The Amazing Maurice is directed by Toby Genkel from a screenplay by Terry Rossio, based on the 2001 novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett.

This story follows Maurice, a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate.

The Amazing Maurice had its premiere at the Manchester Animation Festival on 13 November 2022, and It had its American premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Prorom released the movie until now in Romania (130,331 admissions), Czech Republic (73,590 admissions), Slovakia (40,111 admissions) and Bulgaria (20,573 admissions), generating a box office result of almost $ 1.5 million (and still counting!).

As of 20 April 2023, The Amazing Maurice has grossed $4.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $15.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $20.1 million (source: boxofficemojo.com).

Maurice, a streetwise cat, has the perfect money-making scam. He’s found a stupid-looking kid who plays a pipe, and his very own plague of rats – rats who, strangely, are educated and literate, so Maurice can no longer think of them as “lunch”. And everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers...

However, when Maurice and the rodents reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, their little con goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune. A dark, shadowy tune. Something very, very bad is waiting in the cellars.

But Maurice wouldn’t be Maurice if he and his friends didn’t manage to save the day in the end!

The Amazing Maurice is the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Terry Pratchett.

Terry Pratchett was an English author of fantasy novels, especially, comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett, with more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 37 languages, was the UK’s bestselling author of the 1990s.

In 2011 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book for children. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015 aged 66.

“What a great honour to have the opportunity to film a Terry Pratchett book. After reading The Amazing Maurice, I am even more thrilled to bring this fantastic novel to the big screen” said Director Toby Genkel.

For the Romanian version, the voices belong to the actors: Mircea Băluță (Maurice), Oana Laura Gabriela (Malicia), Justinian Năstasă (Keith), Mike Gheorghiu (Dangerous Beans), Virgil Aioanei (Darktan), Nicu Enescu (Boss Man-Death) şi Silvia Gâscă (Peaches).

The Amazing Maurice can be seen from February 3 only in cinemas.

In addition to film screenings, all open to the general public, the public will have the opportunity to participate in creative and facepainting workshops, juggling shows, pantomime, and a craft and contemporary design fair.

Entry to all KINOdiseea Open Air events is free, and the full program is available at www.kinodiseea.ro.

Three Prorom films can be seen during this event as follows:

August 26, 21:00 Monster Family 2, Director: Holger Tappe, General Audience, animation, 103 min.

August 27, 21:00 The Wolf and the Lion / Le Loup et le Lion, Director: Gilles de Maistre, General Audience, 99 min.

August 31, 21:00 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion / Astérix: Le Secret de la Potion Magique, Director: Alexandre Astier, Louis Clichy, General Audience, 85 min.

Starting at 09:00, the animation Norm of the North will delight audience with the adventures of the cute polar bear!

Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm and his three lemming friends wind up in New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.

Also on Saturday, starting at 1:30 pm on Antena 1, you can watch another movie for the whole family: Mia and the White Lion.

Ten-year-old Mia has her life turned upside down when her family decides to leave their home in London to manage a lion farm in South Africa. When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia find happiness again as she develops a close attachment to the wild cub.

After three years, Mia’s life is rocked once again when she uncovers an upsetting secret kept hidden by her father.

Distraught by the thought that Charlie could be in harm, Mia decides to run away leaving the farm and her family behind.

The two set off on an epic adventure across the wild African savanna in search for another land where Charlie can live out his life safe and free.

The two Prorom movies can be seen on Antena 1 - Saturday, January 15, as follows:

09:00 Norm of the North
13:30 Mia and the White Lion (re-run Sunday, January 16, 02:45)

Mia and the White Lion is also available on HBOGo.

To free Baba Yaga and Renfield from the clutches of Monster Hunter Mila Starr, the Wishbone Family once more transforms into a Vampire, Frankenstein's Monster, a Mummy and a Werewolf.

Aided and abetted by their three pet bats, our Monster Family zooms around the world again to save their friends, make new monstrous acquaintances and finally come to the realization that ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ – even those with flaws can find happiness.

In the original version, the voices of the characters belong to the actors: Jason Isaacs (Dracula), Emily Watson (Emma), Nick Frost (Frank), Jessica Brown Findlay (Fay), Catherine Tate (Baba Yaga), Ethan Rouse (Max), Emily Carey (Mila Starr).

In the Romanian version, the voices of the characters belong to the actors: Ionuț Ionescu (Dracula), Olimpia Mălai (Baba Yaga), Silvia Gîscă (Emma), Tamara Roman (Fay), Elias Ferkin (Frank), Răzvan Dinu (Max), Anca Iliese (Mila), Ernest Fazakas (Maddox).

Monster Family 2 will be released in theaters on November 5, distributed by Prorom and Ro Image 2000.

In Animal Crackers, Owen Huntington's life is one continuous loop of work, eat, and sleep. A loop that keeps him from ever seeing his wife Zoe, or his three year old daughter MacKenzie. A loop that is sure to kill him.

Then, one day, Owen discovers a long lost Uncle (Buffalo Bob… the Rootenist Tootenist Circus Man in the West) passed away… and left his Circus to Owen!

And then, something MAGICAL happens. Owen discovers Buffalo Bob’s secret. A box of Animal Crackers that gives the bearer the ability to become ANY ANIMAL IN THE BOX!

Animal Crackers is directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft, and written by Sava and Dean Lorey, based on the graphic novel by Sava.

The film stars the voices of John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Danny DeVito, Ian McKellen, Sylvester Stallone, Raven-Symoné, and Patrick Warburton.

In Romanian cinemas, the film will be released in 2D version dubbed in Romanian.

The Romanian version stars the voices of: Ionuț Grama (Owen), Alexandra Radu (Zoe), Ilinca Popescu (Mackenzie), Vlad Rădescu (Horatio), Tomi Cristin (Chesterfield), Ernest Fazakas (Bivolul Bob), Octav Mitrică (Woodley), Carmen Lopăzan (Binkley), Mihai Munteniță (Brock), Mike Gheorghiu (Bullet-Man).

The Romanian version was made in Fast Production Film Studios (Director: Octav Mitrică, Translator: Brenda Baran, Sound Engineer: Ovidiu Mitrică).

Animal Crackers is distributed in Romania by Prorom and Ro Image.