Miraculous Lady Bug

—Aton Soumache, Variety article

***Miraculous Lady Bug*** (also known as ***Lady Bug***) was an early feature film idea for the *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir* franchise. The film was to be directed and written by Thomas Astruc and it was to be co-produced by Univergroup Pictures (later Zagtoon Pictures) and Onyx Films. Since *Miraculous Lady Bug* was an old concept for a feature film for the franchise and there was little news about it in recent times, the film is most likely had been canceled during production.

## Development

The film was first announced on Monday, October 4, 2010, during MIPCOM. According to an Animation World Magazine article, Univergroup Pictures and Onyx Films are partnering on the 3-D CG feature film called *Miraculous Lady Bug*. The feature will have a budget of $50 million and animator/storyboard artist Thomas Astruc will direct it. The production for *Miraculous Lady Bug* will be handled by Method Animation and Zagtoon. The studios also have plans to launch a TV series after the feature. Univergroup (ZAG Entertainment's original name) has partnered up with the French licensing group Spel, which will handle the home retail merchandising for *Lady Bug*. The company would also publish 10 comic books, penned by Astruc, based on the film for iPad and iPhone applications.

On October 11, 2010, an issue of MIPCOM News #1 magazine revealed that a TV series is going to be produced and it'll be based on the feature film. It is also revealed that Lady Bug's civilian form has a crush on a boy named Nathan "from the gym club" instead of Félix Agreste from the Ladybug PV.

On June 10, 2011, Variety reported that the film was originally going to be part of a superhero toon trilogy.

At around 2012, Univergroup Pictures has been defunct and the film started production by Zagtoon Pictures, Univergroup's new film division.

Since then, there isn't any more news regarding *Miraculous Lady Bug* since the concept for the franchise has been changed over time in production and thus, the film is most likely been canceled.

## Trivia

* According to various articles, the film was going to have a budget of $50 million USD.
* According to a Variety article, the studios were planning to launch a TV series after *Miraculous Lady Bug* as a spin-off.
	+ However, since *Miraculous Lady Bug* was announced back when the spin-off series was under pre-production, the concept for both the film and the series were not finalized yet. So because of it, it's likely *Miraculous Lady Bug* is not the same film as the *Miraculous* live-action film and the upcoming animated musical film *Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening*.
	+ The series *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir* have also released before any of its feature films are released.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.awn.com/news/univergroup-onyx-fly-lady-bug-feature
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://variety.com/2010/film/news/duo-prep-s3d-superhero-toon-1118025064/
3. ↑ https://issuu.com/mipmarkets/docs/mipcom2010\_news\_1
4. ↑ https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/zagtoon-launches-3d-film-division/

**Film:** ***Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening*** • ***Miraculous* (live-action film)**
**Web series:** ***Miraculous Secrets*** • ***Miraculous: Tales from Paris*** • ***Miraculous ZAG Chibi***
**Apps:** ***Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir*** • ***ZAG Heroez***
**Music:** **Miraculous Ladybug Christmas Album** • **The Wall Between Us**
**Books:** **Comic series** • ***Miraculous Adventures***
**Others:** **Ladybug PV** • **Miraculous CGI promotional videos**

**Kwamis:** **Tikki** • **Plagg** • **Wayzz** • **Nooroo** • **Trixx** • **Pollen** • **Duusu** • **Fluff** • **Sass** • **Xuppu** • **Longg** • **Kaalki** • **Mullo** • **Daizzi** • **Roaar** • **Barkk** •  **Ziggy** • **Orikko** • **Stompp**
**Allies**: **Master Wang Fu/Jade Turtle** • **United Heroez (Olympia Hill/Majestia • Jessica Keynes/Sparrow/Eagle • Aeon/Uncanny Valley • Barbra Keynes/Knightowl • Dean Gate/Doorman • Camilla Hombee/Victory • Hurricane • Snowflake • Sting • Agent Red • Hot Dog Dan • Agent Yellow • Agent Blue • Thorn • Mercury)** • **Fei Wu/Lady Dragon**
**Antagonists**: **Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth/Monarch** • **Nathalie Sancoeur/Mayura** • **Chloé Bourgeois** • **Tomoe Tsurugi** • **Lila Rossi/Cerise/Iris Verdi** • **Félix Fathom** • **Bob Roth** • **XY/Xavier-Yves Roth**

**Season 2**: **"Queen's Battle"** • **"Heroes' Day"** • **"Santa Claws"**
**Season 3**: **"The Battle of the Miraculous"**
**Season 4**: **"Shadow Moth's Final Attack"**
**Season 5**: **"The Kwamis' Choice"** • **"The Last Day"** • **"Action"**
**Other**: **"Ladybug in Halloween"** • **"Miraculous Shanghai"** • **"Miraculous New York"** • **"Miraculous London"** • **"Miraculous Africa"** • **"Miraculous Rio"** • **Miraculous Tokyo"** • **"One Night Mission"** • **"Miraculous Paris"** • **List of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir episodes**

**Other:** **Marinette's purse** • **Miracle Box**