Sales company The Playmaker Munich has finalized new territory deals for the animated family adventure film “Pirate Mo and The Legend of the Red Ruby” ahead of the American Film Market, where the film will make its market premiere. The film has now been sold to more than 50 countries. Diversity releases the teaser (below).
Directed by “The Amazing Maurice” co-director Florian Westermann, the film’s latest buyers include Umbrella Entertainment, which acquired Australian and New Zealand rights, Israel’s FilmHouse and Vietnam’s Skyline Media.
Previously announced sales include Baltic countries (Garsu Pasaulio Irasai), Benelux countries (Just4Kids), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Czech Republic and Slovakia (DonArt Production), Former Yugoslavia (Blitz), Greece (Rosebud.21), Hungary and Romania (ADS), Middle East (Grand Entertainment for Motion Pictures), Poland (M2 Films), Portugal (Outsider Films), Scandinavia (Njutafilms), Türkiye (Filmarti), Ukraine (Svoekino) and North America (Viva Pictures Distribution).
The distributor in Germany and Austria is DCM Distribution and the theatrical release date is April 29, 2027.
The screenplay of the film, adapted from Kirsten Boie’s novel “Seeräubermoses”, is written by Richie Conroy and Westermann.
The film is set on a pirate ship where a boy named Mo lives with a crew of sea dogs and the ship’s pet, a goat.
Mo, who came among the pirates by chance when he was a baby, was raised by the ship’s kind captain, Claas. One day he is captured by the evil pirate Peg Leg Olle and meets the resourceful steward Hannes and his pet bird. Mo, Hannes, Claas, along with their motley crew and their pets, will have to fulfill their childhood prophecy to defeat Peg Leg Olle and restore peace and harmony to the lands: to find the Blood Red Ruby of Apocalypse.
The film is produced by Ulysses Films, Letterbox Filmproduktion, Isla Molona AIE, Arxlight Pictures and Arx Anima. Producers are Emely Christians, Sonja Matthes, Michael Lehmann, Holger Ellermann, Dunja Bernatzky, Kris Staber, Nicolás Matji and Edmon Roch.
Supported by ICAA, OEFI+, DFFF, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, FFA, BKM, OEFI, ICEC, FFW and Creative Europe MEDIA Slate Funding.