Lionel Messi’s management and Sony Music Entertainment have reached an agreement to establish Atlantis Animation studios in the Canary Islands a animated series about the soccer staras confirmed on Tuesday by the parties to Mundo Deportivo.
The deal sees Atlantis produce a series inspired by Messi himself. “The Messi’s passion for football it will serve as a backdrop for moving and captivating content, emphasizing the moral values that characterize the global icon,” said Raul Cargo, CEO of Atlantis Animation.
“We are a service provider, but we try to be a creative contributor in everything we do,” added Carbo. “Our idea is to bet on very premium and quality projects. So Messi is definitely one of them, a worldwide project that for Atlantis is the next step,” he added.
Sony Music’s Premium Content division, which works with Leo Messi’s managementwill oversee the development and distribution from the series. Based in Tenerife, Atlantis Animation is now in full production of the trailer under the Directed by Catherine Macresy.
Directed to All publicthe series will immerse viewers in epic adventures of a young Messi who overcame the challenges of his background until he was a great soccer star in the world. The soundtrack will be performed by international artists and composers signed to the Sony Music Entertainment label.
Further content details are under wraps, but the plot setup, which places Messi in a world of video games, seems poised to lay the groundwork for a artistically ambitious project that works on multiple levels of the universe, like the reality of young Messi and his adventures in a video.
Values. The announcement of Atlantis’ involvement also served to emphasize that the series is “focused on convey the core values of the sport and the lessons he brings to the screen as he follows the journey of one of the greatest sportsmen of all time.”
The project highlights the relevance of animation for arguably the world’s most famous athlete. He Messi pilot project join a distinguished group of excellent animated productions now developed in the Canary Islands, including ‘Arcane’, which has been and is currently animated by Fortiche Spain in his studio in Las Palmaswhich opened in October 2020. Atlantis also contributed to Season 5 of ‘Miraculous Ladybug’, a series that won the kidscreen awards 2023 for best animated series for children.
Source: La Verdad
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