{"id":135961,"date":"2025-09-11T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135961\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:37:08","slug":"viva-kids-acquires-the-pout-pout-fish-for-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135961\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Kids Acquires ‘The Pout-Pout Fish’ for North America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tViva Kids<\/a> has acquired the animated feature\u00a0\u201cThe Pout-Pout Fish,\u201d\u00a0with a wide North American theatrical release slated for March 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows two aquatic misfits on\u200b\u00a0an impossible journey to save their home. Nick Offerman leads the voice cast that also features Nina Oyama, Miranda Otto, Remy Hii, Jordin Sparks and Amy Sedaris. <\/p>\n

\n\tRicard Cuss\u00f3 directs the adaptation, which is based on the children\u2019s book series written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Dan Hanna. Rio Harrington co-directs and Elise Allen, Elie Choufany and Dominic Morris wrote the screenplay.<\/p>\n

\n\tVictor Elizalde, CEO of Viva Pictures, said: \u201c\u2019The Pout-Pout Fish\u2019\u00a0has been cherished in classrooms and homes around the world, teaching lessons of friendship, bravery and self-discovery to an entire generation.\u201d Elizalde added, \u201cBringing this beloved story to theaters reflects Viva\u2019s commitment to championing iconic IP and delivering bold, franchise-worthy animation. With its educational legacy, global readership, and stunning adaptation for the big screen,\u00a0\u2018The Pout-Pout Fish\u2019\u00a0is poised to inspire audiences everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJen Besser, president and publisher at Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group, added, \u201c\u2018The Pout-Pout Fish’\u201d\u00a0began as a single book and has since grown into a global franchise embraced by readers, educators and families everywhere. The film marks an exciting step in expanding the world of \u2018The Pout-Pout Fish\u2019 beyond publishing and onto the big screen.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom the first draft and designs,\u00a0\u2018The Pout-Pout Fish\u2019\u00a0had us hooked. We\u2019re thrilled to see buyers worldwide share our love for this unlikely duo \u2014 a pouty loner and a high-energy sea dragon,\u201d said Sola Media\u2019s managing director Solveig Langeland. \u201cViva is the perfect partner for a wide U.S. release, and we\u2019re confident they\u2019ll reach the large North American audience that already loves the bestselling book.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal was negotiated by Victor Elizalde for Viva Pictures and Solveig Langeland for Sola Media.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Pout-Pout Fish\u201d\u00a0is produced by Australian-based production company Like a Photon Creative, MIMO Studios and Macmillan Publishers, who also financed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Pout-Pout Fish\u201d was financed by Alceon Entertainment Partners Pty Ltd. Production financing was arranged by Eclectik Vision Capital Pty Ltd. Post production, digital and visual effects work was undertaken in Queensland, Australia with funding from Screen Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viva Kids has acquired the animated feature\u00a0\u201cThe Pout-Pout Fish,\u201d\u00a0with a wide North American theatrical release slated for March…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344,93678,93679],"class_list":["post-135961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-pout-pout-fish","tag-viva-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}