A Wizard's Tale

A Wizard's Tale (2018)

Turn your frown...upside down

Balloon kingdoms, dopey police dragons and happy wizards are exactly how Terry remembered his Grandmother's whacky fairy tales. Except they are real and it's definitely not as 'cheerful.'

Date of release
2018-03-01
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (63)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy, Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director
Andrés Couturier

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $5.5M
  • Based on: Here Comes the Grump

A Wizard's Tale is a 2018 animated fantasy adventure comedy film based on the DePatie–Freleng animated series, Here Comes the Grump, which originally ran from 1969 to 1970 on NBC.

Development

The film was first announced in September 2014 when a film adaptation of the Here Comes the Grump cartoon, produced by Ánima Estudios, was in development. Development didn't start immediately after its announcement due to development of other projects. Despite being an American cartoon, the series was far more popular in Mexico than in the United States, which led to the film being produced.

Production of the film was completed in 2017.

The film's characters were designed by Craig Kellman, who has also designed characters for other animated films, such as Hotel Transylvania and Madagascar.

The film's animation was created at Prime Focus World at its London and Mumbai facilities. that previously collaborated with Ánima. Greg Gavanski, head of Prime Focus Animation, said, "Animation is well underway and our artists are pushing the limits to put as much quality and humor into every last frame".

While Ánima itself was in charge of the film's creative development and supervision, with the direction done by Andrés Couturier, the manager at Ánima.

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