Animated production from Mexico targets July 2016 release date to coincide with World Youth Day.
The film recounts the true story of the Polish priest, Maximilian Kolbe, and the incredible challenges he faced during the Nazi invasion of Poland in World War II. Kolbe seeks to protect Jews and is punished and then makes the ultimate sacrifice inside of a concentration camp. The story unfolds through a modern encounter of an older man, Gunter, with a young rebel, DJ, and utilizes the story of Father Max, to teach DJ that there is no greater love than when someone gives one’s life for a friend.
Max & Me was written by Bruce Morris (Disney’s Pocahontas, Hercules) and features a voice cast of David Henrie (Wizards of Waverly Place, How I Met your Mother), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga), Neal McDonough (Minority Report, Captain America: The First Avenger), and Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries).
Donovan Cook as the chief animation consultant and worked closely with animation company Imagica, run by Patricia García Peña and Gregorio Núñez.
Max & Me was developed, financed and produced by Dos Corazones Films, the independent production and finance outfit led by producer Pablo José Barroso and Claudia Nemer.
The company plans to introduce the film to distributors for the first time at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin in February.
Producers are eyeing a July 2016 release date to coincide with World Youth Day.
Source: Dos Corazones Films
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
