Tag "Enrique Gato"

Long Weekend News: ‘Tad,’ ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Planet Earth’

February 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

It was another big weekend of awards for animated titles. Fox-TV’s long-running animated series The Simpsons received a Writers Guild honor for the episode “Ned and Edna’s Blend Agenda” written by Jeff Westbrook. The episode was competing against three other episodes of the show and the “Forget-Me-Not” episode of Family [...]

Enrique Gato to Helm New Spanish 3D Feature

February 13, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After hitting a home-run with his blockbuster CG-animated feature Tad, the Lost Explorer (Tadeo Jones), Spanish helmer Enrique Gato will direct Capture the Flag, a new 12 million euro ($16 million), produced by Telecinco Cinema, El Toro Pictures, Lightbox and Ikiru. According to Variety, the family adventure project centers on a [...]

Scenes from the New European Renaissance

February 12, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Innovation and creativity in the feature space is alive and well at the 15th edition of Cartoon Movie in France. A Spanish 3D blockbuster about an Indiana Jones-type adventurer (Tad, the Lost Explorer), a hand-crafted animated project about the friendship between a mouse and a bear (Ernest & Celestine), and [...]

‘Tad, the Lost Explorer’ Becomes Spain’s Top Animated Film

December 27, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

In 2012, while American animation fans were enjoying the usual handiworks of DreamWorks, Pixar, Disney, Sony and Fox, Spanish audiences chose to take in a home-grown feature about a Peruvian treasure hunt called Tad, the Lost Explorer. Directed by Enrique Gato, the film has made $24 million at the box [...]

Spain’s ‘Tad the Lost Explorer’ Finds New Territories

September 3, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The new Spanish feature Tad the Lost Explorer is gaining momentum all over the world. StudioCanal sold Enrique Gato’s 3D-animated pic to China (Leomus), Russia (Carmen), Germany (Atlas), Italy (Eagle), Eastern Europe (SPI), Benelux (Belga) and Switzerland (Impulse). El Toro Pictures’ producer Jordi Gasull told Variety that Leomus will open [...]

Annecy Selects 18 Animated Features

April 25, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Annecy Animation Festival has announced a rich program of new animated features from all around the world screening during its 2012 event (June 4-9). Ten features films (in competition) and 8 out-of-competition titles were selected out of a record number of 82 movies submitted for the fest. Features in [...]