DQ Entertainment, Onyx Films and Fidelite Films have begun production on the stereoscopic 3D animated feature film The Prodigies.
The movie is being made with motion capture technology with a budget of about $28 million and a scheduled release date of March 2011.
Warner Bros Pictures, Studio37 from Orange group and Kinology are responsible for Distribution and Sales.
The film is based on Bernard Lenteric’s 1982 novel, with by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere writing the adaptation.
Antoine Charreyon is directing the film, with Victor Antonov of the videogame hit Half-Life 2 as artistic director and comic-book artists Humberto Ramos and Francesco Herreira on character design.
The film is about five teenagers who are violently assaulted and use the trauma to lash out against the world in a cold and calculating way.
‘After Renaissance, we wanted to bring a new form of visual entertainment to teenagers and young adults,’ says Aton Soumache, chairman & CEO of ONYX Films.
‘The 3D stereoscopic technology offers an immersive experience combined with the ambitious and visually challenging graphic designs and a compelling storyline. The skilled team at DQE is doing great justice to this challenging theatrical production.’
‘Today by commencing the production of The Prodigies as a full stereoscopic 3D movie, Onyx is using DQE’s immense technical and creative capability and floor capacity to complete this production on record time,’ says Tapaas Chakravarti, chairman and CEO of DQE.
