HYDERABAD, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DQ Entertainment International ("DQE"), the global animation production company, announces its 3D feature film release slate starting 2012 onwards to be produced at a budget of $25-30M each.
The Company will release three stereoscopic feature films:
1. THE JUNGLE BOOK (2012-13)
2. THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN (2013-14)
3. THE PHOENIX AND THE FLYING CARPET (2013-14)
The slate will be led by the flagship property of DQE, The Jungle Book 3D TV Series-sold in 160 countries and greenlit for a second season after being broadcast on networks such as TF1-France, ABC-Australia, BBC-UK, Disney-SE Asia, ZDFTV-Germany, TVO-Canada, EBS-Korea and others. The Stereoscopic pilots received appreciation at feature film forums and will be presented at the feature film markets at Cannes and AFM to appoint sales agents and distributors worldwide.
The Company has produced 3D animated stereoscopic feature film “The Prodigies” with Onyx Films and Fidélité Films, France-distributed by Warner Bros Pictures and Studio37, France.
The Jungle Book Feature film based on the original writings of Rudyard Kipling will be in high quality stereoscopic 3D with state-of-the-art visual effects. The film will come to life with high drama, comedy and adventure as the man-cub Mowgli learns to survive in the deep tropical jungles of Seonee. Shere Khan, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa, Hathi and other animals will come alive to entertain children.
The New Adventures of Peter Pan will see Peter Pan back in timeless Neverland and 21st century London. The fight to save Neverland from the evil Captain Hook and many more ‘unimaginable evils’ will have Peter and his friends save the island with courage, daring and so much more.
The Phoenix and the Flying Carpet originally by Edith Nesbit, will have the Five Children, the millennial phoenix, a bird of awesome vanity and a magic carpet make a number of expeditions around the world from China to Arabia and India.
Tapaas Chakravarti, Producer and Chairman of DQE, said:
"At DQE, there is enormous excitement to develop 3D Stereoscopic feature films for global release. DQE group with its strong 3D CGI production pipeline of 3500 professionals has produced famous 3D Series such as The Jungle Book, Little Prince, Iron Man, Little Nick, Casper, Galactik Football, service productions for Disney-Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Penguins of Madagascar, Tak, Fan Boy for Nickelodeon.”