EXCLUSIVE: Sola Media has unveiled a primary spherical of gross sales for Norwegian animated characteristic Captain Sabertooth And The Countess Of Grail because it makes its worldwide competition debut on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant.
The movie has bought to Greece (Tanweer) Baltics (Garsu Pasaulio Irasai), Italy (Imago), Portugal (Films4You), Spain (Paycom), Turkey (Siyah Beyaz Movie),Bulgaria (Professional Movies), Hungary & Romania (ADS), Poland (Vivarto), China (Beijing Yuaho). North America (CosmoBlue) and Ukraine (Svoe Kino).
Produced by Qvisten Animation, the movie is predicated on Scandinavia’s largest kids’s leisure model a couple of colourful pirate and his crew, and is a follow-up to the worldwide hit Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond, which performed in 160 territories worldwide.
The brand new movie continues the saga with a recent high-stakes journey, during which the fearsome Countess of Gral ambushes Captain Sabertooth’s ship, stealing a sacred figurehead and kidnapping younger crewmate Pinky.
Crewmate and greatest buddy Raven, Captain Sabertooth, his dragon, and the eccentric ship’s prepare dinner mount a plan to rescue Pinky and defend the pirates’ homeland from whole domination.
“We’re thrilled by the sturdy demand for Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Gral throughout so many territories this early within the rollout,” stated Solveig Langeland, Managing Director of Sola Media.
“The thrill from patrons displays not solely the power of the Captain Sabertooth franchise, but additionally the movie’s recent storytelling, wealthy animation, and emotional core. Identical to its predecessor, this movie is ready to seize the creativeness of audiences all over the world.”
Directed by animation veteran Rasmus A. Sivertsen (Simply Tremendous, Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond), the movie additionally advantages from the inventive imaginative and prescient of co-directors and screenwriters Yaprak Morali and Are Austnes — the award-winning staff behind The Tomten and the Fox, which gained the Younger Viewers Award at Annecy in 2020. Writers Karsten Fullu, Mina Stenbråten, and Rune Spaans spherical out the skilled script staff.
The movie is produced by Cecilie Tidemann and Ove Heiborg at Qvisten Animation — Norway‘s largest and most prolific animation studio.
Captain Sabertooth And The Countess Of Grail screens on Tuesday within the Annecy Presents part.
