Nikte

<i>Nikté</i>

Nikté

2009 Mexican film


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.

Quick Facts Nikté, Directed by ...

Plot

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

Production

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

Box office

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

Character name dispute and lawsuit

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.


References

  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.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Nikte, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.