#IGRAINE THE BRAVE CHARACTERS MOVIE#

Uncharted Territory’s project portfolio includes several other Funke properties, including “Still the Wild Chicks,” based on the author’s bestselling book series about a group of young gal pals, which also served as the basis for a Constantin Film movie trilogy released between 20. “Igraine the Brave” will be sold internationally by London-based GFM Animation.

She and Schwarz previously worked as producers at German entertainment giant UFA. “It’s a very close, familial, friendly project,” said Gesa Engel, noting that most of the people involved know each other well and have been eager to work together. Now headed by Volker and Gesa Engel and Scharbatke, the company has set up shop in Nuremberg, where it will focus on its own project development.Īlexander Geringas, whose credits include the upcoming animated Netflix movie musical “Arlo the Alligator Boy,” is composing the score for “Igraine the Brave” and also writing songs for the film. Uncharted Territory was originally established in Los Angeles by Engel, an Academy- and Emmy Award-winning visual effects supervisor, and fellow Emmy-winner Marc Weigert, both of whom served as co-producers and visual effects supervisors on a number of Roland Emmerich productions, including “2012,” “White House Down” and “Independence Day: Resurgence.” “This collaboration is an exciting opportunity for Rise - Volker is an icon of the animation and visual effects world,” said Schwarz, adding that “Igraine the Brave” was the ideal project on which to come together. Rise Pictures’ productions also include Joe Pennna’s upcoming sci-fi thriller “Stowaway,” which it produced with XYZ Films and Augenschein Filmproduktion the pic set for release in Germany via Wild Bunch and internationally on Netflix. “Igraine the Brave” will be the first production overseen by Rise’s new Rise Animation division in Munich, which will be set up to handle the company’s increasing focus on the development of toon properties. The project marks Rise Pictures’ second production based on a Funke property after Constantin Film’s animated feature “Dragon Rider,” on which it served as co-producer, with parent group Rise Visual Effects Studios handling animation work on the film.Īndreas Deja, a former supervising animator at Disney whose credits include “Lilo and Stitch,” “The Lion King” and “Aladdin,” is serving as animation consultant on the project.

Holger Tappe (“Monster Family,” “Animals United”) and Volker Engel are set to direct the feature film from a screenplay by Jane Ainscough (“I’m Off Then,” “Lassie Come Home”).

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