Paris-based manufacturing firm Good Hero has greenlit a sequel to its 2016 animated hit Ballerina (aka Leap!), a family-friendly function a couple of nineteenth century orphan who pursues her desires of turning into a ballet star in Paris.
Good Hero introduced the sequel on the Annecy animated movie competition on Monday, saying it was a part of a plan to develop the Ballerina franchise throughout movie, tv and digital platforms.
Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Nat Wolff, Kate McKinnon and Carly Rae Jepsen headline the English voice solid of the unique function. Set in 1884 Paris, Ballerina tells the story of an orphan woman (Fanning) arriving within the Metropolis of Mild with a dream to develop into a dancer on the famed Grand Opera Home. Jepsen performs a mysterious cleaner and mentor for the orphan as she struggles to make her method on this planet of ballet. The France-Canada manufacturing used dance choreography modeled on actual performances by ballerina Aurélie Dupont, the previous Paris Opera star and one-time inventive director, and fellow dancer Jérémie Bélingard.
The movie was a worldwide hit, promoting to greater than 100 nations and grossing over $120 million on the field workplace worldwide.
Manufacturing on Ballerina 2 begins this month, with Laurent Zeitoun, who wrote the screenplay, directing. Zeitoun and Gregory Ouanhon, co-founders of Good Hero, are producing. Veteran French studio Gaumont returns as each French and international theatrical distributor, with a worldwide launch slated for late 2029.
Alongside the sequel, Good Hero stated is producing a Ballerina animated TV collection, with British author Andrew Burrell, recognized for his work on Matt Groening’s Disenchantment and BBC’s EastEnders, serving as collection author. Burrell has beforehand labored as head author and script editor on the animated collection Sasha and Milo and contributed to the Hazard Mouse reboot.
