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‘Buffalo Kids’ Screenwriter Reveals Boy Who Inspired Animated Hit Died Two Weeks After Film Was Greenlit: ‘It Was Very Emotional’
'Buffalo Kids' screenwriter Jordi Gasull tells Variety about the emotional inspiration for the family-oriented animated Western.
It is the relationship between Nick and Mary in particular that is the beating heart of the film, which is perhaps unsurprising since it is based on a real sibling bond between co-director Pedro Solís García’s daughter Alejandra and his son Nicolás, who was also born with cerebral palsy. After spending significant time finding funding for the movie, which comes from the same creative team as “Mummies,” Gasull was thrilled to inform Solís García the project was finally moving forward. While Nicolás was the main inspiration for the film, which is produced by Spain’s 4 Cats Pictures and Core Animation, it also borrows from Gasull’s own experience – he once had a real-life collision with a buffalo – as well as from history.
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