American Film Market Dailies

JAMIE BELL AND RUBY ROSE VOICE CRANSTON ACADEMY: MONSTER ZONE

Double Dutch International (DDI) CEO Jason Moring announced today that BAFTA winning actor Jamie Bell (ROCKETMAN, SKIN, FILMS STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL) and award-winning actress Ruby Rose (THE MEG, Batwoman) are attached to voice animated feature CRANSTON ACADEMY: MONSTER ZONE.

Currently in post-production, CRANSTON ACADEMY: MONSTER ZONE is penned by Carl Bunker and Bob Barlen (ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH, THE NOT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE), an Anima production (ANA & BRUNO, TOP CAT THE MOVIE, HERE COMES THE GRUMP) with Prime Focus LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS, MARIAH CAREY’S ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, HERE COMES THE GRUMP) in association with Fifth Dimension Films, directed by Leopoldo Aguilar (MONSTER ISLAND) and produced by Fernando De Fuentes, José C. García de Leton and Greg Gavanski.

Scheduled for fall delivery, CRANSTON ACADEMY: MONSTER ZONE is the story of Danny and Liz, two rival geniuses attending a secret school for child prodigies. Danny, wanting to prove that he is the smartest of them all, inadvertently opens a portal to another dimension and unleashes a slew of monsters on the school. Liz must put their rivalry aside and help Danny together with a half-moth, half-man professor aptly nicknamed Mothman, to overcome the creatures of the 5th dimension and save the school.

“Having such amazing actors be part of our project makes us feel even more excited about it. We are sure that the audiences will love Jamie's maverick character and Ruby's cool version of Liz”, adds José C. García de Letona, producer of the film.

“We are big fans of Jamie and Ruby. They are incredible actors with a truly wide and inclusive fan base” says Moring of DDI. “Having them lend their voices to this fun animated adventure will be sure to draw audiences around the world”

Greg Gavanski, producer from Prime Focus, adds: “We are very excited to work with two such illustrious stars as Jamie and Ruby on the show. Having this great voice talent, combined with the top-class animation, will really enable us to tell the story in a way we can be proud of.”

Bell is represented by Artists Independent Management, UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Rose by art2perform, UTA and Hirsch, Wallerstein, Hayum, Matlof and Fishman.

DDI’s AFM’19 line-up includes THE DOORMAN starring Ruby Rose and Jean Reno, GIRL starring Bella Thorne and Mickey Rourke, VILLAIN starring Craig Fairbrass and THE VIRTUOSO starring Anthony Hopkins.

ABOUT DDI
Double Dutch International (DDI) is a globally recognized sales and production company, representing high level, cast driven features with strong commercial viability worldwide, across all media platforms. DDI uniquely blends experience with the flexibility to adapt in today's market reality. We firmly believe passion breeds results and our goal is to find enthusiastic distribution partners for our productions ensuring maximum audience appeal.

ABOUT ÁNIMA
Ánima is a leading animation studio based in Mexico City, Madrid, Canary Islands and Buenos Aires. Specialized in 2D and CGI animation, it creates, produces and manages high quality entertainment brands and develops original projects for kids and the whole family. Its most recent projects include “Space Chickens in Space”, “Cleo & Cuquin”, A Netflix Original Series “Legend Quest; Masters of Myth” as well as “Here Comes the Grump”, “Ana y Bruno” and “The Legend of Charro Negro” feature films.
www.helloanima.com

ABOUT PRIME FOCUS LIMITED

Prime Focus Limited (PFL), the world’s largest independent integrated media services powerhouse, employs over 9,000 professionals in 17 cities across 4 continents and 7 Time zones. It provides end-to-end creative services (stereo 3D conversion and animation), technology products & services (Media ERP Suite and Cloud-enabled media services), production services (equipment rental) and post-production services (Digital Intermediate and picture post) to the Media and Entertainment industry.