Nikté is a 2009 Mexican animated adventure comedy film, produced by Soco Aguilar and Nahuala Producciones. It stars the voices of Sherlyn as the title character, Pierre Angelo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Alex Lora, Jorge Arvizu, and Regina Torné. It premiered in theaters on December 18, 2009.

Nikté
Directed byRicardo Arnaiz
Written byAntonio Garci
Omar Mustre
Produced bySoco Aguilar
StarringSherlyn
Pierre Angelo
Pedro Armendáriz Jr
Alex Lora
Maya Zapata
Regina Orozco
Jorge Arvizu
Silverio Palacios
Regina Torné
Enrique Garay
Edited byRicardo Arnaiz
Gabriel Villar
Music byGabriel Villar
Production
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Animex Producciones
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (Mexico only)
Release date
  • December 18, 2009 (2009-12-18)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish
Budget$2,400,000

Plot

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The story starts with a girl and her family at La Venta park. The girl only thinks about herself, and her family goes with the tour guide while she stays at the entrance listening to her music. She leans on the Olmec head and discovers something in the Olmec head which she is transferred back to the times of Olmec.

Cast

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Production

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Animex Producciones was in charge of coordinating the production which involved several animation studios in Mexico, including Grupo EsComic! and Estudio Haini.

Box office

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This film was a box-office failure, due to an unsuccessful competition with James Cameron's Avatar.[1]

Character name dispute and lawsuit

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On October 10, 2009, Rolando Tamayo sued director Ricardo Arnaiz over the film's plagiarized characters called "Nikté", "Kan" and "Kin".[2][3] in 2019 the film was considered illegal by Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial after it used already existing characters without the owner's consent.[1]

References

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  1. ^ McLean, Tom (21 February 2015). "Hometown Hero". Animation Magazine. Animation Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Dispute continues with 'Nikte' characters (in Spanish)". El Universal. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Película "Nikté" enfrentaría demanda / Movie "Nikté" face demand (in Spanish)". 28 June 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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