Finalists have been announced for the 2024 British Animation Awards, which will take place on March 7 at London’s BFI Southbank.
Contending for best feature film are “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” “A Cat Called Dom,” “Kensuke’s Kingdom,” “Puffin Rock and The New Friends” and “The Amazing Maurice.”
“Christopher at Sea,” “The Debutante” and “All Gucci My Broski” are nominated in the short film category.
Adjoa Andoh, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emilia Clarke, Idris Elba, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander and Hugh Laurie are among the ensemble cast members nominated for best voice performance for “Mog’s Christmas” “The Amazing Maurice” and “The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and the Horse.”
Baa also acknowledges achievement in television, with “Tweedy & Fluff,” “The Sound Collector – Harp Strings,” “The Rubbish World of Dave Spud – Moonbreaker” and “Lloyd of the Flies” nominated for best children’s series.
For best original music, composer David Arnold is nominated for “Mog’s Christmas...
Contending for best feature film are “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” “A Cat Called Dom,” “Kensuke’s Kingdom,” “Puffin Rock and The New Friends” and “The Amazing Maurice.”
“Christopher at Sea,” “The Debutante” and “All Gucci My Broski” are nominated in the short film category.
Adjoa Andoh, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emilia Clarke, Idris Elba, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander and Hugh Laurie are among the ensemble cast members nominated for best voice performance for “Mog’s Christmas” “The Amazing Maurice” and “The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and the Horse.”
Baa also acknowledges achievement in television, with “Tweedy & Fluff,” “The Sound Collector – Harp Strings,” “The Rubbish World of Dave Spud – Moonbreaker” and “Lloyd of the Flies” nominated for best children’s series.
For best original music, composer David Arnold is nominated for “Mog’s Christmas...
- 2/14/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Pirate Mo is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, adapted by Richie Conroy.
German sales outfit The Playmaker Munich has closed further distribution deals on Florian Westermann’s family animation Pirate Mo And The Legend Of The Red Ruby.
The film has gone to Middle East (Salim Ramia), Ukraine (SVOEkino) and Czech Republik & Slovakia (DonArt). These follow deals done over the summer with Turkey (Filmarti), Benelux (Just4Kids), Bulgaria (ProFilms), Baltics (Gpi), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Greece (Rosebud), Poland (M2 Films), Portugal (Outsider) and Scandinavia (Njutafilms).
Pirate Mo is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, adapted by Richie Conroy. The...
German sales outfit The Playmaker Munich has closed further distribution deals on Florian Westermann’s family animation Pirate Mo And The Legend Of The Red Ruby.
The film has gone to Middle East (Salim Ramia), Ukraine (SVOEkino) and Czech Republik & Slovakia (DonArt). These follow deals done over the summer with Turkey (Filmarti), Benelux (Just4Kids), Bulgaria (ProFilms), Baltics (Gpi), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Greece (Rosebud), Poland (M2 Films), Portugal (Outsider) and Scandinavia (Njutafilms).
Pirate Mo is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, adapted by Richie Conroy. The...
- 10/31/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Animated Movie ‘Pirate Mo and the Legend of the Red Ruby’ Sells to Numerous Distributors (Exclusive)
Family animated movie “Pirate Mo and the Legend of the Red Ruby” proved to be a smash hit with international distributors during the Cannes Film Market, with sales agency The Playmaker Munich delivering the film to multiple buyers.
During the market, The Playmaker announced first presales to Benelux (Just4Kids), Turkey (Filmarti), Baltics (Gpi), Greece (Rosebud) and Bulgaria (Pro Films).
The company has now revealed further sales to Poland (M2 Films), Scandinavia (Njuta Films), Hungary and Romania (Ads), Portugal (Outsider Pictures), and Yugoslavia (Blitz Film).
The distribution partners also include German broadcaster Ndr, Dcm, which will distribute in Germany and Austria, and A Contracorriente Films, which will distribute in Spain.
The film has a planned release of early 2026.
It is produced by Ulysses Films, the company behind box office hits “Amazing Maurice” and “Niko & the Way to the Stars.”
The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel,...
During the market, The Playmaker announced first presales to Benelux (Just4Kids), Turkey (Filmarti), Baltics (Gpi), Greece (Rosebud) and Bulgaria (Pro Films).
The company has now revealed further sales to Poland (M2 Films), Scandinavia (Njuta Films), Hungary and Romania (Ads), Portugal (Outsider Pictures), and Yugoslavia (Blitz Film).
The distribution partners also include German broadcaster Ndr, Dcm, which will distribute in Germany and Austria, and A Contracorriente Films, which will distribute in Spain.
The film has a planned release of early 2026.
It is produced by Ulysses Films, the company behind box office hits “Amazing Maurice” and “Niko & the Way to the Stars.”
The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
‘Pirate Mo’ was invited to pitch at Cartoon Movie in March 2023.
The Playmaker Munich has closed several pre-sales on Florian Westermann’s upcoming family animation Pirate Mo And The Legend Of The Red Ruby.
Deals now closed include Benelux (Just4Kids), Turkey (Filmarti), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Greece (Zinos Panagiotidis) and Baltic States (Gpi). Further negotiations are ongoing in several territories.
Pirate Mo, which should be ready for release by early 2026, was invited to pitch at Cartoon Movie in March 2023.
It is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, the script was written by Richie Conroy.
The Playmaker Munich has closed several pre-sales on Florian Westermann’s upcoming family animation Pirate Mo And The Legend Of The Red Ruby.
Deals now closed include Benelux (Just4Kids), Turkey (Filmarti), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Greece (Zinos Panagiotidis) and Baltic States (Gpi). Further negotiations are ongoing in several territories.
Pirate Mo, which should be ready for release by early 2026, was invited to pitch at Cartoon Movie in March 2023.
It is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, the script was written by Richie Conroy.
- 5/19/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The Playmaker Munich has signed with producer Ulysses Films to handle international sales for its upcoming family animation project “Pirate Mo & the Legend of the Red Ruby,” which has a planned release of early 2026.
Ulysses produced animation box-office hits such as “The Amazing Maurice” and “Niko & the Way to the Stars.”
The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, was written by Richie Conroy, and the director is Florian Westermann, co-director of “The Amazing Maurice.”
The Playmaker team will present “Pirate Mo” at the Marché du Film in Cannes, and will deliver the first teaser presentation at their booth, and at their upcoming highlights market screening on May 18.
Emely Christians, one of the film’s producers, and CEO of Ulysses, said: “I’m really happy that we’ve found a great ‘world sales port’ for our ‘Pirate Mo’ film. The project is very close to my heart.
Ulysses produced animation box-office hits such as “The Amazing Maurice” and “Niko & the Way to the Stars.”
The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, was written by Richie Conroy, and the director is Florian Westermann, co-director of “The Amazing Maurice.”
The Playmaker team will present “Pirate Mo” at the Marché du Film in Cannes, and will deliver the first teaser presentation at their booth, and at their upcoming highlights market screening on May 18.
Emely Christians, one of the film’s producers, and CEO of Ulysses, said: “I’m really happy that we’ve found a great ‘world sales port’ for our ‘Pirate Mo’ film. The project is very close to my heart.
- 5/8/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
This review originally ran January 23, 2023, in conjunction with the film’s US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
The collected “Discworld” novels by Terry Pratchett are so weird and so imaginative and so wry that very few filmmakers have ever seriously tried to adapt them. We’ve had one short-lived live-action series, one short film, a few animated mini-series and three ambitious live-action mini-series.
But feature films have eluded the dwellers of “Discworld” until just about — actually wait, let me check my watch here — now.
“The Amazing Maurice,” based on the 2001 children’s book “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,” features the voice of Hugh Laurie as the title character. He’s a cat who can talk in a world where cats don’t usually do that, even though magic is real, the living personification of Death walks among us and fairy-tale characters abound as well.
Then again, rats can’t talk either,...
The collected “Discworld” novels by Terry Pratchett are so weird and so imaginative and so wry that very few filmmakers have ever seriously tried to adapt them. We’ve had one short-lived live-action series, one short film, a few animated mini-series and three ambitious live-action mini-series.
But feature films have eluded the dwellers of “Discworld” until just about — actually wait, let me check my watch here — now.
“The Amazing Maurice,” based on the 2001 children’s book “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,” features the voice of Hugh Laurie as the title character. He’s a cat who can talk in a world where cats don’t usually do that, even though magic is real, the living personification of Death walks among us and fairy-tale characters abound as well.
Then again, rats can’t talk either,...
- 2/3/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
"The Amazing Maurice" is the new CG animated fantasy comedy feature, directed by Toby Genkel and Florian Westermann, based on the book "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" by Sir Terry Pratchett, starring Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Hugh Bonneville and David Tennant, opening in theaters February 3, 2023:
"...'Maurice' is a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam.
"That's when he finds someone who plays a pipe...
"...and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate..."
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"...'Maurice' is a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam.
"That's when he finds someone who plays a pipe...
"...and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate..."
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- 12/28/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
David Tennant Joins Sky’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’
Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will join Hugh Laurie and Emilia Clarke in the cast of Sky’s The Amazing Maurice, an upcoming adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s best-selling children’s fantasy novel. It will mark the actor’s second turn in a Pratchett project, following on from his role as demon Crowley in 2019’s Good Omens from Amazon Studios. As well as Tennant, Sky confirmed additional cast for the project including Rob Brydon (Roald & Beatrix: The Tale of the Curious Mouse), Julie Atherton (Avenue Q), and YouTuber Joe Sugg. David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville also star. Story follows Maurice, a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. The con doesn’t go as planned when they meet a bookworm called Malicia. The project is co-produced by Sky,...
Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will join Hugh Laurie and Emilia Clarke in the cast of Sky’s The Amazing Maurice, an upcoming adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s best-selling children’s fantasy novel. It will mark the actor’s second turn in a Pratchett project, following on from his role as demon Crowley in 2019’s Good Omens from Amazon Studios. As well as Tennant, Sky confirmed additional cast for the project including Rob Brydon (Roald & Beatrix: The Tale of the Curious Mouse), Julie Atherton (Avenue Q), and YouTuber Joe Sugg. David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville also star. Story follows Maurice, a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. The con doesn’t go as planned when they meet a bookworm called Malicia. The project is co-produced by Sky,...
- 5/7/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Golden Globe-winning actor Hugh Laurie (“House”) and “Game of Thrones” actor Emilia Clarke will be part of the voice cast for animated feature “The Amazing Maurice.”
The voice cast also includes David Thewlis (“Wonder Woman”), Himesh Patel (“Yesterday”), Gemma Arterton (“Vita & Virginia”) and Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”). Toby Genkel (“Two by Two: Overboard!”) and Florian Westermann (“Little Dodo”) will co-direct.
The film will be an adaptation of bestselling author, the late Terry Pratchett’s 2001 book “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,” which is part of his iconic Discworld series. The book is a take on the popular folk tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin. It won the Carnegie medal that recognizes the best children’s book in the U.K.
The story follows a streetwise ginger cat who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a kid who plays a pipe, and also befriends his very own horde of talking rats.
The voice cast also includes David Thewlis (“Wonder Woman”), Himesh Patel (“Yesterday”), Gemma Arterton (“Vita & Virginia”) and Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”). Toby Genkel (“Two by Two: Overboard!”) and Florian Westermann (“Little Dodo”) will co-direct.
The film will be an adaptation of bestselling author, the late Terry Pratchett’s 2001 book “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents,” which is part of his iconic Discworld series. The book is a take on the popular folk tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin. It won the Carnegie medal that recognizes the best children’s book in the U.K.
The story follows a streetwise ginger cat who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a kid who plays a pipe, and also befriends his very own horde of talking rats.
- 11/5/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville also join voice cast.
Sky is set to adapt Terry Pratchett’s The Amazing Maurice from the author’s Discworld book series as an animated feature.
Hugh Laurie leads the voice cast alongside Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville. The film is directed by Toby Genkel with Florian Westermann as co-director.
The project is a co-production with Germany’s Ulysses Filmproduktion and the UK’s Cantilever Media, and animation studios Studio Rakete (Hamburg) and Red Star Animation (Sheffield).
Sky Cinema will release the film in the...
Sky is set to adapt Terry Pratchett’s The Amazing Maurice from the author’s Discworld book series as an animated feature.
Hugh Laurie leads the voice cast alongside Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville. The film is directed by Toby Genkel with Florian Westermann as co-director.
The project is a co-production with Germany’s Ulysses Filmproduktion and the UK’s Cantilever Media, and animation studios Studio Rakete (Hamburg) and Red Star Animation (Sheffield).
Sky Cinema will release the film in the...
- 11/5/2020
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
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