Cornelia Funke
Holger Tappe and Volker Engel will direct the animated children's film, based on the Cornelia Funke bestseller.
Uncharted Territory and Rise Pictures have greenlit an animated film adaptation of
Igraine the Brave, a children's fantasy novel from bestselling author Cornelia Funke (
Inkheart).
Animals United) will direct the movie together with Oscar-winning visual effects artist Volker Engel (
Independence Day). Engel, Gesa Engel, and Lucia Scharbatke of Uncharted Territory will produce together with Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke of Rise Pictures. L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross (the short film Oscar contender
If
Anything Happens I Love You) are on board as international co-production partners. GFM Animation is handling world sales.