Moomins and the Comet Chase

Moomins and the Comet Chase
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maria Lindberg
Written by	Joel Backström Iivo Baric Anders Larsson Minna Karvonen
Based on	The Moomins by Tove Jansson
Produced by	Tom Carpelan
Starring	Stellan Skarsgård Peter Stormare Alexander Skarsgård Mads Mikkelsen Helena Mattsson
Narrated by	Max von Sydow
Cinematography	Maria Lindberg
Edited by	Maria Lindberg
Music by	Andrzej Rokicki Björk (song "The Comet Song") Heitor Pereira
Production company	Stereoscape Ltd.
Distributed by	Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab Universal Pictures
Release dates	6 August 2010 (2010-08-06) 22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) (United States)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Finland
Languages	English Finnish
Budget	€974,893
Box office	€9,300,000

Moomins and the Comet Chase is a 2010 3D stop motion animated fantasy adventure comedy family film compiled from the Comet in Moominland-based episodes of the 1977–1982 The Moomins TV series animated at Se-ma-for in Poland, restored and re-soundtracked with multiple voice actors replacing the single narrator. It is the second such Moomin film produced by Finnish children's film company Filmkompaniet, the first being Moomin and Midsummer Madness, and the first one converted to stereoscopic 3-D. A similar revision of the remainder of the series for high-definition television of all 78 episodes was released in 2010. The same novel has been adapted into film at least twice before, with the 1978 Russian stop motion serial Mumi-troll and the 1992 Japanese traditional animation feature Comet in Moominland. The international version of the film features the voices of known Swedish actors like Stellan Skarsgård, Peter Stormare, Alexander Skarsgård. Musician and Moomins fan Björk also wrote an original song for the film.^[1] The international film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. In Finland, it arrived in movie theaters on 6 August 2010 and was later broadcast on the MTV3 channel.^[2] The film was also produced in dozens of other languages and subsequently received global distribution.^[3]