Cool Beans
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Richard Claus, Chantal Nissen
Haarlemmerweg 315d | 1051 LG Amsterdam
rc@coolbeanspix.com, cn@coolbeanspix.com | +31 (0) 650281410
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Cool Beans BV is run by producers Richard Claus and Chantal Nissen - Amsterdam animation outfit Katuni and German Comet Film are its sister companies.
All of Cool Beans’ productions are international co-productions, including Black Butterflies, The Price of Sugar, An Act of Defiance and the recent 3D animated films The Little Vampire 3D (2017) in co-production with A. Film (Denmark) and Comet Film (Germany) and Ainbo (2020) in co-production with Tunche Films (Peru).
The next 3D animated film coming from Cool Beans and Katuni is Panda Bear in Africa, which is currently in production and will be delivered to its international distributors in the second quarter of 2024. Le Pacte (France) joined the successful Dutch/German/Danish team that produced The Little Vampire 3D as the French coproducer, and sales agent CMG – Cinema Management Group has already sold an astonishing number of territories.
Cool Beans’ development slate also includes new live action films, among others the Dutch “multiculti” comedy Matties, the historic drama Tutuba; the series Jet Black and the animated feature Dummie the Mummy.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Panda Bear in Africa in production
Director: Richard Claus & Karsten Kiilerich. Screenwriters: Robert Sprackling, Richard Claus & Karsten Kiilerich. Cast: Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Georgina Verbaan, Maurits Delchot. Co-production countries: NL/DK/DE/FR. Co-producers: A. Film (DK), Comet Film (DE), Le Pacte (FR). Status: In production. Release: 2024. Sort: feature-length 3D animation. Duration: 88 min. Genre: Family Entertainment, Comedy. International Sales: CMG Cinema Management Group
A fun and adventurous young Panda travels from China to Africa to rescue his best friend, Jielong the Dragon, who has been kidnapped. On his journey he discovers a world completely unknown to him and faces frightening hippos, suspicious hyenas and wise gorillas. Relying on his wits (and some new found friends) he makes his way across Africa, before rescuing Jielong and saving his new friends' jungle home. A family entertainment comedy, a fish out of water/coming of age story.
LILLY AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN in development
Directors: Martijn Smits, Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich. Screenwriters: Rob Sprackling, Martijn Smits. Cast: tba. Country: NL/DE/DK/FR. Co-producers: A. Film Denmark, Comet Film Germany, Le Pacte France. Feature-length animation, running time: 88 min. Genre: Family Entertainment/Adventure/Comedy. Distribution/Sales: Cinema Management Group.
Lilly (13), who is the only brown girl living in an Amsterdam orphanage in the sixteen-hundreds, is sold into slavery to a wealthy merchant. There she learns that her parents are probably still alive. She escapes on a ship, which is attacked by the ghost ship The Flying Dutchman with its crew of doomed skeletons. Lilly's finds her father, but he’s unfortunately not exactly what she has been hoping for: He is the captain of the Flying Dutchman. She faces a dilemma between saving her father from his curse and her own struggle for freedom.
The GROWcodile in development
Directors: Joost van den Bosch & Erik Verkerk. Screenwriter: Luuk van Bemmelen. Based on the book ‘Weg met die krokodil!’ by Paul van Loon. Cast: tba. Country: NL/FR/LUX. Co-producers: Ka-Ching Cartoons Netherlands, Fantabulous France, Fabrique d’Images Luxembourg. Feature-length 3D animation, running time: 80 min. Genre: Family Entertainment/Adventure/Comedy. Distribution/Sales: KMBO, Film Constellation
It worked! By using her willpower, Bridget has hatched a little baby crocodile from the egg. Definitely a cooler pet than that stupid goldfish she got for her birthday. But a little crocodile grows bigger and bigger. What to do when your parents don't like pets? And what to do when your father has a shoe store and loves crocodile leather? Thankfully, there's grandmother...
