GASTON A film by Pierre François Martin-Laval Based on the comic book by André Franquin Introduction to the first live action movie of the Gaston franchise From the comic to the movie o o o o o o The brand & the comic book Key Info about the movie The talents: The Producers, The Director, The Actors Who is Gaston? The movie The storyboard
THE BRAND: GASTON LAGAFFE Total sales of Gaston in foreign languages: between 4 and 5% of the total 30M copies sold Worldwide = between 1.2 and 1.5 million In Scandinavia total sales over 150 000 copies In Norway Gaston just got republished in a Deluxe Edition and Denmark keeps on publishing the standard editions of Gaston nowadays In Germany over 160 000 copies sold between 2007 and 2015 alone. Total Sales in Germany: Around 800 000 copies! Great popularity for Gaston in The Netherlands: it counts for about 10-15% of the total 30M copies sold worldwide. Since 1998 Gaston has sold 20 000 copies per comic book (knowing that the average for French translated comics is around 2000 sold copies)! In Portugal: in 2011 a new collection of 19 numbers has been published and the total sales of Gaston in the territory are around 19 000 copies In Italy and Spain Gaston has always been constantly republished since the 80 s until today.
THE BRAND: GASTON LAGAFFE GERMANY
THE BRAND: GASTON LAGAFFE SCANDINAVIA DENMARK NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND ICELAND
THE BRAND: GASTON LAGAFFE POLAND SERBIA CROATIA THE NETHERLANDS
THE BRAND: GASTON LAGAFFE GREECE SPAIN PORTUGAL ITALY
KEY ELEMENTS Director: Pierre François Martin-Laval (Serial Teachers) Cast: Théo Fernandez (The Tuche Family), Pierre François Martin-Laval, Alison Wheeler Producer: Les Films du 24 (Serial (Bad) Weddings) / UGC Genre: Comedy / Live action + CGI animation Language: French Budget: 19M French release: 2018 by UGC Principal photography: February 2017 LIVE ACTION + CGI ANIMATION SYNOPSIS & PITCH Gaston gets hired as an intern in a successful startup whose motto is "make the useless useful". He alternates between phases of extreme laziness, when it is near impossible to wake him up, and hyper-activity, when he creates various machines to improve the quality of life in the working environment, especially for Mademoiselle Jeanne. Common sense however always eludes him, and he has an almost supernatural ability to cause disasters... Which obviously drives his boss Prunelle crazy! Of course, his going to the office with his cat, his seagull and his goldfish in a car of the 1920's powered by solar panels doesn't make things easier... risking to jeopardize the future of the company, will he be able to put his genius at work to save it? Gaston might just be the clumsiest and yet the most endearing character you have ever met. Each one of his moves is a unique sketch. He lives in a world of his own, with his animal friends who will be brought to life in VFX! Producer Romain Rojtman (Serial (Bad) Weddings Woldwide BO over 142M!) and director Pierre François Martin-Laval team up again after the box-office-sensation Serial Teachers 1 & 2 ( 50M BO in France) to bring one of the most loved French comic books of all times to the big screen. Carrying the same values of green-attitude, pacifism and goodwill as in the original comic, this new Gaston 2.0 and his everyday life made of gags will bring us on the most hilarious adventure of all!
THE PRODUCERS After the huge success of & BO Over 140 000 000 worldwide! French BO over 25 000 000 French BO over 24 000 000 2013 2014 2015
THE DIRECTOR Pierre François Martin-Laval Gaston Lagaffe is one of the heroes of my childhood. Ever since I was a child, I ve felt close to him and realize that today his creator Franquin s gags are still an inspiration to me. We ve been working with the generous assistance of Franquin s editor and heirs. Since the mark he has left is still very strong, I want to take as little liberty as possible with his universe. French BO over 25 000 000 We decided to set the film in the world of today, where the Spirou magazine offices have become a start-up that recycles useless unsold copies. Gaston will embodies the same themes: pacifism, ecology, antimilitarism, the triumph of the advertising world, developments in the working world, males/female relations, resisting a kind of hollowness often disguised by false emergencies. Around him, we once again find Miss Jeanne, Lebrac, Bertje, Boulier, Miss Sonia, etc. Not to mention Gaston s menagerie: his cat, seagull, goldfish and cow, reworked in VFX 3D thanks to the talent of Illumination/Mac Guff. The film will be burlesque, abundant in gags, and very visual. All the stunts and pratfalls that can be done live will be performed live. To do so and to provide a background for the catastrophes provoked by Gaston, director of photography Régis Blondeau (Serial Teachers) and production designer Franck Schwarz (Serial Teachers) have created a space and stage directions that allow for the greatest freedom of movement. Gaston may be lazy, but no other comic was ever as dynamic, bursting with so much movement and rhythm, so many interjections and such graphic gusto. In the comic, there were lots of bright, primary colors. We will try to imitate that. French BO over 24 000 000 Pierre François Martin-Laval
WHO IS GASTON? A pretty inventive guy... Théo Fernandez is Gaston Filmography: The Tuche Family & The Tuche The American Dream French BO almost 40 000 000 globally...but a lazy one too!
GASTON S ENTOURAGE His inseparable animal friends PEF is Prunelle Alison Wheeler is Mademoiselle Jeanne And some peculiar colleagues!
THE MOVIE THE PREPARATORY DRAWINGS
THE MOVIE The cat and the seagull fighting over the fish / Page 93 of the script THE STORYBOARD
THE MOVIE THE STORYBOARD
THE MOVIE THE STORYBOARD End of the sequence The cat is fighting to catch the mouse!
THE MOVIE THE STORYBOARD
THE MOVIE THE STORYBOARD End of the sequence
International Sales Contacts Cécile Gaget cgaget@gaumont.fr Alexis Cassanet acassanet@gaumont.fr Adeline Falampin afalampin@gaumont.fr Anne-Sophie Martel asmartel@gaumont.fr