Urban Sales has closed a raft of offers on the upcoming animated characteristic “Into the Wonderwoods” forward of its world premiere at the Cannes Movie Pageant in the Particular Screenings part.
The movie, which bows with a particular screening Could 22 at the prestigious French fest, has offered to 45 territories, the Paris-based gross sales outfit introduced throughout the Cannes Market. Pic has offered to Volga for the CIS territories and the Baltics; Selim Ramia & Co. for the MENA area; Skyline for Vietnam; New Horizons for Poland; Ascot Elite for Switzerland; Films Impressed for Italy; Vercine for Spain; and Pris Audiovisuais for Portugal.
The household animation subsequent travels to the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant to compete in the most important competitors for the prestigious Cristal award. Le Pacte will likely be releasing the movie in France on Oct. 23. Superior negotiations are ongoing for Benelux, China, Germany, Turkey, Latin America and North America.
“Into the Wonderwoods” is co-directed by Oscar nominee and Cannes Jury Prize winner Vincent Paronnaud (“Persepolis”) and Alexis Ducord (“Zombillenium”). Budgeted at $10 million, it’s primarily based on a comic book e-book that Paronnaud created below the pseudonym Winshluss.
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The household movie follows 10-year-old Angelo, who goals of turning into an explorer and a zoologist. When he hits the highway together with his household to go to his beloved granny, his distracted mother and father go away him behind at a relaxation cease. Left to his personal units, Angelo decides to chop by the forest in search of his household. He enters a darkish and mysterious world inhabited by unfamiliar beings, some friendlier than others.
Pic is produced by animation banners Je Suis Bien Content material (“Persepolis”), Gaoshan Footage (“Le Petit Nicolas,” “I Misplaced My Physique”) and Zeilt Productions (“Mr. Hublot”) and options the voice work of actors Philippe Catherine, Jose Garcia and Yolande Moreau.