Ordino finds home for Pozo's 'Pets'

The spanish language animator Jose Pozo ("El Cid: The Legend," "Donkey Xote") is mounted on professional produce three dimensional toon pic "No Pets Permitted," setup at Andorra's Ordino Galleries Media Group. "Pets" is a component of the ambitious plan by Ordino, Andorra's flagship film-TV group, to show the principality, nestling between France and The country within the high Pyrenees, right into a new Southern Europe talent hub offering film and TV product, services and finance. Andorra's low taxes and intellectual property stance helps make the location attractive. "Pets," that will get into production the coming year, activates a boy who must battle crazy monsters within the London apartment building where his father may be the janitor. "We would like something which looks worldwide with a lot of humor," stated OSMG controlling director Jordi Alba. Adrian Garcia, Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres, who mind animation company Headless, will direct "Pets." They've completed an initial-draft script. Garcia and Maldonado directed the delicately attracted 2007 animated feature "Nocturna," a Filmax production. "Cid" and "Donkey," both also created by Filmax, were a couple of Spain's greatest-profile toon photos from the last decade. Pozo is Ordino's creative director, Alba stated. This spring, Ordino also acquired Studio Nest, a three dimensional animation, character design and vfx company. Studio Nest CG artists have done many recent high-profile animation and vfx-heavy films from Barcelona, including Filmax's "El Cid" and "Fragile" and Rodar y Rodar's approaching "XP three dimensional." Alba and Ordino Galleries marketing mind Laurie Severn are in AFM with "Pets," that Ordino will tap 25% from the budget from Andorra. It's searching for completion finance through a mixture of equity -- from Europe or even the U.S. -- and gap financing. The studio's push into animation may come as Andorra diversifies from tourism by developing advanced service industries. Low social security obligations keep labor costs competitive, key as Ordino sets to provide services on third-party productions, Alba contended. Nearer to the U.S. or U.K. model, Andorra's intellectual property laws and regulations also allow it to be simpler to get privileges to qualities, Severn stated. Alba stated Ordino aims being "a type of creative high-performance center." OSMG's others include live-action producer Smoke Retailers, Ordino Music, Ordino Galleries Services and Audio-video Experience, whch organizes occasions, museums and interactive exhibit expos. Ordino will even run a fund to purchase local photos. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com