GKids has acquired all US rights to Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia the follow-up to Oscar-nominated Ernest & Celestine.
The French-language story centres on the bear and mouse friends who travel to Ernest’s country of Gibbertia to fix a broken violin and discover that all forms of music have been banned. The duo gather friends old and new to bring happiness back to the land of bears
Jean-Christophe Roger and Julien Chheng co-directed Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia which earned a Cesar nomination and opened in French cinemas in December.
GKids negotiated the deal with Chloe Marquet, SVP international sales at Studiocanal. GKids negotiated the deal with Chloe Marquet, SVP international sales at Studiocanal.The distributor previously handled the US release of 2012’s Ernest & Celestine, which won the Cesar Award for best animated feature before going on to earn GKids its third Oscar nomination.15 films that stood out at Berlin 2023
