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Wikipedia article
'Spycies' is a 2019 Chinese-French computer-animated spy film directed by Guillaume Ivernel and Zhiyi Zhang.[https://movie.douban.com/subject/30217371/ ] at Douban. (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2021. It was funded by iQIYI Motion PicturesGrater, Tom (6 September 2018) [https://www.screendaily.com/news/kaleidoscope-chinas-vision-partner-on-animated-feature-spycies-exclusive/5132344.article Kaleidoscope, China's Vision partner on animated feature 'Spycies' (exclusive)]. 'Screen Daily'. Retrieved 14 May 2021.Lau, Shirley (19 March 2019) [https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/iqiyi-summer-release-animated-spycies-1203166609/ IQIYI Plans Summer Release for Animated Spycies]. 'Variety'. Retrieved 14 May 2021. and produced by Lux Populi. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France on 14 June 2019 and at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China on 17 June 2019 (where it was nominated for Best Animated Feature)[https://web.archive.org/web/20190610202147/https://www.siff.com/a/2019-06-04/3335.html 22nd Golden Goblet Awards Competition Films]. (in Chinese). Shanghai International Film Festival siff.com. Archived from the [https://www.siff.com/a/2019-06-04/3335.html original] on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 May
2021. before being theatrically released in China on 11 January 2020.Gruenwedel, Erik (5 January 2020) [https://www.mediaplaynews.com/chinas-iqiyi-streaming-service-bows-first-theatrical-feature-film/ Chinas iQIYI Streaming Service Bows First Theatrical Feature Film]. 'Media Play News'. Retrieved 14 May 2021.Staff (24 December 2019) [https://www.163.com/ent/article/F15M6GJD000380D0.html 111 ]. ["Spycies" release date changed to 11 January, presenting the world of funny animals]. (in Chinese). 'NetEase'. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Synopsis
Special agent cat Vladimir Willis is not good at obeying orders, so he is sent on a disciplinary assignment to a remote off-shore platform to guard a top-secret cargo, accompanied with timid rookie rat Hector. But when a gang of mysterious figures break into the platform and steal the cargo, Vladimir and Hector must retrieve the cargo.Zehra, Phelan (12 February 2020) [https://www.heyuguys.com/spycies-movie-clip/ Exclusive: New clip from animation Spycies]. 'HeyUGuys'. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Cast
*Kirk Thornton as Vladimir, an chartreux cat who works as a secret agent the main protagonist.
*Dino Andrade as Hector, a lazy but timid rat who accompanies Vladmir.
*Karen Strassman as Chloe, a rabbit.
*Salli Saffioti as Mia, a bee actress.
*Jamieson Price as Doc, an grizzly bear scientist and as Kotor, an elderly, hairless woolly mammoth who was rescued from extinction by Doc and plans to get revenge on him with the name of "The Demon of the Cold", the main antagonist.
*Lauren Alexandre-Lasseur as Melissa, a female woolly mammoth.
*Debi Derryberry as Melinda and Jim, a couple of hippopotamus, a chicken, a pig, and a giraffe.
*Barbara Goodson as Antiques Sellers, a spider.
*David Lodge as a frog reporter, Dr. Snub-nosed monkey, mole patient, mole doctor, an alligator, a parrot and Thunderbolt a criminal leopard.
*John Hasler as Mainim, an elephant calf who is the son of Kotor and Melissa.
Production
In Dragon Hunters, director Guillaume Ivernel developed semi-realistic choices for the characters that integrated into textured and photo-realistic universes. This style offers the viewer an image at the crossroads of animation and live action.
Over 250 to 300 people worked on the film. The character designs, modelling were done in France at the Lux Populi studios in Paris using Maya software. With some parts of the rendering being done at another studio in Paris the Les Androids Associs. Parts of the screenplay was designed by the French team, with the film's animation being done back in France at Jungler along with the modeling of some characters, in China, Lux Populi's facilities in Beijing did the rest alongside the post production.
Release
'Spycies' premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France on 14 June 2019 and at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China on 17 June 2019, before being theatrically released in China on 11 January 2020. It grossed 128 million yuan, becoming the second highest-grossing animated film of 2020 in China and the seventeenth highest-grossing animated film in China overall.[http://english.entgroup.cn/679292/ Spycies (2020) Box Office]. 'Entgroup.cn'. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Critical reception
The film received generally positive reviews in China, but received more negative reviews internationally. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on critical reviews.See also
*List of Chinese animated films
References
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