Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Adrian Politowski’s LA-based Align has come aboard to contribute production financing on animated comedy Blazing Samurai.
The $46M toon is a re-imagining of Mel Brooks’ classic Blazing Saddles and is currently in CG production with Aniventure at Cinesite’s Montréal and Vancouver facilities.
Completion is expected for late summer 2021. Rob Minkoff and Adam Nagle are producers.The story, directed by Mark Koetsier, follows Hank, a loveable mutt with big dreams of becoming a Samurai.
When he finds himself with a new job as sheriff of Kakamucho, he also finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew given the town is inhabited solely by cats.
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