EFM: China-U.S. Animation ‘Shimmy: The First Monkey King’ Picked Up by Odin’s Eye (EXCLUSIVE)

Odin’s Eye Animation has picked up sales rights to “Shimmy: The First Monkey King,” an animated family entertainment film that is rare official China-U.S. coproduction. Sales activity will begin at the European Film Market starting next week alongside the Berlin Film Festival. The story involves Shimmy, a cheeky monkey with newly discovered superhero-like powers who must learn how to control his extraordinary transformative abilities and prevent powerful demonic forces from sending the universe into chaos. The film is completed and previously envisaged a mid-2022 release, but those plans were derailed by China’s tough anti-COVID measures. Delivery is now scheduled for… Read Full Article