Poster for Abominable Photo: Courtesy of Pearl Studio
The first official trailer for Pearl Studio's Abominable and a poster titled "special friends" were released online on Thursday. The animated film is Pearl Studio's first original production and marks its latest coproduction with DreamWorks Animation since Kung Fu Panda 3. The film tells the story of how a cute and mischievous yeti embarks with three Chinese teenagers on an adventure back home.The trailer showed many Chinese landmarks, including Thousand Island Lake, Huangshan Mountain and the Leshan Giant Buddha. The film is set to premiere in theatres in over 65 countries and regions in September and in the Chinese mainland during the National Holiday in October. This is Pearl Studio's second attempt to tell a Chinese story to global audiences following its Kung Fu Panda 3 and produce a film that can rival those produced in Hollywood.