Tadeo Jones is a franchise originally created as a 2004 Spanish short animated film directed by it's creator Enrique Gato. The franchise itself tells the story of Tadeo Jones, an adventurer who enters a pyramid where he finds a family of mummies. The project of this film was born when Gato wanted to make a short film containing more action and humor than his previous projects. The franchise is actually Paramount's secret Indiana Jones clone that creator finds it humorous with two films released by Paramount and finally two videogames based on the franchise published by Deep Silver after the films release.
Films[]
Tad, The Lost Explorer[]
- Main article: Tad, The Lost Explorer
A feature-length animated film, Tad, The Lost Explorer, featuring Tadeo Jones, was released in 2012.
Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas[]
- Main article: Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas
A sequel, titled Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas, was released in 2017. and written by Jordi Gasull, Javier Barreira and Neil Landau. It was distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures.
Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet[]
- Main article: Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet
A third installment, titled Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet, was released in 2022. The third film most likely took place after the events of Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas. The film's production is a Telecinco Cinema, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Anangu Grup and La Tadeopelícula AIE production, and it had the participation of Mediaset España, Movistar Plus+, and Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group. The reception of the film shows Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars writing that "the planning of the constant action scenes is remarkable, a technical prodigy that places Spanish animation at the forefront".
Videogames[]
Tadeo Jones: The Video game[]
- Main article: Tadeo Jones (videogame)
A video game based on the film, titled Tadeo Jones, was developed by Spanish studio U-Play Studios for the PlayStation Vita. It was released by Deep Silver on 4 December 2013. A follow-up game, Tadeo Jones and the Lost Manuscript (Tadeo Jones y el Manuscrito Perdido), was released on 28 November 2014 for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4.
About the franchise's creator[]
- Main article: Enrique Gato
Enrique Gato Borregán is a Spanish filmmaker and 3D/2D animation designer known as the creator of Tadeo Jones. With this character (including two CGI animated shorts and one animated feature) he won three Goya Awards. Since his childhood he was attracted to animation and technology, especially action-adventure Hollywood movies from variety of filmmakers, including the works of Steven Spielberg. When the first personal computers arrived, he began to make his own videogames with an Amstrad CPC 6128.
In 1995 he started his Informatics Engineering studies at university, where he learned to develop game engines to preview his own works and understand how to make 3D geometric previews using several programs like Maya, 3D Studio Max and Softimage.
While he was in university, he was hired by Artek, a company specializing in computer graphics. Once in there, he learned to work with programs such as TrueSpace and LightWave 3D, around the same time that Pixar was releasing its first works of CGI animation.
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