Cheburashka (Russian: Чебурашка) is an upcoming Russian live-action/animated children's comedy film directed by Dmitry Dyachenko, the film is an adaptation of the 1966s Russian fairy tale Crocodile Gena and His Friends (ru) by Eduard Uspensky, and a reboot of all the cartoons shot mainly in the Soviet Union, a 1969 full-length feature film about Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka, the film stars Olga Kuzmina as the titular character along with Sergei Garmash.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Dmitry Dyachenko |
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| Based on | Cheburashka by Eduard Uspensky |
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| Cinematography | Ivan Lebedev |
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| Distributed by | Central Partnership |
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| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Cheburashka is scheduled to be theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2023, by Central Partnership.[3]
The film tells about a furry animal named Cheburashka, who lives in an orange grove and ends up in a small town by the sea, where he meets an old man who is closed in himself, a boy who cannot speak, his mother and an unusual aunt who wants to buy it and give it to her granddaughter, as well as a huge number of other characters.[4]
Yuliana Slashcheva is the chairman of the board of the Soyuzmultfilm film studio, and Eduard Iloyan is the general producer of Yellow, Black and White studio were engaged in the creation of the cartoon in tandem with the STS and Russia-1 channels. The start of filming was scheduled for 2021. The film adaptation will be shared by both channels, but the premiere launch is expected on Russia-1. YBW is responsible for financing the project, according to preliminary data, production costs will amount to at least 600 million rubles.[5]
The film is planned to contain a large amount of computer graphics. The legendary domestic character is created for the first time using motion capture technology and other modern devices. It will be integrated into the film using the Full CG blending method.
Principal photography of the film started in September 2021 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai. The embankment, the Arboretum, the Ordzhonikidze sanatorium were used as locations. A little later, the team will move to the cities of Pyatigorsk and Kislovodsk, Stavropol Territory, and then go to Moscow for field recordings. The creators specifically chose such places to create a sense of timelessness.[6][7]
Broad release in the Russian Federation is scheduled for January 1, 2023 with the help of Central Partnership.