网飞斥巨资买下中国动画版权!中国电影走向世界
Netflix has acquired the animated movie “Next Gen” for $30 million out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The deal is for worldwide rights to the film from first-time feature directors Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander. “Next Gen” is about two friends who form a close bond in a society populated by robots. “Next Gen” will feature voice performances by Jason Sudeikis, Michael Pena, David Cross, Kitana Turnbull and Constance Wu. The robot-filled film is based on the original online comic 7723 by Wang Nima. Nima is the founder and editor of China’s leading ‘rage comics’ website Baozou Manhua. Rage comics, and their offshoot biaoqing (“facial expressions”) are hugely popular in China. In recent years, Baozou has branched out beyond the rage comics, and built a mini-media empire that produces all types of entertainment content. While much of that content is available only in China, the company shares a regular series it produces on Youtube. “Next Gen” looks nothing like the comics, and uses standardized cg aesthetics . Baozou financed and produced the film, which Chinese majors Alibaba and Wanda will release in China this summer. Netflix won global rights to Next Gen, except for China. There’s no word yet on when Netflix will launch the film on its service. |