This Friday, April 7, audiences can meet a very funky animated family in Mummies, available for Digital purchase through Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Created by a team of pedigreed Spanish animation pros, the PG comedy centers on a peculiar Egyptian clan whose secret existence is no longer under wraps…
Synopsis: The film follows the fun adventures of three ancient Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city, hidden in ancient Egypt. The trio includes a princess, a former charioteer, and his younger brother, along with their pet baby crocodile. Through a series of unfortunate events, the mummies end up in present-day London and embark on a wacky and hilarious journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, which was stolen by the ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.
The Warner Bros. Pictures release features an English-language voice cast including Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners, White Gold), Eleanor Tomlinson (The Nevers, Jack the Giant Slayer, The Illusionist), Santiago Winder (The Hope Rooms), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), Dan Starkey (Doctor Who), Hugh Bonneville (Paddington, Downton Abbey, Notting Hill), singer-songwriter and record producer Shakka and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Martian, The Lord of the Rings).
Mummies is directed by Juan Jesuìs Garciìa Galocha (a.k.a. “Galo”), who makes his feature film debut following his work as art director on films such as Tad: The Lost Explorer and its sequel The Secret of King Midas. The script was co-written by Jordi Gasull and Javier Barreira, Goya winners for Best Screenplay for Tad: The Lost Explorer. Emmy-winning screenwriter Ricky Roxburgh (Tangled: The Series) supported the English-language adaptation of the script.
Gasull, winner of three Goya Awards for Best Animated Film for Tad: The Lost Explorer, Capture the Flag and Tad: The Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas, is also the film’s producer. Pedro Solis, writer/director of the Goya-winning animated short film Strings, is behind the film as head of Core Animation Studio.
The film’s music is composed by Goya winner Fernando Velazquez, who has frequently collaborated with acclaimed Spanish director, J.A. Bayona. The film features three original songs, including “I Am Today,” “New Song” and “Ring Song.” The latter features lyrics by writer/producer Jordi Gasull.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a 4 Cats Pictures, Anangu Grup and Moomios Movie AIE production with the participation of Atresmedia Cine and Movistar Plus+ and the collaboration of Atresmedia and TV3.
