Annecy E-Show Daily Number Four

TOP STORIES: Sylvain Chomet Steps Up for 'The Thousand Miles' (EXCLUSIVE); Besson Back in Toon B...

Annecy eSHOW DAILY NUMBER FOUR 06.14.14

TOP STORIES Sylvain Chomet Steps Up for 'The Thousand Miles' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell ANNECY -- Sylvain Chomet, the Oscar-nominated French director of "The Illusionist" (pictured above) and "The Triplets of Belleville," is moving forward with "The Thousand Miles," teaming with London-based studio Th1ng to create the animation... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Besson Back in Toon Biz By John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy ANNECY -- Luc Besson's EuropaCorp is teaming with Gallic conglom Lagardere Active, a major French force in kids' TV entertainment, to develop an animated 3D TV adventure series inspired by Besson's "Arthur and the Invisibles" movie trilogy. ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → DreamWorks Alumni Bibo Bergeron and Mike de Seve Launch Monkey's Uncle By Elsa Keslassy ANNECY -- Bibo Bergeron, the director of DreamWorks' "The Road to El Dorado" and "Shark Tale," and Mike de Seve, a story consultant for many DreamWorks films, including "Shrek 2" and "Madagascar," are launching Monkey's Uncle, a new venture ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' Director Dean DeBlois Digs Deeper By Peter Debruge Within the oeuvre of DreamWorks Animation, "How to Train Your Dragon" was anything but typical. So when the film went on to earn nearly half a billion dollars, director Dean DeBlois asked himself why the sequel should be any different. "Mayb... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cartoon Network's 'Regular Show' To Step Up Half-Hours By John Hopewell ANNECY -- J.G. Quintel's Emmy-winning "Regular Show," one of the jewels in Cartoon Network's ratings crown, in and outside the U.S., looks set to become more regularly bigger. "Regular Show's" regular segs clock in at a quarter of an hour, i... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Funan,' 'Extraordinary Tales' Lead Annecy MIFA Biz Reveals (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell ANNECY -- In an edition galvanized by spectacular first glimpse presentations -- Pixar's "Inside Out," Sony's "The Smurfs Movie," Pathe's "Evolution Man" -- the premiere of Disney's "Feast," a new trailer of "Boxtrolls" and North America dea... Read Full Story at Variety.com → WestEnd Films Rolls Out 'Song of the Sea' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough ANNECY -- London-based WestEnd Films has initiated further early sales on Tomm Moore's "Song of the Sea," one of Europe's most anticipated animation features. North American rights to the pic, which is the Irish director's follow up to the A... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Phantom Boy' Unveils First Sales (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell ANNECY --- Edging towards completion, "Phantom Boy," Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol's New York-set follow-up to their Academy Award nominated debut "A Cat in Paris," has begun to roll out sales in Europe, proving there is a market for ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Ile de France Commission, Orchestra Ink Partnership By John Hopewell ANNECY, France  --- The Ile de France Film Commission, one of Europe's best-known - and most active - regional film-TV orgs, has inked an alliance with the Ile de France National Orchestra, led by Enrique Mazzola. Signed at the Annecy Animat... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Walter Salles: ' 'Noah's Ark' Holds a Very Dear Place in the Memory of Brazilian Children' By John Hopewell ANNECY -- Brazil's Walter Salles ("Central Station," "The Motorcycle Diaries") is teaming with Gullane, producer of Venice closer "Amazonia," to produce "Noah's Ark," a flagship Brazilian animated feature. Sergio Machado ("Lower City," "The ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → KMBO Acquires Swedish Toon 'Emil & Ida' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy Paris-based KMBO has acquired all French distribution rights to "Emil & Ida in Lonneberga," a Swedish animated feature based on Astrid Lindgren's popular children's novels. Directed by animation vet Per Ahlin, "Emil & Ida" follows th... Read Full Story at Variety.com → REVIEWS Film Review: 'The Boy and the World' By Dennis Harvey A simple, universal parable played out in boldly imaginative (though not particularly high-tech) design terms, Brazilian animator Ale Abreu's second feature, "The Boy and the World," is an enchanting visual treat. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Chile's Zumbastico Unveils 'Mango Brothers' At Annecy By Emiliano De Pablos and John Hopewell ANNECY -- Chile's Zumbastico Studios, one of Latin America's fastest-rising animation houses, has joined forces with Santiago-based Punkrobot Studio Audiovisual to co-produce its first feature film, sci-fi animated comedy "The Mango Brothers... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Hillbrow' Explores South African Crisis Through Animation By Andrea Seikaly Helmer Porteus Xandau's animated pic "Hillbrow" explores the conflict that has arisen in South Africa over efavirenz, one of the antiretroviral medications formulated to treat AIDS that is now being used as a hallucinogenic recreational drug... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Beltramino Drives Pioneering Latin American 3D Title 'Rice' By Emiliano De Pablos Pushing the boundaries of Latin American animation, Argentina's helmer-writer-producer Javier Beltramino is advancing on "Rice & Matchsticks," a pioneering 3D animated short. Kicking-off more than two years ago, and involving a plus 40-p... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Annecy-Showcased 'Heart of Darkness' Moves To Rio By Emilio Mayorga Brazil's Karmatique Imagens is set to produce a toon mini-series and feature that is freely inspired by Joseph Conrad's legendary novel "Heart of Darkness." Project made its market bow this week at Annecy's Intl. Animation Film Market (MIFA)... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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