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The big to small screen journey can sometimes feel an arduous trail but with France’s Pil’s Adventures it just felt right. As the TV spin-off of the 2021 big screen hit gets ready to premiere, sales execs will be seeking pre-sales of the Princess Bride-inspired project at Annecy this week. The show’s promo art will even be emblazoned on the side of shuttle buses.

Name: Pil’s Adventures

Country: France

Producer: Tat Productions

Distributor: Folivari International (previously Federation)

For fans of: The Princess Diaries,...

Exclusive: Folivari International will distribute the series spin-off of popular animated movie Pil’s Adventures.

The Pil’s Adventures movie was released theatrically in 2021, going on to sell into 80 territories. It ended the year the second most screened French film internationally.

Ahead of Annecy and the MIFA animation market, France-based animation distributor Folivari has snagged rights and will sell the Pil’s Adventure series internationally. It was previously shopped by Federation.

Pil’s Adventures is produced by Tat Productions, which makes The Jungle Bunch and new animated Netflix series Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight. Commissioned by France Télévisions, it has already sold to Svt in Sweden and Swiss broadcaster Rts.

The series will run to 52 episodes of 13-minutes. The first episodes are already available with the remainder delivering next May. Directed by Benjamin Lagard and Jérémie Guneau, the series is based on an original idea by Julien Fournet, who also serves as writer and showrunner.

“Epic Tails” is a France-produced animated feature, directed by David Alaux, Eric Tosti and Jean-François Tosti, starring Kaycie Chase, Christophe Lemoine and Emmanuel Curtil, opening in theaters April 5, 2024:

“…’Patti’, an ambitious and daring mouse has big dreams to be an adventurer and a hero.

“But when her homeland in ‘Ancient Greece’ is threatened by ‘Poseidon’ himself…

“…she is determined to save her city…”

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Stars: Sonja Ball, Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett, Mark Camacho, Giovanna Fletcher | Written by David Alaux, Eric Tosti, Jean-François Tosti | Directed by David Alaux

In the peaceful Greek city of Yolcos, Pattie (Sonja Ball) is a mouse who dreams of becoming a hero like Jason (of And The Argonauts fame). Her opportunity comes when a statue is unveiled of Zeus (Josh Widdicombe), leaving Poseidon (Rob Beckett) in a jealous rage. He gives the citizens of Yolcos seven days to build a statue in his honour that is as beautiful as Zeus’ statue, or their home will be destroyed.

While she is inspired by the fantastical tales she read, Pattie is disheartened at how nobody believes in her dreams of heroism. This includes Sam (Mark Camacho), her adopted father that is a vegetarian cat who resorts to backstabbing duplicity to prevent Pattie from leaving. Intent on proving her naysayers wrong, the mouse...

The French animation film is the second in a franchise sold internationally by Snd.

Viva Kids has picked up North American rights to French family animation hit The Jungle Bunch - World Tour from France’s Snd, the feature film arm of broadcasting group M6, and will release the film in theatres in the US in January 2024.

France’s Tat Productions produced the 3D film (titled Les As de la Jungle 2 - Operation Tour du Monde in French) directed by Laurent Bru, Yannick Moulin and Benoît Somville and written by David Alaux, Eric Tosti and Jean-François Tosti.

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A theatrical release is plotted for early 2024.

Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Ireland rights to family animation The Jungle Bunch World Tour from Snd, the feature film arm of France’s M6 broadcasting group.

A theatrical release is plotted for early 2024.

The sequel to 2017’s The Jungle Bunch – The 3D Movie is directed by Laurent Bru, Yannick Moulin and Benoît Somville from a script written by David Alaux, Eric Tosti and Jean-François Tosti. Toulouse-based Tat Productions produces.

When a mysterious super-villain covers the jungle with a toxic pink foam that explodes on contact with water, the Jungle Bunch is called to the rescue.

Founded in 1966, Cgr Cinemas has since grown into France’s second-largest exhibition chain, boasting more than 700 screens across the country and a premium export branch in the guise of Ice Theaters. Since the beginning, the business has both remained in the hands of the Raymond family and stayed anchored in the southwest town of La Rochelle.

After putting the company up for sale in 2022, its owners Jean-Luc and Charles Raymond decided to hold on to it when the B.O. showed clear signs of post-pandemic recovery this past May. Along with abruptly canceling a sales deal, the owners also laid off its leadership, including its managing director Jocelyn Bouyssy, who had been at the company for 37 years and launched the Ice premium format, among other successful diversification initiatives. Bouyssy has been replaced by Laurent Desmoulins as directing manager. Both Desmoulins and Charles Raymond will be on-hand at this year’s CineEurope,...

‘Epic Tails’, ‘Titanic’ re-release, ‘Blue Jean’ hit cinemas.

Stripping comedy-drama Magic Mike’s Last Dance shimmies its way into 646 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Warner Bros – almost 150 cinemas above the previous Magic Mike’s opening number.

Steven Soderbergh returns to direct the third and final Magic Mike instalment, having directed the first film and been cinematographer on the second.

In Last Dance, after a business deal leaves Channing Tatum’s Mike Lane broke and returning to the dance stage, he heads to London where a wealthy socialite has made him an offer he can’t refuse. Salma Hayek Pinault joins the cast,...

Viva Kids has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Argonuts,” a family animated feature from Tat Productions, the team behind “The Jungle Bunch,” “Terra Willy” and “Pil’s Adventures,” which had a worldwide theatrical gross totalling 6.8 million.

Viva previously released “Terra Willy” and “Pil’s Adventures” in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Grégoire Melin’s Paris-based Kinology is handling world sales.

“In the last two years Viva saw tremendous success with the releases of ‘Terra Willy’ and ‘Pil’s Adventures,’” said Viva’s president Victor Elizalde. “We love the projects that Tat and Kinology are bringing to the table and are thrilled to continue our partnership with them.”

A Pixar/Dreamworks-style family adventure, “Argonuts” is set in a magical yet hostile world of Greek mythology and follows the action-packed journey of Pathie, a young super smart and adventurous mouse, and her mate Sam who set off to fight the most bizarre and dangerous creatures in Ancient Greece,...

Kinology (“Annette”) has closed a raft of deals on two highlights from its slate, “Argonuts,” an animated feature produced by Tat Productions, the banner behind “The Jungle Bunch,” and Emmanuel Mouret’s “Diary of a Fleeting Affair” which premiered at Cannes.

A Pixar/Dreamworks-style family film, “Argonuts” is a comedy adventure set in a magical yet hostile world of Greek mythology. It follows the journey of Pathie, a young, smart and daring mouse, and her mate Sam who set off to fight the most bizarre and dangerous creatures in Ancient Greece, including Poseidon himself.

“Argonuts” reunites “The Jungle Bunch” director, David Alaux, and producer, Jean-François Tosti at Tat Productions. It will be distributed by Apollo Films in France.

The Paris-based company sold “Argonuts” to Italy and Spain (Notorious), Middle East (Front Row), Scandinavia (Selmer Media), Eastern Europe (Blitz and Aqs), Poland (New Horizons)Poland (New Horizons), Cis (Volgafilm), Portugal...

Kinology, Gregoire Melin’s indie sales outfit which has four films competing at Cannes, has boarded “Argonuts,” a Pixar/Dreamworks-style family animated feature made by Tat, the team behind “The Jungle Bunch.”

Budgeted north of 10 million euros ($12 million), “Argonuts” is set in a magical yet hostile world of Greek mythology and follows the action-packed journey of Pathie, a young super smart and adventurous mouse, and her mate Sam who set off to fight the most bizarre and dangerous creatures in Ancient Greece, including Poseidon himself.

The comedy adventure reunites “The Jungle Bunch” director, David Alaux, and producer, Jean-François Tosti at Tat Productions. It will be distributed by Apollo Films in France with an expected release in late 2022.

Based in France, Tat has become a key animation banner in the last 10 years with a track record in high-concept animated with a global appeal. “The Jungle Bunch” was one of the...