ANIMASIA STUDIO ALSO ANNOUNCES KEY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THREE CHINESE COMPANIES TO FURTHER EXPAND THE CHUCK CHICKEN BRAND ONLINE AND OFFLINE

HONG KONG, March 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s award-winning animation provider, Animasia Studio and China’s ZeroOne Animation launched the trailer for their upcoming US$ 8.5 Million (RMB60 Million) co-production, Chuck Chicken the Movie (also known as KungFu Chicken in China) at the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) 2017 yesterday.

The brand new 3D CGI animated movie, which just commenced production, is set for China and regional theatrical release by the end of 2018. The story and script development process has started since November 2015 and it was a collaborative effort headed by China’s award-winning scriptwriter; He ZiZhuang (winner of the Best Script award at the 20th China Film Golden Rooster Awards), Helen Dong (Pet Pals) and Malaysia's ahLoong (Bola Kampung the Movie) — who is also the animation director for the movie.

Chuck Chicken the Movie follows Chuck, Flick, and Wing’s new life in the city far from their home in Rocky Perch Island. Chuck begins to start his own ‘Golden Egg Security’ company in the new city but unfortunately the traditional business model does not suit the needs of the modern city. Just when they are getting frustrated, Chuck discovers the “Ultimate Security Combat Competition” which could save their day.

"We are extremely excited to commence the production of Chuck Chicken the Movie with ZeroOne Animation and launch the trailer at HK FILMART 2017. We have also attracted a leading cinema chain and distributor from Malaysia to represent and distribute the movie to key Southeast Asian theatrical markets and we will announce the line-up of our distributors for other key markets soon,” said Edmund Chan, Managing Director of Animasia Studio who is also the Executive Producers of the movie together with Raye Lee and Helen Dong.

The animation studio also announced key partnerships with Guangzhou’s TangChao Animation Technology Co., Ltd. as their merchandising partner to invest and manufacture more than 200 types of Chuck Chicken toys and merchandise, China’s Leader Reputation Network Technology Ltd. to develop a range of Chuck Chicken mobile contents and games for China and regional distribution, and China's premier VOD platform iQIYI to invest and distribute Chuck Chicken mobile games in China.

The movie is a spinoff from the successful animated TV series of the same name (52eps x 11min), which premiered on major provincial TV Stations in China such as CETV-1 Channel, Shenzhen Media Group Kids Channel, Zhejiang Television Kids Channel, and Dalian Television (DLTV) Kids Channel, besides Disney China (including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau), Disney Southeast Asia, and Nickelodeon India (including South Asia). Besides the success on linear platforms, the series has also garnered over 1 billion views on iQIYI (China).

About Animasia Studio

Established in 2005, Animasia Studio is a Malaysian animation studio, which offers out-of-the-world creative animation. Busting their way through multimedia, animation and various artworks, they are proudly the first few ISO certified (ISO 9001:2008) animation company and also an MSC Malaysia Status Company with more than 10 years of experience in animation. In the capacity of character design, concept artwork and storyboarding, Animasia Studio is the biggest animation service provider in Malaysia.

For more information, visit www.animasia-studio.com

About Chuck Chicken

Chuck Chicken takes place on an island called Rocky Perch, a land filled with chaos, mayhem and lots and lots of birds. Welcome to Golden Egg Securities, the number one security service on Rocky Perch. Chuck runs the company with his two friends, Flick and Wing. Chuck also inherited a very special talisman in the shape of a golden egg, an object that bestows amazing powers on whoever possesses it, and turns Chuck into ‘Kung Fu Chicken.’ Unfortunately for Chuck, the talisman does not come with any instructions, so he doesn’t know how to properly control his new abilities.

For more information, visit www.animasia-studio.com

For poster and photo please download here: 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwLYwpxYTieJYTA1bDBkeVllUW8

Source : Global Creative Media Agency (GCMA)
 
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