Animated Film ‘Halloween vs Day of the Dead’ to Be Directed by Celso Garcia With Studio 100 Intl. and Lunch Films Producing (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Munich-based Studio 100 Intl. has teamed up with Mexican animation studio Lunch Films to develop animated family feature “Halloween vs Day of the Dead.” The film, which will blend 2D and 3D animation, will be directed by Celso Garcia, founder of Lunch Films and repped by the Gotham Group.
Garcia’s credits include “The Thin Yellow Line,” produced by Guillermo del Toro, “Origins: The Journey of Humankind” for National Geographic and Legendary Pictures, the Mexican remake of “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” for Sony Pictures International, and “The Great Seduction,” a comedy produced for Netflix.
Joining the project is animation film producer and production director Gerry Cardoso, renowned for “El Americano: The Movie,” the first animated film co-produced between Mexico and the U.S. “Halloween vs Day of the Dead,” set in a steampunk world, delves into the traditions of Halloween and Day of the Dead.
The rivalry of the two towns Halloween Ville and Day of the Dead Town, which broke relations hundreds of years ago, can only be resolved by the most unlikely and innocent of its residents, the children.
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