Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has acquired international sales rights to “Guardians of the Video Game,” a 3D animated feature based on the Naver Webtoon of the same name, ahead of the Toronto market.
\n\n“Guardians of the Video Game” originated as a Naver Webtoon by Gasfard that has amassed 345 million views. The property was later turned into a mobile game on Google Play before reaching the screen as a full 3D animated feature.
\n\nThe film imagines a colorful, family-friendly realm concealed just under the surface of video games themselves, populated by a covert guild of guardians tasked with keeping each title operating and preserving every player’s journey. Its central figure, a guardian banished from sleek 3D gaming worlds, tumbles into an obscure, pixel-based RPG. There, working in secret, he steers an unsuspecting hero toward the game’s conclusion while working to expose a plot targeting both him and the game itself.
\n\nUhm Young-sik directs the feature, adding to a filmography that includes the animated film “Running Man: Revengers” and the animation portion of “Yumi’s Cells” Season 1. He earlier co-directed “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs,” a title that reached distribution in 120 countries.
\n\nAnimation and VFX studio Locus Animation produces…
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