A beloved reindeer will soar as soon as extra in Niko — Past The Northern Lights, the third installment within the fashionable European franchise. World Display screen has simply picked up worldwide gross sales rights to the CG animated characteristic, which arrives greater than 10 years after Niko & The Approach to the Stars (2008; a.okay.a. The Flight Earlier than Christmas) and Niko — Little Brother, Large Hassle (2012).
Directed as soon as once more by Kari Juusonen, the third film will discover Nko the flying reindeer making a play to change into a part of Santa Claus’ prime flight group. When a proficient lady reindeer beats him out for the job, Niko should select between belief and loyalty. Jørgen Lerdam is co-directing, from a screenplay by Juusonen, producer Hannu Tuomainen and Marteinn Thorisson.
Niko — Past The Northern Lights is a pan-European co-production, reuniting franchise producers Tuomainen and Antti Haikala at Animaker in Finland with co-producers Emely Christians at Ulysses Filmproduktion in Germany (The Superb Maurice, Two by Two: Overboard! / Ooops! 2), Moe Honan at Moetion Movies in Eire (Two by Two: Overboard!) and Anders Mastrup at A. Movie Manufacturing in Denmark (The Little Vampire, Checkered Ninja).
“After having offered the primary two Niko films to virtually each territory across the globe, we firmly consider that this new heartwarming story can even be a success with patrons around the globe,” stated Alice Buquoy, Senior VP of Worldwide Gross sales & Acquisitions for World Display screen. “We’re more than happy that our Niko, who’s now a pre-teen, can be joined by a feminine firm within the third half.”
World Display screen is a model of distributor Telepool, which can as soon as once more be releasing Niko’s newest journey in Germany. The primary two outings totted up greater than 750,000 admissions in that nation alone, having offered to 120 completely different territories. Niko’s debut pic was distributed within the U.S. by The Weinstein Firm as The Flight Earlier than Christmas; Grindstone launched the sequel stateside.
Niko — Past The Northern Lights is supported by the Finnish Movie Basis, German Federal Movie Fund, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, German Federal Movie Board, Eurimages, Enterprise Finland, Display screen Eire, Danish Movie Institute, Part 481, Estonian Movie Institute, Telepool, Nordisk Movie, BAC Movies, MTV-CMore, RTÉ, DR and World Display screen.
[Source: Deadline]
