Heading into the European Movie Market, Paris-based firm Indie Gross sales has launched the official teaser trailer for Richard the Stork 2, directed by Mette Tange and Benjamin Quabeck. The movie may have its market premiere on the EFM in Berlin (Feb. 16-22) and is anticipated to ruffle feathers amongst patrons, as pre-sales are already inked in additional than 20 territories.
Produced by Knudsen Footage and co-produced by Strolling The Canine and Den Siste Skilling, the movie is a sequel to Richard the Stork (launched in North America as A Stork’s Journey and often known as Little Fowl’s Large Journey), which was distributed broadly worldwide, bought to 155 nations and grossed over $20 million worldwide.
Indie Gross sales is well-known for My Life as a Zucchini, the high-profile Oscar and Golden Globe nominated characteristic which bought in additional than 80 territories. The corporate more and more focuses on buying big-budget animation however whereas persevering with its help for prestigious arthouse animated movies.
Movie Synopsis: Richard, the daring sparrow who was adopted by a stork household, is having fun with wintering on the Nice Lake in Northern Africa when he realizes he gained’t be the one to guide the flock again north. Due to this fact, he runs away to journey on his personal. On his journey he meets Samia and her sparrow flock, who’re being held captive by evil marabous beneath the management of the grasping peacock Zamano.
The one likelihood of freedom for the sparrows is to resolve a riddle and discover the Nice Jewel, which can name upon teamwork, belief and most of all expertise learnt from storks, often known as “spork” (sparrow + stork) expertise!
The sequel encompasses a rating composed by Eric Neveux, well-known for Poly, Samsam and Nicholas on Vacation, together with unique songs written by Canadian songwriter Mocky (Dominic Salole).
The movie is ready for a theatrical launch in Germany on March 23 with Wild Bunch Germany. Paradis Movies will observe with a French launch on April 12, adopted by a Norwegian theatrical launch with SF Studios on April 21.
Richard the Stork 2 was produced at animation studio Strolling the Canine in Belgium, Mideu Movies in Halle, Germany in addition to at Apparat.Studio in Bergen and Nordisk Movie Shortcut in Oslo, Norway. The movie is co-produced with BNP Paribas Fortis Movie Finance, Mediefondet Zefyr, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Magellan Movies, Senator Movie Produktion, in collaboration with Nordisk Movie Shortcut Oslo.
Manufacturing acquired help from the German Federal Movie Fund, German Federal Movie Board, Federal Authorities Commissioner for Tradition and the Media, Kuratorium junger deutscher Movie, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Authorities, Display screen Flanders, Display screen Brussels, Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Berrymark NV, Norwegian Movie Institute and Artistic Europe.
