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29.05.2021 / 14:21
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Lightbox, Sardinha em Lata, Gepetto Filmes Team For Animated ‘Alice’s Diary’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Emilio Mayorga Spain’s Lightbox Entertainment, producer of the smash hit “Tadeo Jones” toon movie franchise, is teaming with Portugal’s Sardinha em Lata, Brazil’s Gepetto Filmes and Spain’s Xose Zapata to make “Alice’s Diary,” a 52-episode animated series for toddlers.“Alice’s Diary” is also backed by Portuguese pubcaster RTP and its Spanish counterpart, TVE. It is sold by U.K.-based Jetpack Distribution whose CEO Dominic Gardiner served as a Disney programming executive.Sardinha em Lata is best known for backing “My Grandfather Used to Say He Saw Demons,” a film that counterpoints 2D and stop-motion to contrast life in an alienating big city and the protagonist’s rural land.
