The lovable friendship continues with Ernest the Bear and Celestine the Mouse.

The next chapter of their adventures moves on with Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia. As always, they’ll be in trouble with local law enforcement in a different city.

Here is the synopsis of Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia:

Ernest and Celestine return in this delightful and joyous follow-up to their first Academy Award-nominated adventure, which introduced a bear and a mouse as the unlikeliest of friends. Earnest remains an ursine troubadour dedicated to a life of music and art, and his constant grouchiness is softened by the creative whims of his mouse friend Celestine. When she accidentally breaks his beloved violin, they must take a long voyage to Ernest’s country of Gibberitia, home to the only artist who can repair it. But when they arrive, they are shocked to discover that all forms of music have been banned in Gibberitia for many years, and a land once known across the world for its incredible musicians has fallen silent. It is up to Ernest and Celestine and their new friends, including a mysterious masked outlaw, to bring music and happiness back to the land of bears.

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LRM Online’s Gig Patta spoke with co-directors Jean-Christophe Roger and Julien Chheng on this animated project. We discussed the long production schedule to put out the sequel, the changes in animation, and the incorporation of music in the film.

Jean-Christophe Roger is a writer and director of animated films. He studied at Ėcole nationale des Arts Décoratifs, and worked as a 2D animator at Disney. He directed and co-wrote several television series that included Earnest & Celestine The Collection, The New Adventures of Lassie, Belphegor, Potatoes and Dragons, The Fairy Shell, and Lupo Alberto.

Julien Chheng is an animator and director. After graduating from Gobelins School in Paris, he wrote and illustrated characters for his personal projects. He worked on The Rabbi’s Cat, the Worlds of Ralph, Ernest and Celestine, and Mune. In 2014, he co-founded Studio La Cachette, in which he produced the pilots for Kairos, The Ballad of Bea and Cad. He was the artistic supervisor of characters and animation for projects such as Love, Death and Robots for Netflix and Primal for the Cartoon Network.

Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia is in select theaters tomorrow.

Watch the exclusive interview with Julien Chheng and Jean-Christoph Roger below. Let us know if you are planning to watch this delightful animated movie.

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Source: LRM Online Exclusive, GKIDS