Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure (2015) on Netflix
PG-1320151h 38mAdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasy
Toto, a rooster at Granjas el Pollon, learns the bank may take the farm over unpaid debts. He agrees to face Bankivoide, the undefeated arena champion, to save his home.
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On the Granjas el Pollon farm, Toto has grown into a young rooster. He dreams of boxing like Bankivoide, the arena champion, though his crowing barely rouses the place. Debts left behind by Abuelita's late husband put the property in danger, and the bank could seize it. Di's father, Don Poncho, a retired fighter, takes the crew to the village of Tepizcoeloyo to wager the farm on a match. El Padrino agrees, on the condition that Toto, not Don Poncho, steps into the ring. Toto balks, then accepts the fight with Bankivoide. Patín Patán, a duck egg, trains him in boxing moves, swimming, running and flying. Bankivoide's owner, Matías "El Oscuro" Jiménez, takes the bet.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure (2015)
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- The filmmakers said rendering the 3D animation called for at least a thousand or 1,500 computers, technology that did not exist in Mexico, and that the investment put the company at risk. They then turned to DEL Animación, which agreed to invest.
- It was the first computer-animated film produced in the Mexican cinema industry, a transition the filmmakers called "very difficult" and "a path of trial and error".
- The film grossed 167.8 million pesos in Mexican cinemas, making it the highest-grossing animated film produced in Mexico and the twelfth highest-grossing film in the country's industry of all time.
- It was the first Mexican animated feature to receive a wide release in the United States, opening in 395 theaters and expanding to 616 theaters the following week.
- The film's cockfighting theme was initially resisted because of its controversial nature, but the filmmakers kept it and portrayed the fights as a boxing-style sport.
