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Neon has acquired North American authorities to Bong Joon Ho‘s debut animated feature, Ally, slating it for merchandise successful 2027.
The task will people nan studio’s first pinch nan filmmaker since his 2019 arena Parasite, nan first South Korean movie to triumph an Oscar, which was besides nan first movie to triumph some Best Picture and Best International Feature astatine nan Academy Awards, additionally snagging nan awards for Director and Original Screenplay, and grossing complete $53 cardinal successful North America.
Ally follows a funny and endearing piglet squid of nan aforesaid sanction that lives successful nan uncharted depths of nan South Pacific Ocean. Ally dreams of 1 time seeing nan sun and becoming nan prima of a wildlife documentary. But erstwhile a mysterious craft sinks into nan ocean, her serene world is abruptly thrown into danger. Alongside her colorful and loyal — yet improbable — companions, Ally is thrust into an bonzer travel that will return her each nan measurement to nan surface.
In improvement since 2019, Ally marks Director Bong’s sixth collaboration pinch Neon CEO Tom Quinn. Financing and distribution are handled by CJ ENM, Penture Invest, and Pathé, pinch Barunson C&C overseeing production. Seo Woo-sik serves arsenic shaper connected nan film, successful his 3rd collaboration pinch Director Bong, pursuing Mother and Okja. Director Bong penned nan book pinch Jason Yu.
Neon SVP Acquisitions Sarah Colvin negotiated nan woody for North American authorities pinch WME connected behalf of nan filmmakers.
Pathé will grip nan film’s distribution successful France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa while CJ and Penture will administer successful South Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and Indonesia. Pathé reps world income excluding Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, for which CJ and Penture are handling sales.
News of Ally‘s Noth American woody pinch Neon comes conscionable up of Cannes, wherever nan workplace returns to title pinch James Gray’s Paper Tiger, Arthur Harari’s The Unknown, Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Sheep successful nan Box, and Na Hong-Jin’s Hope. In Directors’ Fortnight, they person Arie Esiri & Chuko Esiri’s Clarissa, a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, and David Greaves’ Once Upon a Time successful Harlem. Finally, there’s Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell, which will surface retired of competition.
