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Kinology Boards Mathieu Kassovitz’s Epic Hybrid Live Action-CGI ‘The Big War,’ Co-Written by ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Screenwriter (EXCLUSIVE)
Kinology has boarded 'The Big War,' an epic WW2-Set hybrid movie co-written and directed by 'La Haine' filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz.
Pitched as a “”Paddington” meets ‘Saving Private Ryan,'” “The Big War” is a true passion project for Kassovitz who bought rights to “La Bête est Morte” nearly two decades ago and has now joined forces with well-respected animation producer Aton Soumache, whose credits range from literary adaptations such as the Cesar-winning “The Little Prince” to the global smash-hit “Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie.” Kassovitz and Soumache have assembled a dream team for “The Big War,” including Caroline Thompson, the award-winning screenwriter of “Edward Scissorhands” and “The Nightmare before Christmas,” who penned the script with the filmmaker; and former Cannes Film Festival president and co-founder of Canal+, Pierre Lescure, who serves as associate producer. “My goal is to create a film that will fascinate kids and bring them on an adventure that will strike a chord and make them understand little by little what this war was about, without special effects,” says Kassovitz, who argues that early Disney movies like “Bambi” challenged children in a way that shaped their psychology and appealed to them even though they were terrifying and troubling.
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