“Deep Sea,” an progressive Chinese-made animation movie that has performed the worldwide pageant circuit all through this 12 months, will launch in North American theaters later this month.
Theatrical rights had been acquired by Viva Films from Netherlands-China gross sales outfit Fortissimo Films. Viva plans an outing on Nov. 24 with Chinese and English-dubbed variations and a PG13 certificates.
The fantasy journey tells the story of Shenxiu, a lady who has felt a deep unhappiness since being deserted by her mom. While on a household cruise, she falls into the ocean and breaks into the Deep Sea restaurant the place she meets ingenious underwater chef Nanhe and embarks on a journey between desires and actuality.
“Deep Sea” is a 3D animation directed by Tian Xiaopeng (“Monkey King: Hero is Back”) and produced by YI Qiao (“Nezha”) by way of October Pictures and Coloroom. Tian and his staff developed a CG method primarily based round particles, creating 3D photos from summary Chinese ink work.
The movie opened commercially in China in January in time for the Chinese New Yerar vacation peak season and grossed some $133 million. It then performed on the Berlin Film Festival and went on to different dates on the Neuchatel, Melbourne and London festivals.
In North America it premiered on the Tribeca pageant earlier than additionally enjoying on the Philadelphia and Fantasia (Montreal) occasions.
Fortissimo beforehand licensed the movie for launch in France (by way of distributor KMBO), Italy (Lucky Red), Germany (Leonine Studios), Turkey, UAE (Sky Entertainment), and Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia (Aike Limited).
Watch the North American trailer right here.