Chalk up Spain as the next nation to jump on the graphic-novel-to-movie train.
Producer Manuel Cristobal and his Perro Verde company (The Missing Lynx have picked up the rights to Paco Roca’s graphic novel Arrugas and plan to adapt it into a 2-D animated feature film, Variety reports.
Ignacio Ferreras will direct the film, which follows character affected by Alzheimer’s disease and senile dementia. His animated short, How to Cope With Death, won the best first film prize at Annecy in 2003.
Roca will write the screenplay with Angel de la Cruz, while actor Jose Sacristan is set to play the lead. Perro Verde is set to finance the film’s $2.6 million budget itself. According to Cristobal, the feature will be a 2-D project because it’s cheaper to produce than a 3D movie, and because it positions the pic better as an art film.
