45-year-old fantasy franchise is finally being continued in cinemas

45 year old fantasy franchise is finally being continued in cinemas

Audio play witch Bibi Blocksberg has long since been seen in more than just audio format. In 2002, after a few cartoons, her first live-action cinema adventure was released, which was directly reminiscent of the Harry Potter hype could connect.

While the British wizard is now moving into series, the German witch is brewing a brand new movie.

Harry Potter colleague Bibi Blocksberg comes up with a new fantasy adventure

As Leonine Studios announced in a press release, the new Bibi Blocksberg film has been shooting since June and will continue until August of this year. For the first time, young actress Nala will be in the title role. Her Bibi will be seen for the first time invited to the international witch congresswhich only takes place every 13 1/2 years. But the magical meeting descends into chaos when the magical powers of the cheeky witch from Neustadt get out of control.

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Cast of the new Bibi Blocksberg film

Gregor Schnitzler (Die Wolke) is directing with a screenplay by Bettina Börgerding, who has worked on the musical Bibi & Tina projects over the past ten years. The cast also includes Heike Makatsch, Friedrich Mücke and Lorna Ishema.

When will the new Bibi Blocksberg film be released in cinemas?

Bibi’s trusty witch’s broom mashed potatoes will be available from December 25, 2025 when her new fantasy adventure hits the cinemas. Until then, children and the young at heart can pass the time with over 150 witch radio plays from Kiddinx, for example. Bibi was created under their umbrella in 1980 by the Austrian children’s book author Elfie Donnelly.

Another international counterpart is, for example, the Japanese children’s book witch Kiki, written by author Eiko Kadono. She has been world famous since the magical anime film Kiki’s Delivery Service from Studio Ghibli.

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