“Frozen” head animator and longtime Disney veteran Lino DiSalvo is developing an animated feature that tells the coming-of-age story of an Italian teenager who teams up with a mythical beast to save her hometown from an evil curse.
Written by Kissy Dugan and produced by Emmanuel Jacomet for Mediawan Kids & Family with Italy’s Palomar Animation, “Twisted” is among the buzzy projects being pitched this week at Rome’s MIA Market, which runs Oct. 14 – 18.
Inspired by the tall tales DiSalvo heard growing up in an Italian American household in Brooklyn, the story is based on a holiday ritual in the Italian town of Andrista, where villagers
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