U.K.-based sales outfit SC Films International has added a new title to its stable of family animation, picking up international sales rights to the CGI action-adventure Headspace. The South African production hails from Luma Animation and The Ergo Company, and is due for a Winter 2022 release.
Directed by Luma’s Paul Meyer and Gerhard Painter, Headspace unfolds as a colorful modern mash up of Fantastic Voyage and Men In Black: When a freak accident leaves three members of the Space Protection Force and their microscopic ship stranded inside an average 16-year-old’s brain, the unwitting host and his high school friends are enlisted to help save Earth from an intergalactic villain — who just happens to be mind-controlling their principal.
The film is written by Meyer, Painter, Daniel Buckland and Ronald Henry. Ergo Co.’s Dumi Gumbi and Cati Weinek are producers. The production is backed by the South African Industrial Development Corporation, with support from the national tax rebate. Indigenous Film Distribution (SA) is handling the African release for Headspace.
SC Films International will be shopping the film at the Cartoon Movie market this week. Managing Director Simon Crowe told ScreenDaily: “SC Films is delighted to announce the launch of Headspace. It’s a very commercial project with a fun script. The team has worked tirelessly through cover, and we look forward to a wide theatrical release at the end of the year and into 2023.”
A promotional trailer is available to view in select territories here
[Source: ScreenDaily]
