‘Spider-Verse’ Director’s Modern Magic, Miyu Partner On Comic-Book Fantasy ‘The Long Night’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBen Croll French studio Miyu Productions and L.A.-based Modern Magic – the event animation outfit recently launched by “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” writer-director and producer Rodney Rothman and former MGM co-president of production Adam Rosenberg – will offer an international show of force as they partner on the fantasy feature “The Long Night.”Set for production in 2024, the Y.A.-skewing development project is based on an original idea by Cyril Pedrosa, a Disney trained animator turned award-winning graphic novelist; Pedrosa will also write and direct. “This film has occupied all my thoughts,” says the filmmaker. “It is a story that is both very personal and political, where the fantastic allows us to embody our fears and our anger, but also the best of ourselves.” “We have wanted to work with Cyril on an animated feature film for a long time,” add Miyu chiefs Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron, who describe the drama as an “auteur film for adults with an international dimension.”Indeed, that particular project type has become something of a calling card for the studio founded by Raynal in 2009 and joined by Baussaron in 2015.
After building a sterling reputation producing shorts and commissions, the Paris-based outfit has developed a number of co-production features over the past few years while launching a sales and distribution arm in 2017.With a whopping nine films (including Pierre Foldès’ Haruki Murakami adaptation “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” in competition) screening at this year’s Annecy Intl.
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