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Global Screen has acquired worldwide distribution rights (excluding North America, the UK and GST) to the English-language animated feature The Amazing Maurice to be produced by Emely Christians’ Ulysses Filmproduktion. Emely Christians comments: “The Amazing Maurice will be the first animated feature film ever made from a Terry Pratchett novel. It will get Ulysses’ complete focus and attention to detail in order to fulfil our promise: to make a wonderful movie from this very funny, unique, strong and awesome story.”
Alice Buquoy, Senior Sales and Acquisitions Manager at Global Screen, says: “We are delighted to be continuing our close and extraordinarily successful collaboration with Emely Christians and her team and we can’t wait to present the first material from this incredibly lively and entertaining adventure to our buyers during the AFM.”
Global Screen is showcasing a promo reel for buyers at AFM, with the film planned to be ready for delivery mid-2022. 
The Amazing Maurice, © 2019 Ulysses Films, Cantilever Media & Squeeze. All rights reserved.
The Amazing Maurice is based on one of Sir Terry Pratchett’s highly popular Discworld novels that have sold more than 90 million books worldwide, and inspired by the Grimm’s fairy-tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin and is directed by Toby Genkel with a screenplay by Terry Rossio.
Andrew Baker, Producer and CEO of Cantilever Media, said: “Pratchett is a world-class, world-renowned writer and as a lifelong fan it is thrilling to bring to the screen one of his most cherished Discworld novels. The creative talent on the project is indisputable. Terry Rossio’s screenplay is unexpected yet heart-warming and Carter Goodrich’s designs are unique. With Global Screen on board we feel we have the perfect partners in place to take this film to a worldwide audience.”
Maurice, a streetwise cat, has the perfect money-making scam. He’s found a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe, and his very own horde of rats – rats who, strangely, are educated and literate, so Maurice can no longer think of them as “lunch.” And everyone knows the stories about rats and pied pipers... However, when Maurice and the rodents reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, their little con goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune.
Terry Rossio’s extensive credits include Shrek, Aladdin, and Pirates of the Caribbean, and Carter Goodrich, who worked on Ratatouille, The Croods, and Despicable Me, is on board for the character design.
Producers are Ulysses Filmproduktion, Emely Christians and Cantilever Media’s Andrew Baker and Robert Chandler, with Executive Producer Roddy MacManus.
Tobis Fil picked up the distribution rights for German speaking territories (GST) and is also the German Co-production partner. German Studio Rakete and Canadian Squeeze Animation will be responsible for the 3D animation, with 2D animation sequences by Cantilever Media.
The Film is supported by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, FFA Development and Creative Europe Media.
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