Los Angeles, CA and Paris, France -- Shout! Factory has acquired from EuropaCorp the U.S. distribution rights to Bibo Bergeron’s CG-animated feature A MONSTER IN PARIS and Luc Besson’s epic adventure THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC. Both features are produced by EuropaCorp. The announcement was made by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and Cécile Fouché, International Sales Manager of EuropaCorp.
In this deal, Shout! Factory has secured U.S. rights to A MONSTER IN PARIS and THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC, including home entertainment, digital distribution and broadcast for cross-platform releases. Shout! Factory plans a strategic rollout of these films on all packaged media, electronic-sell-through (EST), video-on-demand (VOD), subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) and television. A MONSTER IN PARIS is set to hit the U.S home entertainment marketplace and a variety of digital entertainment platforms in early 2013.
“We are incredibly excited about this new relationship with EuropaCorp, an internationally renowned studio recognized for its fantastic film productions. We look forward to presenting these films that deliver captivating cinematic experiences for families of all ages,” state Shout! Factory’s founders. “We hope that this is just the start of a mutually beneficial relationship.”
A MONSTER IN PARIS
Directed by Bibo Bergeron (Shark Tale) and based on an original story by Bergeron, A MONSTER IN PARIS boasts an impressive international voice cast of Vanessa Paradis (Café de Flore), singer/ songwriter Sean Lennon, Adam Goldberg (A Beautiful Mind), Danny Huston (Hitchcock), Bob Balaban (For Your Consideration) Catherine O’Hara (Penelope) and Jay Harrington (Private Practice). This animated family adventure also features enchanting vocals by Vanessa Paradis and Sean Lennon, with music score by popular French singer/songwriter Matthieu Chedid (aka M) and Patrice Renson.
A wacky inventor, his camera-crazy best friend and a madcap monkey make a massive mistake when let loose in a mad scientist’s laboratory. With lotions and potions spilling everywhere, the troublesome trio accidentally creates Franc, the product of a reaction between a common flea and one of the scientist’s mystery concoctions. What they fail to realize, however, is that this ‘monster’ is actually a soft-centered soul with a spooky talent for music.
With the help of an enchanting nightclub singer, Franc becomes the talk of the town, just as stories of Paris’s newest monster attract the attention of the egotistical police commissioner, hell bent on securing a big prize to help his battle to become mayor. The unwitting scientists and the singer must team up to protect Franc, a monster with more than a musical career to protect!
A MONSTER IN PARIS is a production of EuropaCorp, Bibo Films, France 3 Cinema and Walking The Dog. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC
An adaptation of a popular French-Belgian comic book series by graphic novelist Jacques Tardi, THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC is directed and produced by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element). This thrilling live-action adventure stars Louise Bourgoin (Anne Fontaine’s The Girl From Monaco), Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Gilles Lellouche (Love Me If You Dare), Jean-Paul Rouve (La Vie En Rose), Jacky Nercessian (Le Grand Voyage), and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
The year is 1913. Adele Blanc-Sec, an intrepid young reporter, will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes. Meanwhile in Paris, a 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg on display in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the creature subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies. But nothing fazes Adele Blanc-Sec, whose adventures include many more extraordinary surprises…
Source: Shout! Factory