Maurice fears life is too cosy living with Malicia and Keith. He decides to run away, hoping to find a new life at sea as a ship’s cat. Malicia’s father, the Mayor, is seriously ill. Malicia learns the only thing that might save him is the Waters of Life. When Malicia finds a map showing the location of the Waters, she and Peaches go on a quest to find them. They stow away on a barge… only to find Maurice aboard. Safely away from port, the barge transforms into ‘The Lorelei’, a pirate ship run by a power-hungry cat named Admiral Katz. Maurice wants Katz’ job... cue the catfight. Meanwhile, Keith travels by horse and carriage with rats Darktan and Dangerous Beans in a bid to catch up with Malicia. Their journey sees them facing vampires, werewolves and sirens. Will Malicia find the Waters of Life and save her father? Will Keith find Malicia but lose his trousers? Will Maurice learn the true value of home? You bet… but not in any way that’s expected.

The English-language animated feature is, like the multi-award-winning first film, based on the books by Sir Terry Pratchett and his popular Discworld novels, which have sold over 100 million copies in 37 languages. The first Maurice film grossed a global box office over 24 million US$ and made the top 5 in almost every territory. The movie won a British Animation Award, a Pulcinella Award, was nominated for the European Film Award and longlisted at the BAFTA Film Awards and the “Oscars” Academy Awards. It premiered in the U.S. at the Sundance Film Festival. The creative team behind “The Amazing Maurice” movie has reunited for this exciting new adventure which is to be directed by Toby Genkel (“Ooops! Noah is Gone…”, Paul McCartney’s “High in the Clouds”) and Chris Drew (“The Adventures of Paddington”). The film is produced once again by Emely Christians (“The Niko Trilogy”, “Two by Two: Overboard!”), Andrew Baker (“Bad Jelly”, “Bollywoof”), and Robert Chandler (“A Christmas Number One”, “The Canterville Ghost”). Character design is by Carter Goodrich (“Finding Nemo”, “Shrek”) and Heiko Hentschel (“Ooops! Noah is Gone…”, “Rabbit Academy”), with the script written by Giles New and Keiron Self (“The Canterville Ghost”, “Mimi & Harold - Out of Frame”).