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‘The Footballest II,’ a Live Action Family Movie Adapting the Hit Children’s Book Saga, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
Brought to market at the AFM, the series continues the madcap adventures of a bunch of tween friends at Spain’s Soto Alto soccer club.
Looking to IP and the resilient market for live action family fare, Filmax has swooped on kids adventure caper “The Footballest II,” the second big-screen adaptation tapping into the children’s book saga created by Spain’s Roberto Santiago which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Directed once more by Miguel Angel Lamata (“Our Lovers”), “The Footballest II” responds to the entire book saga concept of delivering madcap adventures of a bunch of tween friends, Pakete and his inseparable buddies at Soto Alto soccer club. Written by Bárbara Alpuente (“Tell Me How It Happened”), “The Footballest II” is produced once more by José Alberto Sánchez, from Chester Media Producciones (“Visitor”) and Fernando de Miguel, from Wandermoon (“Pocoyo”), in co-production with Misterio Pirata AIE and Colombian production house Take One.
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