The Los Angeles-based company has closed more than 40 territories on Splash Entertainment’s animated family film led by deals with Village Roadshow in Australia/New Zealand and TF1 in France.

Norm Of The North

Rights have gone in Germany (Telepool), Latin America (Gussi), Italy (Notorious Pictures), South Korea (Noori Pictures), Middle East (Grand Entertainment), Poland (Kinoswiat), Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary (ProRom) and South Africa (Blue Reign).

Deals also closed in Singapore (Purple Plan), Malaysia (TGV), Portugal (Pris), Baltics (ACME Film), Bulgaria (Tandem Film), Turkey (Medyavizyon), Israel (Forum), Indonesia (Cinemaxx), Iceland (Myndform), Philippines (MVP/Viva), Croatia and Serbia (Blitz Film), Vietnam (Skyline Media), Asia pay TV (Fox) and West Indies (ATM Film).

Norm Of The North centres on a fun-loving polar bear and his lemming friends who try to save their Arctic home.

Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong from The Hangover franchise, Loretta Devine and Bill Nighy lead the voice cast and Trevor Wall directs from a script by Jack Donaldson and Derek Elliott. 

Splash Entertainment co-CEOs Nicolas Atlan and Mike Young produce with Splash’s Liz Young and Steve Rosen and Lionsgate’s Ken Katsumoto. 

Lionsgate is set to release the film in North America on January 15, 2016.