Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure

Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure
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Directed byKari Juusonen
Jorgen Lerdam
Written byMarteinn Thorisson
Hannu Tuomainen
Produced byHannu Tuomainen
Petteri Pasanen
Antti Haikala
Emely Christians
Moe Honan
Ralph Christians
Bernhard zu Castell
StarringErik Carlson
Juhana Vaittinen
Mikko Kivinen
Vuokko Hovatta
Aarre Karen
Edited byAntti Haikala
Music byStephen McKeon
Production
companies
Distributed byNordisk Film (Finland)
Universum Film/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany (Germany)[1]
Release dates
  • 12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
(Finland)
9 August 2013 (Japan)
Running time
79 minutes
CountriesFinland
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Estonia
LanguageFinnish
Budget7,316,273 €[2]
Box office1,384,148 €[3]

Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure (also known as Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble, or simply Niko 2), is a 2012 animated comedy/adventure film, produced by Finnish studios Anima Vitae[4] and Cinemaker OY,[5] with co-producers Ulysses (Germany), A. Film (Denmark), and Tidal Films (Ireland). The animation was produced in Finland, Germany and Denmark, with post-production carried out in Ireland. It is the sequel to The Flight Before Christmas[6] and was written by Hannu Tuomainen[7] and Marteinn Thorisson, and directed by Kari Juusonen [fi] and Jørgen Lerdam [de]. It was released in Finland on October 12, 2012.[8] Anima Vitae and Cinemaker OY were nominated for Cartoon Movie Tributes 2013[9] in the category “European Producer of the Year”. Like its predecessor, it is among the most expensive Finnish films ever produced.

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  9. ^ "Animation Feature Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble to the victory in Tokyo Kinder Film Festival". Anima. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2015."Cartoon Movie Tributes: Winners 2015". Cartoon Media. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.