NewFinders Literature Films

NewFinders Literature Films was an American-Australian-Japanese animation film company founded in 2001. It features a variety of different animators from many American and Australian film companies (Mainly Disneytoon studios, Nippon Animation and Yoram Gross Films.) and many different song composers and lyricists (The films in the lineup are musical with the exception of 2 movies). Many composers include Yoko Shimomura, Guy Gross and Alan Menken) Its main studios are set in Madison Wisconsin, Yokohama Japan and Perth Australia. Each of the films they create are all based off different forms of literature and books (Similar to Walt Disney and Studio Ghibli). Each film comes out once a year. Many of the films have received average to positive reviews.

WORKS
20 Films had been produced and created by the company beginning in 2001 with Down To Earth (Based off the 1864 book Journey To The Center of The Earth) and its most recent film in 2019 Catherine (Based off of Catherine and Her Destiny). Due to the Covid Pandemic, Newfinders Literature Films pushed it's new movie to 2021. It would also be their final film before being signed over to Paramount Pictures.

FILMOGRAPHY

 * 2001: Down To Earth

Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure/Musical

Based Off: Journey To The Center Of The Earth (Written by Jules Verne - 1864)


 * 2002: The Laughing Man

Genre: Drama/Horror/Musical

Based Off: The Man Who Laughs (Written by Victor Hugo - 1869)


 * 2003: The Colour Of Magic

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Musical

Based Off: The Colour Of Magic (Written by Terry Pratchett - 1983)


 * 2004: My Name Is Jane

Genre: Romance/Drama/Musical

Based Off: Jane Eyre (Written by Charlotte Brontë - 1847)


 * 2005: Fiery Fairytale

Genre: Fantasy/Drama/Musical

Based Off: The Little Match Girl (Written by Hans Christen Anderson - 1845)


 * 2006: The Woolcots

Genre: Historical/Drama

Based Off: Seven Little Australians (Written by Ethel Turner - 1894)


 * 2007: Operation: Mushroom

Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure/Musical

Based Off: The Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom Planet (Written by Elenor Cameron - 1954)


 * 2008: The Sea Fairies

Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Musical

Based Off: The Sea Fairies (Written by L. Frank Baum - 1911)


 * 2009: He Arrived From Joy

Genre: Historical/Fantasy/Musical

Based Off: The Happy Prince (Written by Oscar Wilde - 1888)


 * 2010: Faraway Tree

Genre: Dark Fantasy/Adventure/Musical

Based Off: The Enchanted Garden (Written by Enid Blyton - 1939)


 * 2011: Sherlock's Signs

Genre: Mystery/Adventure/Crime

Based Off: The Sign Of The Four (Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 1890)


 * 2012: Garden Of Secrets

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy-Drama/Musical

Based Off: The Secret Garden (Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett - 1911)


 * 2013: Tom

Genre: Dark Fantasy/Comedy/Musical

Based Off: Tom Thumb


 * 2014: Little Sarah: A True Princess

Genre: Historical/Drama/Musical

Based Off: The Little Princess (Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett - 1905)


 * 2015: Franz And Coppelia

Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure/Musical