SC Films Starts 'Gnome Alone' Sequel, Launches Sales At AFM — SkimNews
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- SC Films International has started production on 'Gnome Alone: Game of Gnomes,' the sequel to its 2017 animated family film, with worldwide sales launching at the American Film Market next month.
- Peter Lepeniotis, director of 'The Nut Job' (which grossed $120M worldwide), is returning to write and direct; he called the time-travel storyline 'the biggest canvas this world has had.'
- The sequel marks the first project under a multi-picture, multi-year deal between SC Films International, SiXiTZ Studios, and Magieva, with SiXiTZ handling animation using workflows co-developed with Magieva.
- Producers Simon Crowe and Matthew Joynes lead the project for SC Films alongside Lepeniotis, Kevin Hicks, Nathaniel Hunter, and Euan Macdonald, with production split between California and Toronto.
- Producers Hunter and Macdonald previously built film and animation pipelines for Disney, Lucasfilm, and Apple, and won a 2022 Emmy together for an animation studio they co-founded.
- The original 'Gnome Alone' played theatrically worldwide, with Netflix taking North America; SC Films' broader AFM slate also includes 'Girl in the Clouds,' 'Zsazsa Zaturnnah,' 'Breeder' (IFC), and 'Cotton Eye Joe.'
Why it matters: By packaging a sequel to a proven title with a director whose last film earned $120M worldwide and a new three-studio production alliance, SC Films is leveraging AFM — the industry's key independent sales marketplace — to anchor a multi-picture pipeline rather than sell a one-off.
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