Norwegian animation Elias to launch in local versions

Norwegian directors Espen Fyksen and Lise I Osvoll's fully-animated Elias and the Royal Yacht, which has taken 230,000 admissions locally, will be launched in Sweden on Sept 28 - in a local version, with a star cast, and backed by strong marketing and merchandising campaigns. Denmark and Finland will follow. 'Major Hollywood studios used to have a monopoly on such releases,' said Norwegian producer John M Jacobsen, of Filmkameratene, ...