“Paul Martin” Christmas books come alive with “Secret Magic Control Agency” studies.
Creation Entertainment Media and Magic Frame Animation today announced they will adapt Georges Alexander Vagan's Christmas book series for the big screen. Paul Martin and the magic magnifying glass (Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass ). The two production companies will co-develop and produce the fantasy adventures into a film series.
The project will mark the beginning of an international IP franchise, transforming the Christmas literary universe into a film series for family audiences and presenting new licensing opportunities for partners around the world. According to the studies: The story will take the audience through many winter locations with highly detailed animated environments and follow different and challenging characters.
The first film is scheduled for release in 2025 and the scripts are currently in development.
“This magical series of books is already well loved by families and children around the world and lends itself perfectly to a winter adventure to be told through animation,” said Lidia Chirita, Head of Sales & Co-Productions of Magic Frame Animation. "There is a beautiful depth to the universe that Georges has created with Paul Martin and we can't wait to tell more audiences about it and use our distinctive animation styles and expert creatives to paint a Christmas world for the screen."
The family fantasy and adventure follows the life of the protagonist Paul Martin, along his adventures in a wonderful world of Christmas and snow. Between books, e-books and audiobooks, the series has sold more than 100.000 copies worldwide. Originally written in French, the books and audiobooks are available in a variety of languages including English, German, Italian and Spanish. The series spans five novels, with a sixth currently written by Vagan.
The animated film series will be based on the extended universe of Paul martin , with the first film adapting the first book in the series: Paul Martin and the magic magnifying glass. The story follows Paul, an 11-year-old boy, who lost his father at an early age and at the same time loses his faith in Christmas and Saint Nicholas. By chance, he comes across a very powerful magical artifact, the magical magnifying glass, which was stolen from St. Nicholas by his archenemy. The forces of good and evil begin their struggle for the soul of the young character.
Creation Entertainment Media and Sefi Carmel's Magic Frame Animation are known for Netflix's #1 animated film. XNUMX in ranking Secret Magic Control Agency, which was a ratings hit in multiple territories. The partnership between the two studios is a global collaborative co-production of expert creatives from around the world working in a borderless environment, from territories including Cyprus, France, Spain and the United Kingdom
“I couldn't ask for a better partnership to transform Paul Martin's fantasy detective world into films fit for the screen,” said Vagan.
The first book, and now the movie, introduces Paul to the world. The second, titled The Order of The Star of Bethlehem , returns when Paul has grown up and become a journalist, leading an investigation into a murder mystery. The third, The Crown of Seven Kingdoms , delves even further into the battle between the light, Saint Nicholas, and the darkness, Paul's enemy, Arius. The fourth sees Paul near the end of his life, when his legacy depends on his nephew Jean-Pierre to save the world.
"The real meaning at the heart of all these stories, however, is that only love can save the world."
Source:animationmagazine.net
