GKids has acquired all US rights to Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia the follow-up to Oscar-nominated Ernest & Celestine.
The French-language story centres on the bear and mouse friends who travel to Ernest’s country of Gibbertia to fix a broken violin and discover that all forms of music have been banned. The duo gather friends old and new to bring happiness back to the land of bears
Jean-Christophe Roger and Julien Chheng co-directed Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia which earned a César nomination and opened in French cinemas in December. It will get its US premiere as the opening night film of the New York International Children’s Film Festival this month.
Roger directed the Ernest & Celestine: The Collection animated series and Chheng, who previously worked on the original Ernest & Celestine feature as a character animator, serves as director of an upcoming episode of Star Wars: Visions Volume 2.
GKids negotiated the deal with Chloe Marquet, SVP international sales at Studiocanal.
The distributor previously handled the US release of 2012’s Ernest & Celestine, which won the César Award for best animated feature before going on to earn GKids its fourth Oscar nomination.
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