Woo Films Boards Cinema Fantasma Stop-Motion Animation Pics (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Mexico’s Woo Films is venturing into the kids/younger audience content biz for the first time, boarding three stop-motion animated features by Mexico City-based Cinema Fantasma, led by brothers Roy and Arturo Ambriz.
Producer Andrea Toca who brought the projects to Woo Films, said: “We’ve always wanted to make content for children and younger audiences.” “I went to University with the Ambriz brothers so that’s where we first connected.
We were very impressed by the working techniques they have developed in their workshop aside from their stories,” she added.
The initial pact is for Woo Films to co-produce Cinema Fantasma’s “Frankelda and The Prince of Spooks,” being presented at Annecy’s work in progress (WIP) section as well as two other stop-motion pics in development, “The Ballad of the Phoenix,” pitched last year at Annecy, and “The Bee Revolution.” “Frankelda and The Prince of Spooks” is a spin-off of Cinema Fantasma’s ground-breaking series, “Frankelda’s Book of Spooks,” sold to HBO Max Latin America, which with a total running time of 70 minutes was the longest running stop-motion project made in Mexico.
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