LevelK Closes Key Pre-Sales on Danish Animation Sequel Checkered Ninja 2 (EXCLUSIVE)
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LevelK has closed a flurry of major pre-sales on “Checkered Ninja 2,” the sequel to the 2018 blockbuster animated feature that broke a 35-year record at the Danish B.O. for a local film with 950,000 admissions. Directed by Anders Matthesen (“Terkel In Trouble”) and Thorbjørn Christoffersen (“Ronal the Barbarian”), the film also traveled to more than 50 territories.
Now in post-production, “Checkered Ninja 2” has pre-sold to Koba Films for France, Splendid for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. LevelK also pre-sold the feature to Spain and Colombia (Cinemaran).
Cartoon Movie: 5 Distinctive Feature Projects For Younger Audiences
We’re rounding off our preview coverage of Cartoon Movie by looking at what the event holds for children and families.
For all the talk of the rise of adult animation, the majority of feature projects remain targeted at younger audiences. That’s true in the U.S. but also in Europe: at this year’s Cartoon Movie, less than a third of projects are categorized as “adult.”
But then animation for younger viewers is far from a monolithic category. The sheer variety of tones, visual styles, and subject matter among this year’s projects refutes any ideas that family animation is a “genre” and challenges American animated features to become as diverse as this.