{"id":375776,"date":"2025-08-26T20:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/375776\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:01:14","slug":"grand-prix-of-europe-takes-extra-lap-to-new-november-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/375776\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Grand Prix of Europe&#8217; Takes Extra Lap to New November Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationmagazine.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grand-Prix-of-Europe_Key-Poster.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3274671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Grand-Prix-of-Europe_Key-Poster-162x240.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Prix of Europe [Viva Kids]\" width=\"162\" height=\"240\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Viva Kids today announced that it has re-dated the North American theatrical release of\u00a0<strong>Grand Prix of Europe<\/strong>, which will now race into cinemas on <strong>November 7<\/strong> (previously slated for Aug. 29). The family-friendly, CG-animated adventure centers on a young aspiring race car driver (voiced by Gemma Arterton) whose dreams come true when she gets the opportunity to follow in her hero\u2019s tire tracks.<\/p>\n<p>An updated trailer with the new release date was shared with the announcement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Synopsis:\u00a0<\/strong>Grand Prix of Europe\u00a0revolves around Edda, a young mouse, who dreams of racing glory. When Edda\u2019s world takes an unexpected turn, she disguises herself as her racing idol, the legendary Ed, and seizes the once-in-a-lifetime chance to drive in the Grand Prix. What starts as a daring stunt becomes the ride of her life as she takes Ed\u2019s place in competition. The prize money would save her family\u2019s amusement park and a win would save Ed\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p>The English-language voice cast features\u00a0<strong>Gemma Arterton<\/strong>\u00a0(Moley, The Girl with All the Gifts) as Edda, <strong>Thomas Brodie-Sangster<\/strong>\u00a0(Wolf Hall, Thunderbirds Are Go) as Ed,\u00a0<strong>Hayley Atwell<\/strong>\u00a0(Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, MCU\u2019s Peggy Carter) as Cindy,\u00a0<strong>Lenny Henry <\/strong>(Wallace &amp; Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) as Erwin and comedian <strong>Rob Beckett<\/strong>\u00a0(Epic Tails, Meet the Richardsons) as Enzo.<\/p>\n<p> Grand Prix of Europe is directed by Waldemar Fast, who has worked in the animation industry as a director and animator for over 20 years. The screenplay is by Kirstie Falkous (Monster Family\u00a01 &amp; 2), Jeffrey Hylton (Mechamoto, Taffy) and John T. Reynolds (Taffy, The Mr. Peabody &amp; Sherman Show) with Ben Alexander Safier.<\/p>\n<p>The film was produced by Michael Mack, Managing Partner of Europa-Park and Founder of the entertainment company MACK Magic. It was created in the MACK Animation studios in Hanover (Animals United,\u00a0Monster Family franchise).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viva Kids today announced that it has re-dated the North American theatrical release of\u00a0Grand Prix of Europe, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,131255,131256,44869,131257,131258,131259,131260,131261,131262,131263],"class_list":{"0":"post-375776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-gemma-arterton","12":"tag-grand-prix-of-europe","13":"tag-hayley-atwell","14":"tag-lenny-henry","15":"tag-mack-animation","16":"tag-mack-magic","17":"tag-rob-beckett","18":"tag-thomas-brodie-sangster","19":"tag-viva-kids","20":"tag-waldemar-fast"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115096852161581418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}