UK-based SC Films International has acquired world sales rights, excluding France and Belgium, for Girl In The Clouds, a $15m CGI animation now in production.
The co-production between France’s Brio Films and Belgium’s Scope Pictures is aiming for a 2024 theatrical release. It is written and directed by Philippe Riche and produced by Luc Bossi, with co-producers Sawsan Asfari for Switzerland’s Cocoon Films and Genevieve Lemal for Scope, and Jon Goldman as executive producer.
The film is inspired by Romain Puertolas’ 2015 French novel The Girl Who Swallowed A Cloud As Big As The Eiffel Tower, which has been translated into nine languages. It follows a 12-year-old bookworm entrusted with a magical quill that can grant any wish it writes. Partnered by her talking guinea pig, she embarks upon a dangerous adventure to save the planet from environmental destruction.
SC Films’ managing director Simon Crowe said he was “sold immediately” when Bossi pitched him the project while Riche described it as “an opportunity to develop a strong concept in the vein of the great Pixar movies”.
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