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Barbacoa

2005 (estimated) Unproduced / Cancelled Les Armateurs

Studio
Django Films, Dimension Films, Les Armateurs.
In association with 4-Way Pictures

Synopsis

Set amidst Paris' Commune repression in 1871, a monkey and other zoo animals escape from the Jardin des Plantes.

Characters

Barbacoa, Veterinarian

Credits

Directing

Director
Sylvain Chomet

Producing

Producer
Didier Brunner

Writing

Writer
Sylvain Chomet

Production notes

This feature film is the first animated project from Dimension Films, and is the first film directed by Sylvain Chomet for an American studio.

Budgeted at $10 million U.S. Filming is set in Montreal and Paris. 4-Way Pictures secured a £25,000 development grant from Scottish Screen, a government organization.

This is one of two projects being produced through the filmmaker's new Edinburgh-based animation stable, Studio Django, run by Chomet's wife and producing partner, Sally Chomet.

Originally stated to be released in late 2005, the production was canceled because of lack of funding.