Magikland

Magikland (2020)

On Christmas eve, four lonely kids are chosen to save Magikland, a fantastic and magical world where all the world’s toys and games come from.

Date of release
2020-12-25
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Family
Director
Christian Acuna

Casting

Interesting facts

Magikland is a 2020 Philippine fantasy adventure film, directed by Christian Acuña, produced by Brightlight Productions and Gallaga Reyes Films. It is an official entry to the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival. It revolves around four children who get transported to Magikland, a fantasy world which is a setting of a mobile game.

Production

Magikland is directed by Christian Acuña with Albee Benitez, Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes as producers. It was produced under Brightlight Productions and Gallaga Reyes Films.

Magikland reportedly consists of 70 to 95 percent animation and computer-generated imagery. Principal photography started around 2017 and took five months to complete and post-production work took two years to complete. Scenes were shot using live human actors in numerous locations including venues in Tanay and Antipolo in Rizal.

According to Gallaga, the theme park in Silay, Negros Occidental of the same name, was the inspiration for the film. Gallaga speaking on how the Magikland, the theme park was relevant to the conception of the film said "The theme park inspired the movie and the movie, in turn, inspired the park". Negros mythology was incorporated into the film in line with the amusement park having a Filipino-fantasy theme.

The iOS mobile game which featured in the film was inspired from the Pokémon video game franchise.

Gallaga died prior to the film's release on May 7, 2020, but production of Magikland continued with the film being 80 percent complete by July 2020.

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