Magic Body Animation and Creation Leisure Media as we speak announce their partnership for brand new youngsters’ animated function, Aliens FC. The 2 manufacturing corporations will co-develop and produce the movie, which shall be introduced at Marché du Movie in Could. The venture announcement follows the studios’ partnership on upcoming youngsters’ animated collection BuddyBots and Christmas story adaptation Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass.
Aliens FC is the story of an everyday household who’re mistaken for a well-known soccer staff by a pair of pleasant however bumbling aliens. The additional-terrestrials whisk the household throughout the galaxy, in want of their spectacular soccer expertise to assist the charming aliens win their “native” soccer league, with the promise that they’ll return the household to their residence on Earth after the match. The movie will faucet AI expertise to assist create distinctive imagery to painting its fantastical, otherworldly places.
The studios have hooked up Oscar-nominated author Sam Morrison to the venture, whose listing of credentials contains episodes of Shaun the Sheep and Peppa Pig in addition to an Oscar nomination for the Netflix authentic brief movie, Robin Robin. He’ll collaborate with writing duo Tim Clague and Danny Stack to develop the movie. Clague and Stack, presently working with the studios on BuddyBots, have labored on high youngsters’ animation properties equivalent to PJ Masks for twentieth Century, Hey Duggee for BBC and Netflix and Oddbods for Discovery Household.
“We’ve all the time recognized Aliens FC is a particular venture, so we couldn’t be happier to have these superb writers working with us. What units this movie aside is the outstanding and imaginative alien world the place the movie relies, which has been expertly crafted by our gifted animators with the assistance of AI. Each body is an journey, permitting us to construct a novel fantasy world that audiences everywhere in the world will love. We even have additional thrilling information within the works, involving one of many world’s greatest soccer stars — so count on extra information quickly.”
The studios are additionally presently in talks with international soccer stars for involvement within the movie.
Magic Body Animation and Creation Leisure Media will current Aliens FC, Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass and extra tasks in improvement on the Cannes Marché du Movie subsequent month. Additional slate bulletins shall be revealed within the coming months.
“We’re thrilled to be bringing these thrilling tasks to the Marché du Movie with our pals at Magic Body,” stated Sefi Carmel, CEO of Creation Leisure Media. “Aliens FC is a captivating and fully distinctive story, and we couldn’t have a greater staff of writers hooked up than Sam, Tim and Danny to carry the imaginative and prescient to life. We’re trying ahead to sharing the story in Cannes.”
