Odin’s Eye Animation has picked up sales rights to “Shimmy: The First Monkey King,” an animated family entertainment film that is rare official China-u.S. coproduction. Sales activity will begin at the European Film Market starting next week alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
The story involves Shimmy, a cheeky monkey with newly discovered superhero-like powers who must learn how to control his extraordinary transformative abilities and prevent powerful demonic forces from sending the universe into chaos.
The film is completed and previously envisaged a mid-2022 release, but those plans were derailed by China’s tough anti-covid measures. Delivery is now scheduled for April 2023 with a major Imax and conventional theatrical release pencilled in for June.
It was jointly directed by Ralph Zondag and Dick Zondag.
While co-ventures and co-productions between the world’s two largest film industries have dwindled in recent years, they have continued quietly in the animation sector...
The story involves Shimmy, a cheeky monkey with newly discovered superhero-like powers who must learn how to control his extraordinary transformative abilities and prevent powerful demonic forces from sending the universe into chaos.
The film is completed and previously envisaged a mid-2022 release, but those plans were derailed by China’s tough anti-covid measures. Delivery is now scheduled for April 2023 with a major Imax and conventional theatrical release pencilled in for June.
It was jointly directed by Ralph Zondag and Dick Zondag.
While co-ventures and co-productions between the world’s two largest film industries have dwindled in recent years, they have continued quietly in the animation sector...
- 2/9/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Canada Cfti Media Group (Ccmg) and Movie Plus Canada have signed a long-term deal to finance and produce up to three studio-level features a year.
First to go will be a $25m 3D animated version of classic Chinese story The Monkey King alongside China’s Pearl River Film Group, with whom Movie Plus and Ccmg recently signed a deal.
Brothers and veteran animators Ralph (pictured at right) and Dick Zondag will direct and Ccmg president, filmmaker and actress Xiao Min Zhang (aka Demi Zhang, pictured in centre) will serve as executive producer with Movie Plus CEO Christopher Brough (pictured at left) serving as producer.
The production will take advantage of the Pearl River animation team’s knowledge, while the Chinese partners aim to benefit from Hollywood’s production expertise and global connections.
Zhang and Movie Plus Canada are also lining up a number of Chinese versions of films such as The Godfather and D-Day6.6.1944.
“Having grown up...
First to go will be a $25m 3D animated version of classic Chinese story The Monkey King alongside China’s Pearl River Film Group, with whom Movie Plus and Ccmg recently signed a deal.
Brothers and veteran animators Ralph (pictured at right) and Dick Zondag will direct and Ccmg president, filmmaker and actress Xiao Min Zhang (aka Demi Zhang, pictured in centre) will serve as executive producer with Movie Plus CEO Christopher Brough (pictured at left) serving as producer.
The production will take advantage of the Pearl River animation team’s knowledge, while the Chinese partners aim to benefit from Hollywood’s production expertise and global connections.
Zhang and Movie Plus Canada are also lining up a number of Chinese versions of films such as The Godfather and D-Day6.6.1944.
“Having grown up...
- 9/9/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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