$13 Million Family Entertainment Film ‘School of Magical Animals 2’ Acquired by Global Screen – Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based Global Screen has acquired family entertainment film “School of Magical Animals 2” for worldwide distribution.
A first teaser will be presented at the Cannes Market for the project, which has a budget of more than $13 million. The first film in the franchise was last year’s highest-grossing German movie.
Leonine Studios will release the sequel in Germany this fall. The film is a warm-hearted, live-action adventure with a cast of CGI-animated animals, set in an unusual school where each of the children receive a magical animal as a companion.“The School of Magical Animals” is one of the world’s most successful children’s book series: it has been translated into more than 20 languages, and is available in multiple territories, including China, Japan, South Korea, Eastern Europe, the Nordic region, Israel, Turkey, Hungary, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.
Directed by Sven Unterwaldt (“The 7th Dwarf,” “Help, I Shrunk My Teacher”), “The School of Magical Animals 2” is a co-production between Kordes & Kordes Film Sued, Leonine Studios and Lightburst Pictures.
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