The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (Mizchief Animation, 20??)

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The Weinstein Company has announced the launch of a new animated feature film label title Mizchief, with their upcoming title Leap!*set to be the first film released under the label.

“I named the label Mizchief because that’s how my son pronounces mischief,” TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein says. [I]“Animation is a playful new direction for us and I’m thrilled to expand the TWC repertoire into a whole new category of films for our kids to enjoy and for us to enjoy with them. All of these films will share incredible stories that most importantly both inspire and entertain our kids.”

Mizchief’s second release will be The Guardian Brothers, TWC’s first production with Gary Wang and Life Chaser Animation Studios.

The label is also in development on film adaptations of The Firework-Makers Daughter, based on the novel by the critically-acclaimed author of the trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman.

"A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a firework-maker called Lalchand and his daughter, Lila." So begins Philip Pullman's delightful tale The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Before long, the reader meets a talking elephant, a loyal servant who saves the day with magical water, the great Fire-Fiend who holds the secret to becoming a master firework-maker, a bumbling thief and his merry men, and a spunky heroine who won't take no for an answer. Told with all the elements of a rousing traditional tale, The Firework-Maker's Daughter takes readers on Lila's journey as she discovers the secret to firework-making, the one thing her father has refused to tell her. Her quest for the secret sends him to prison but her talent as a firework-maker (with a little help from the talking elephant!) sets him free.


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