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‘Frozen’ Animator Lino DiSalvo Taps Into ‘Awesome, Superstitious, Loving, Wonderful’ Italian Roots With Coming-of-Age Tale ‘Twisted’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The longtime Disney Animation veteran is developing a new feature based on an Italian holiday tradition about a mythical, forest-dwelling creature.
Written by Kissy Dugan and produced by Emmanuel Jacomet for Mediawan Kids & Family with Italy’s Palomar Animation, “Twisted” is among the buzzy projects being pitched this week at Rome’s MIA Market, which runs Oct. 14 – 18. “Twisted” begins in a small town in the Valcamonica valley in Lombardy, where for centuries the villagers have gathered on the eve of the Epiphany to hunt the Badalisc, a mythical, horned creature dwelling in the forests of the Alpine region. As the plot kicks into motion, the young hero — with some help from the banished beast — will eventually be called upon to save the people of Andrista, a quest that gives rise to the central tension of the film: “Is it ever right to lie?
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