), Greece & Israel (Tanweer), Turkey & Mena (Italia Film), and Vietnam (Lumix), with several other territories under offer and in discussion. Kmbo will release it in French theaters.
Budgeted at $10 million, the CGI animated feature film will be directed by Cartoon Saloon alumni Joost Van Den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, who have previously collaborated on a...
- 6/15/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Film Constellation is launching sales at Cannes on $10 million family CG animated movie “The Growcodile,” about a young girl and her pet crocodile, who embark on a wild adventure.
Bridget is a gifted young girl with a big secret: she has a pet crocodile, Gilbert, that she hides in her room. However, no matter how sweet, the little crocodile grows bigger and more difficult to care for. What to do when your parents don’t like pets, and your father, who owns a shoe store, loves crocodile leather? With the help of Grandma Nell, the duo set out on a wild adventure to find the perfect home for Gilbert.
“The Growcodile” is produced by Fantabulous, the newly founded French joint venture between distributor Kmbo (“The Amazing Maurice”), and production outfit Fabrique d’Images.
The film will be directed by Cartoon Saloon alumni Joost Van Den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, who have...
Bridget is a gifted young girl with a big secret: she has a pet crocodile, Gilbert, that she hides in her room. However, no matter how sweet, the little crocodile grows bigger and more difficult to care for. What to do when your parents don’t like pets, and your father, who owns a shoe store, loves crocodile leather? With the help of Grandma Nell, the duo set out on a wild adventure to find the perfect home for Gilbert.
“The Growcodile” is produced by Fantabulous, the newly founded French joint venture between distributor Kmbo (“The Amazing Maurice”), and production outfit Fabrique d’Images.
The film will be directed by Cartoon Saloon alumni Joost Van Den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, who have...
- 5/17/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Steve Hudson wrote & directs; ‘Amazing Maurice’ director Toby Genkel co-directs.
Asa Butterfield and Joel Fry will lead the voice cast of Stitch Head, an animated feature co-production from Gfm Animation, Gringo Films, Wild Bunch and Fabrique d’Images.
The film is currently in pre-production and will begin CG animation soon; Gfm Animation will launch worldwide sales on the title at this week’s European Film Market.
Stitch Head is based on the first book in the series of the same name by Guy Bass, first published in 2011. It tells the story of Stitch Head, a small creature awoken to almost-Life by...
Asa Butterfield and Joel Fry will lead the voice cast of Stitch Head, an animated feature co-production from Gfm Animation, Gringo Films, Wild Bunch and Fabrique d’Images.
The film is currently in pre-production and will begin CG animation soon; Gfm Animation will launch worldwide sales on the title at this week’s European Film Market.
Stitch Head is based on the first book in the series of the same name by Guy Bass, first published in 2011. It tells the story of Stitch Head, a small creature awoken to almost-Life by...
- 2/13/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The project is based on the best-selling children’s book by Klaus Baumgart.
Marie Claude Beauchamp and Tania Pinto Da Cunha’s Montreal and Madrid-based Pink Parrot has picked up international rights Piet de Rycker and Jesper Møller’s 3D animated fantasy Elli, about a lonely ghost in search of a family.
Pink Parrot is also backing the project which is based on the best-selling children’s book by Klaus Baumgart.
The €15m project is being put together as a German-Belgian-Canadian co-production between Zooper Film (Germany), Grid Animation (Belgium), and Carpediem Film & TV (Canada) and is being produced by Lilian Klages,...
Marie Claude Beauchamp and Tania Pinto Da Cunha’s Montreal and Madrid-based Pink Parrot has picked up international rights Piet de Rycker and Jesper Møller’s 3D animated fantasy Elli, about a lonely ghost in search of a family.
Pink Parrot is also backing the project which is based on the best-selling children’s book by Klaus Baumgart.
The €15m project is being put together as a German-Belgian-Canadian co-production between Zooper Film (Germany), Grid Animation (Belgium), and Carpediem Film & TV (Canada) and is being produced by Lilian Klages,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Annecy, France — In further signs of growth on Europe’s animation scene, Grid Animation will go into production in 2019 on feature film “Crazy Island,” as it sets up TV series “Crazy Humans,” both riffs on the zany world of world famous Argentine cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo.
The new production announcements come as Grid, a building force in Europe, has opened a new animation studios in Lille, north-east France, and Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife, in order to tap into new animation talent pools and financing facilities as it ramps up production.
Another sign of growth: Grid is one of the few companies at 2018’s Annecy Festival to have two features in major sections, both playing out of competition: “Captain Morten and the Spider Queen,” which segues from a world premiere at the 2018 Animafest Zagreb festival, and “Marnie’s World.”
Written by Danish director Jesper Moller, a partner via Parka Pictures in Zooper Film,...
The new production announcements come as Grid, a building force in Europe, has opened a new animation studios in Lille, north-east France, and Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife, in order to tap into new animation talent pools and financing facilities as it ramps up production.
Another sign of growth: Grid is one of the few companies at 2018’s Annecy Festival to have two features in major sections, both playing out of competition: “Captain Morten and the Spider Queen,” which segues from a world premiere at the 2018 Animafest Zagreb festival, and “Marnie’s World.”
Written by Danish director Jesper Moller, a partner via Parka Pictures in Zooper Film,...
- 6/12/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Just like with Elle: A Cinderella Story, JustPressPlay is giving away some more family fun goodness. Have some young ones in your house and are looking for a flick for family night? Then you might want to enter Redbox and JustPressPlay's Luke & Lucy: The Texas Rangers DVD Giveaway, where two readers will receive a copy of this animated feature starring the voice of Billy Ray Cyrus. To find out how you can enter, just keep reading.
Here's a synopsis Luke and Lucy (originally called Suske en Wiske: De Texas Rakkers, directed by Mark Mertens & Wim Bien) courtesy of Wikipedia:
Luke and Lucy find out that a masked villain called Jp has kidnapped and shrunk all the Texas Rangers. They leave for Dark City, Texas with their friends and settle in the Texas Rangers' HQ. It quickly becomes clear that they are not welcome. Jp terrorizes the city and has spies everywhere.
Here's a synopsis Luke and Lucy (originally called Suske en Wiske: De Texas Rakkers, directed by Mark Mertens & Wim Bien) courtesy of Wikipedia:
Luke and Lucy find out that a masked villain called Jp has kidnapped and shrunk all the Texas Rangers. They leave for Dark City, Texas with their friends and settle in the Texas Rangers' HQ. It quickly becomes clear that they are not welcome. Jp terrorizes the city and has spies everywhere.
- 4/18/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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