Eye Present in Co-Pro Deal with Pictor Productions

LONDON: Animation studio Eye Present has entered into a development agreement with Pictor Productions to co-produce animated content based on Tomi Ungerer’s book Flix.

Flix follows the adventures of a young pug dog who is being raised by cat parents in Cat Town. The animated content being made by Eye Present and Pictor Productions—which was founded by Ungerer’s daughter, Aria—will serve as a prequel to the book, which was first released by Switzerland’s Diogenes Publishing House in 1997. The book has been published in such countries as Germany, France and the U.S.

Tomi Ungerer commented: “Flix is about making the best of your differences—we are all equal and we are all different. Everyone has something to offer. Flix shows us that with comedy you can overcome any dogstacle.”

Aria Ungerer noted: “Looking through all of Tomi’s work, Flix is the book we all identified as having the most potential. The premise provides endless humor and inventiveness for this little dog living in the world of cats and of course contains allegories that touch every kid.”

Jules Coke, producer at Eye Present, which was formed by Genevieve Dexter and Squint/Opera in 2014, added: “We are working directly with Tomi and Aria in the development of Flix, and taking early development materials to the Animation Production Day in Stuttgart and MIFA in Annecy this year to get market feedback and to find the right format and target for this title, we are currently working on Flix as a character and some story lines. His world is already very clear.”