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Kanbar Entertainment is an independent film production studio founded by private investor Maurice Kanbar and Disney animation veteran Sue Bea Montgomery in 2002. The studio produced Hoodwinked!,
which was one of the first computer-animated films to be entirely independently financed.
The film was produced on a budget of less than $8 million,
considerably less than the typical budget for an animated film.
To save costs, Kanbar Entertainment founded the animation studio Digital Eyecandy in Manila, Philippines to create most of the film's animation.
The Weinstein Company signed on as the film's distributor near the end of its production
and it was released in December 2005.
The film received mixed critical reviews, but was financially successful, earning over $110 million worldwide.
Hoodwinked!'s success led to a sequel being announced in January 2006.
Although Kanbar Entertainment originally intended to finance the film entirely on its own as it had done with the first film, it was convinced by The Weinstein Company to enter into a co-financing agreement with the studio.
This allowed the film to be produced on a larger budget than its predecessor at $30 million.
The film was initially scheduled for a January 2010 release, but in December 2009, The Weinstein Company postponed the release date.
Kanbar Entertainment sued The Weinstein Company in April 2011, claiming that the delay violated their agreement and also accusing the studio of not contributing to monthly production accounts after February, 2009, neglecting to consult them on a release strategy, and failing to respond to proposed changes to the film, even though they held "final authority on production decisions". Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil was eventually released in April 2011 to almost universally negative critical reviews
and financial failure, earning $16.9 million worldwide; only about half of its budget.
Kanbar Entertainment enlisted InterWorks, Inc. to create an Android based video game of Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. Kanbar Entertainment had several ideas proposed to them by InterWorks, Inc. and chose Hoodwinked Too! Decoder Game, which was released on the Android Market in correlation with the film's April 29, 2011 release date.
Kanbar Entertainment also produced Lifelines(film), which was released in 2009 and Seducing Charlie Barker(film), which was released in 2010.
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, 1h26Directed by Mike Disa
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about magic and magicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Wolves in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Patrick Warburton, Joan Cusack, Bill Hader
Wolf (Patrick Warburton), Granny (Glenn Close), and Twitchy (Cory Edwards) are on a rescue mission to save Hansel and Gretel (Bill Hader and Amy Poehler) from an evil witch named Verushka (Joan Cusack). The plan goes wrong however and Granny is kidnapped as well. Meanwhile, Red (Hayden Panettiere) is in training with a mysterious group called the Sisters of the Hood where she learns that a secret all powerful truffle recipe has been stolen. She teams up with Wolf and Twitchy to find the recipe and save her grandma, but she and Wolf can't get along and the team splits up. Meanwhile, Verushka, who stole the truffle recipe, tries to force Granny into making it for her.
Hoodwinked! (2005)
, 1h20Directed by Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Wolves in film, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, David Ogden Stiers, Anthony Anderson
Little Red Riding Hood discovers that the Big Bad Wolf has disguised himself as Granny, just as the axe-wielding woodsman bursts through the window, startling everyone. The police quickly arrive, and Red, Wolf, Granny and the Woodsman are questioned by detective Nicky Flippers about the events leading up to the incident.