Animated ‘Butterfly Tale,’ Featuring Voice of Tatiana Maslany, Lands at Signature for U.K., Ireland (Exclusive)

Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to the family adventure animation film Butterfly Tale from sales company Pink Parrot. Its voice cast features Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, She-Hulk), Mena Massoud (Aladdin, Star Wars: Ahsoka) and Tristan D. Lalla (Long Shot).

Butterfly Tale tells the story of Patrick (voiced by Massoud), “a gutsy and lovable, yet inept one-winged butterfly, who stows away in a milkweed trailer in order to be part of the migration journey of a lifetime,” according to a plot description. “Along with his best friend, a goofy caterpillar named Marty, and Jennifer (Maslany), a butterfly who is afraid of heights, Patrick will become an unlikely hero.”

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The movie, produced by Marie-Claude Beauchamp (The Legend of Sarila) and Emely Christians (All Creatures Big and Small), was directed by Sophie Roy (Double Dribble) from a script written by Heidi Foss (Pup Academy) and Lienne Sawatsky (The Guava Juice Show).

The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s acquisitions and development manager Katie Wilkinson and Pink Parrot’s head of international sales and acquisitions Tania Pinto Da Cunha.

Signature will release Butterfly Tale in cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland on April 19.

“Butterfly Tale is an absolute delight, and we hope that this little gang of misfits will flap its way into audiences’ hearts … like it did with ours at Team Signature when we saw it,” said Wilkinson.

Signature Entertainment is a production and distribution company founded in 2011. The U.K. independent label says it has released more than 1,500 films, with recent releases including the Stephen Fry-voiced animated movie The Canterville Ghost and Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy You Hurt My Feelings. Signature’s upcoming slate includes George MacKay thriller Femme, Jodie Comer drama The End We Start From and Leonardo DiCaprio-produced animation Ozi.

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