The CGI animated sequel to “Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness,” the hit journey movie based mostly on the Darkish Horse comics which offered all over the world, has lured patrons forward of the European Movie Market.
Titled “Chickenhare and the Very Very (Very) Previous Groundhog,” the film is budgeted at $23 million (a big funds by European manufacturing requirements) and brings again the artistic group behind the primary movie. Benjamin Mousquet is directing, whereas Dave Collard wrote the screenplay, based mostly on “Chickenhare,” the graphic novels penned and illustrated by Chris Grine and printed by Darkish Horse comics.
The movie, which is predicted to be delivered on the finish of the yr, is produced by nWave Photos et Octopolis, in affiliation with Sony Photos Worldwide Releasing. NWave and Octopolis are dealing with worldwide gross sales and can introduce the venture to patrons on the European Movie Market with a promo reel. Producers are Matthieu Zeller and Matthieu Gondinet.
A raft of worldwide distributors have already boarded the animated sequel, together with in Benelux (BelgaFilm), Spain (A Contracorriente), Greece (TFG), Scandinavia and Iceland (Scanbox), Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania (Vertical), Czech Republic and Slovakia (AQS), ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Russia (Volga), Baltics and Ukraine (AdAstra), Turkey (Filmarti), Lebanon and Gulf (Salim Ramiah), South Africa (Movie Finity), Africa (Les Movies 26) and Vietnam (Blue Lantern).
The primary installment offered to Sony in France and was picked up by Netflix for the U.S., the U.Okay., Germany, Australia/New Zealand the place it ranked within the high three for a number of weeks.
Octopolis and nWave are each a part of MZM, the manufacturing group launched by Matthieu Zeller, a well-respected former Studiocanal govt. The 2 corporations beforehand teamed to deal with the worldwide gross sales on “Chickenhare” and “Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness.”
