Monk Little Dog (film)

Monk Little Dog (film) is a 2022 animated adventure comedy film based on the TV series Monk Little Dog. It will be released in 2021 for Netflix and streaming

Plot:
Monk is a bull terrier dog who wants to be best friend of Kimmy. He lives in The world with his friends Ben and Ding and he also has to go on lots of adventure.

Distributed:
International Television Distribution.

Soundtrack:
A soundtrack of the Monk Little Dog series has been released in 2010. The album features songs from the TV series and an original song written for the movie. The album features vocal performances by the main characters of the series, Monk, Kimmy and Ben.

Animation:
Samg Animation's animation division based in Seoul worked on the 3D animated series Monk Little Dog. The series is produced by the French-South Korean coproduction SAMG Animation and Melange Production (France). Each episode lasts 13 minutes and the animation is based on motion capture. Samg Animation produced all the 3D backgrounds for Monk Little Dog, the first season of which comprised 13 episodes and premiered in France on June 16, 2009 on Canal+ and then on the UK CITV Channel, in Canada on BBC Kids and in Australia on ABC3.

Similars to:
In terms of its format, Monk Little Dog is similar to Shaun the Sheep, although it was made two years earlier.

Production and development:
Monk Little Dog was created by Kim Sung-jae of Samg Animation in South Korea. Kim Sung-jae is a Korean businessman and entrepreneur who owns the Samg Animation Company, which he founded in 2009, specializing in multimedia animation. The first short was released on the French television channel Canal+ on June 16, 2009. The series is aimed at young children and takes a humorous look at life in modern society from an animal's point of view.

Development and production of the series began in 2007 with a pilot short produced by Melange Production, directed by Clovis Cornillac. The characters were designed and developed at the Samg Animation studio before being animated by their team in 3D, using motion capture technology. The series was also dubbed into Korean, to be broadcast on KBS 1TV as well as all of the EBS channels. The production cost for the first season of Monk Little Dog was $13 million. In November 2009, Samg Animation announced that a second and third series were in development.

Casting:
Monk Little Dog features an international cast of actors:

David Gasman as Monk.

Sharon Mann as Kimmy.

Matthew Géczy and Tara Strong (speaking voice) and Karen Strassman (singing voice) as Ben.

Cécile Roux as Uncle Bob.

Patrick Timsit, Pierre Tchernia and Danielle Hazan as the narrators.

Lan Cao as Mi-hie.

Release:
Monk Little Dog premiered on June 16, 2009 in France and was broadcast there for a full year, on Canal+. The series also debuted in South Korea on May 15, 2010.

Screening:
Monk Little Dog was shown as part of a special screening event hosted by Samg Animation on May 13, 2010 in partnership with Bbongbbong Food.

Home media:
In July 2011, Samg Animation announced that Monk Little Dog would be made available for purchase on iTunes for the first time.

Reception:
Monk Little Dog was widely distributed internationally and was warmly received by audiences worldwide, becoming a massive hit in South Korea, where it was broadcast on the main television channels EBS1, EBS Plus and EBS Kids.

Box office:
$68 million.

Accolades:
Award Wins	Award Nominations

1st Children's Film Festival 6 2 	EBS Animation Awards 3 1