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THE AMAZING MAURICE - THE WATERS OF LIFE

By Toby GENKEL

EPSILON FILM - as SALES World

Animation - Pre-Production 2027

Maurice, the most amazing cat in the world, or so he says, along with Malicia, Keith and the Clan Rats, are back for another thrilling adventure in a tale of pirates, vampires, werewolves and sirens, a furless cat and a perilous quest to find the Waters of Life. A Sky Original based on the books by

- Year of production
- 2027
- Genres
- Animation, Family, Action/Adventure
- Countries
- GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 10 - 25 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Toby GENKEL
- Writer(s)
- Giles NEW, Keiron SELF
- Producer(s)
- Emely CHRISTIANS (ULYSSES FILMPRODUKTION GMBH), Andrew BAKER (CANTILEVER GROUP LIMITED), Robert CHANDLER (SPACE AGE FILMS), Rob WILKINS (Narrativia)
- Synopsis
- Maurice, living with Malicia and Keith in Bad Blintz, fears he is becoming domesticated. He steals away, hopping onto a barge, hoping to find a new life at sea as a ship’s cat, something he’s always wanted. Malicia’s father, the Mayor, is seriously ill. Malicia learns the only thing that might save him is the Waters of Life, which her aunts, the Grim Sisters, wrote about in their ‘Grim Book of Fairy Stories’. Malicia and Peaches head to the docks and stow away on a barge sailing up the river… only to find Maurice aboard. The barge is attacked by ‘The Lorelei’, a pirate ship captained by a furless cat, Admiral Katz. Maurice wants Katz’ job. Katz surprises Maurice by telling him he can’t have it - Katz can talk, too! Maurice doesn’t like that. Cue the catfight. Keith, who should have accompanied Malicia on her quest, travels with the Clan Rats in a bid to catch up with Malicia. Their journey sees them facing vampires in recovery therapy and a werewolf who is a balding literary scholar by day in the forests of Uberwald. Will our heroes meet eventually? Will Malicia find the Waters of Life? Will Keith lose his trousers? You bet… but not in any way that’s expected.
  
  The English-language animated feature is, like the multi-award-winning first film, based on the books by Sir Terry
  Pratchett and his popular Discworld novels, which have sold over 100 million copies in 37 languages. The first Maurice film grossed a global box office of over 24 million USD and made top 5 in most every territory. The movie won a British Animation Award, a Pulcinella Award, was nominated for the European Film Award and longlisted at the BAFTA Film Awards and the “Oscars” Academy Awards. It premiered in the U.S. at the Sundance Film Festival.
  
  The creative team behind “The Amazing Maurice” movie has reunited for this exciting new adventure, which is to be directed again by Toby Genkel (“Ooops! Noah is Gone…”, “Paul McCartney’s High in the Clouds”). The film is produced once again by Emely Christians (“Niko & The Way to the Stars”, “Two by Two: Overboard!”), Andrew Baker (“Bad Jelly”, “Bollywoof”), and Robert Chandler (“A Christmas Number One”, “The Canterville Ghost”). Character design is by Carter Goodrich (“Finding Nemo”, “Shrek”) and Heiko Hentschel (“Ooops! Noah is Gone…”), with the script written by Giles New and Keiron Self (“The Canterville Ghost”, “Mimi & Harold - Out of Frame”).
- Partners & financing
- SKY, Ulysses Film, Cantilever Media, Space Age Films, Narrativia