Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas

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Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas
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Spanish Tadeo Jones 2: El secreto del Rey Midas
Directed by Enrique Gato
David Alonso
Screenplay byJordi Gasull
Nicolas Matji
Edmon Roch
Produced byGorka Magallón
Javier Barreira
Jordi Gasull
Ignacio del Moral
Neil Landau
StarringÓscar Barberán
Michelle Jenner
José Corbacho
Adriana Ugarte
Miguel Ángel Jenner
Music by Zacarías M. de la Riva [1]
Production
companies
Ikiru Films
Telecinco Cinema
El Toro Pictures
4 CATS Pictures
Lightbox Entertainment
Tadeo Jones y el Secreto de Midas AIE
Telefónica Studios
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13)(Annecy)
  • August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)(Spain)
  • November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)(United States & Canada)
  • February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09)(United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes [2]
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€9 million
Box office$35.7 million [3]

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas (Spanish : Tadeo Jones 2: El secreto del Rey Midas; released outside of the UK and US as Tad Jones: The Hero Returns and Tad 2: The Secret of King Midas among other titles) is a 2017 Spanish 3D animated adventure comedy film co-directed by Enrique Gato (who directed the first film) and David Alonso. [4] [5] Produced by Ikiru Films, Telecinco Cinema, El Toro Pictures, Lightbox Entertainment and Telefónica Studios, it is a sequel to Tad, The Lost Explorer (2012). [6] [7]

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The film had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 13 June 2017 and was theatrically released on 25 August 2017 in Spain by Paramount Pictures, and was also released in the United States & Canada on 17 November 2017, and in the UK on 9 February 2018 [8] It had a worldwide gross of $35 million against a budget of €9 million ($11.8 million) making it a box office success. Like the first film, Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas received some negative reviews from American critics, [9] but was very well received by Spanish critics, who even considered it superior to the first film. It won Best Animated Film at the 32nd Goya Awards, 5th Platino Awards, 73rd CEC Awards and 10th Gaudí Awards.

A third installment Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet , was released in 2022.

Plot

Tad travels to Las Vegas to see his love Sara's latest discovery: a papyrus that proves the existence of King Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold by using the power of a magical necklace. However, Jack Rackham steals the papyrus and kidnaps Sara in order to force her to find the necklace for him, which means Tad has to attempt to find and save her. [10]

Voice cast

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 13 June 2017 and was theatrically released on 25 August 2017 in Spain by Paramount Pictures. It was also released in the United States & Canada on 17 November 2017, and in the UK on 9 February 2018. It had a worldwide gross of $35,704,046 against a budget of €9,000,000 ($10,872,270) making it a box office success. [3] A US release was first scheduled for 2016, under the title Tad 2: The Secret of King Midas. The release was subsequently pushed back to 24 March 2017, followed by additional casting announcements of White, Balderrama, Kelly, Tikaram, Whelan and McLeod. It was then pushed back to 1 December and then later moved up to 17 November 2017.

Reception

Like the first film, the sequel received mostly negative reviews from few American critics and positive reviews in Spain, though both agreeing that it is an improvement to the predecessor, particularly for its visual aspects. [11] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 29% based on 14 reviews. [9]

The movie received controversy from Spanish lawyers, due to a scene in which the Mummy states that he was exiled from Paititi due to letting Tad go at the end of the events of the first film, but also due to having "A bad deal with [his] lawyer". Victoria Ortega, president of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, wrote an open letter to Enrique Gato stating she understands said line was not written with bad intentions, but rather ignorance. [12]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Gaudí Awards 28 January 2018Best Animated FilmDavid Alonso and Enrique GatoWon [13]
CEC Awards 29 January 2018Best Animated FilmDavid Alonso and Enrique GatoWon [14]
Goya Awards 3 February 2018 Best Animated Film David Alonso and Enrique GatoWon [15]
Platino Awards 29 April 2018 Best Animated Film Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King MidasWon [16]

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