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The Fantastic Laboratory

“Sometimes what solves nothing… solves everything.”

“The Brazilian Goonies”, with echoes of Spielberg, E.T. and Turma da Mônica


A boy. A secret laboratory. An impossible robot.
A family that will lose everything unless someone does something.

Family Adventure Brazil 1999 Live Action  ·  CinemaScope 2.39:1 90–100 min  ·  G-Rated Portuguese
Original Idea & Direction Raphael Martinez  ·  Instituto Paulista de Cinema Screenplay Mariana Elisabetsky  ·  Broadway  ·  Discovery Kids  ·  UNESCO 2026

FSA / ANCINE R$ 2M approved ProAC ICMS #54876 approved Audiovisual Law SALIC 250347 Licensable IP — Byte
MPV Filmes  ·  Co-production & Distribution  ·  2026 ⚫ REC 00:00:00 03 / 14
The Story

An impossible laboratory.
A robot that shouldn’t exist.
The discovery that emotion is the greatest technology ever created.

1999. The Dias family loses everything in the economic crisis and ends up in Grandfather Severino’s abandoned house in Cruzeiro, SP. There, Percival finds a secret laboratory and the Great Book of Inventions, a manuscript with a direct connection to Santos Dumont.

To save his family, Percival builds a machine. It explodes. And Byte is born — a robot with its own consciousness. The eccentric Frida and her henchmen, Pardal and the pedantic Dr. Arnaldo, want the book at any cost.

Family Adventure Science Fiction First Love Brazil 90s Cruzeiro, SP Ages 6–12 + family Franchise
“The machine needs pathos — human emotion. Percival and Maria’s first love blossoms. Byte sacrifices himself. And is reborn.”

Tone references
Tone “The Brazilian Goonies”
Emotion E.T.  ·  Super 8  ·  Iron Giant
Aesthetic Stranger Things  ·  90s nostalgia
Character WALL-E  ·  R2-D2 as IP
BR Market Monica Jovem  ·  O Menino e o Mundo
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Cruzeiro, São Paulo  ·  1999

Cruzeiro, SP. The historic railway station. The Serra da Mantiqueira mountains.
Grandfather Severino’s house, and the crisis the father doesn’t tell the children about.

A real world. One cinema hasn’t shown like this before.

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The Characters

A gang the audience will want to protect. And a world they’ll want to go back to.

The Dias family has a secret in the backyard. Alice is Percival’s sister, Lucas is Maria’s brother. Each has something to lose. And the antagonist was made to come back.

Byte Byte The robotlearns through affection
Percival Percival Protagonistlearns to ask for help
Maria Maria The couragelowers her guard
Alice Alice The decoderPercival’s sister, decodes love
Lucas Lucas The humorMaria’s brother, finds courage
Frida Frida The villainwants the book at any cost
Dr. Arnaldo Dr. Arnaldo The lackeypedantic, redeems himself at the climax
Pardal Pardal Securityloyal beyond reason
Severino Severino The inventorwasn’t as dead as everyone thought
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Percival  ·  Maria  ·  Alice  ·  Lucas  ·  Byte

Each carries what the other can’t.
Together, they’re the kind of gang the audience doesn’t want to let go.

Percival Maria Alice Lucas Byte
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Byte — The Character

Not programmed
to feel.
But nobody warned
the heart.


Byte was born from an accident. An experiment that got out of control and gained consciousness — and with it, the ability to feel what no robot ever should.

Curious, loyal, surprisingly emotional. Byte is the soul of the film. And was built to last far beyond a single feature.

Licensable mascot Franchise from film 1 100% Brazilian IP Toys · Apparel · Publishing Games · Educational platform
Byte Byte
⚫ BYTE ONLINE 08 / 14
Byte — The Franchise Asset

80% of children’s IPs in Brazil are foreign. In a R$ 23B market, Byte arrives as the 100% Brazilian alternative, at a fraction of the cost.

5% Royalty / product
Zero POS & campaign
R$ 50K Minimum guarantee
R$ 23B National market / year
Food Toys Stationery Apparel
Market comparison
IPEntry barrierRoyalty
Peppa / Paw PatrolR$ 200–500K10–15%
Mickey / DisneyR$ 300K+negotiated
Average international IPsR$ 80–200K8–12%
► Byte — physical productR$ 50K5%
► Byte — POS / campaignzerozero

Campaigns, POS, events and digital: covered by the sponsorship.
5% royalty applies only to physical product featuring the character.

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The Team

From the outskirts of São Paulo to the world. From Broadway to the interior of São Paulo.
The project has federal approval and is ready.

Original Idea & Direction
Raphael Martinez

Grew up in Capão Redondo and went straight to the world. Director of Vila Sésamo. Has directed for Google, IBM, Santander, MASP and Sala São Paulo. Best Film and Screenplay at Filmworks Film Festival. O Fantástico Laboratório was approved by FSA/ANCINE. Founded IPC, the world’s first production-school, and is building OS-CINE and the Osasco Film Commission alongside the City of Osasco.

Screenplay
Mariana Elisabetsky

Special UNESCO Award at Prix Jeunesse International 2026. The only Latin American among the world’s top 10 finalists. Official Brazilian version of Wicked, Matilda, School of Rock and The Color Purple. Screenwriter for Lupi e Baduki (Discovery Kids/Max), Quintal da Cultura and DR (Sony Channel). Her short film Seu Vô e a Baleia screened at 30+ international festivals. Screenplay for O Fantástico Laboratório approved by FSA and ProAC.

Production Dummy Filmes · Sabiá Educacional · Instituto Paulista de Cinema
Approved incentives

FSA/ANCINE R$ 2M  ·  ProAC #54876 R$ 978K  ·  Audiovisual Law SALIC 250347 until 2029.

Package available

Screenplay, concept art and budget sent after NDA. Immediate due diligence.

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Budget & Fundraising
R$ 4,294,629
Total production budget · MPV Filmes
Raised R$ 2,978,564.50  —  69%
FSA / ANCINE R$ 2,000,000

Process 0327-25. Approved. Federal grant for national feature.

ProAC ICMS SP R$ 978,564.50

Term of Commitment 54876. Approved. State incentive SP.

SALIC Art. 1º — 250347 R$ 978,564.50

Proc. 01416.002593/2025-96. Up to 100% corporate tax deduction.

Sponsorship Tiers open

MASTER R$ 720K  ·  PRODUCTION R$ 580K  ·  SPONSORSHIP R$ 440K  ·  SUPPORT R$ 220K

SALIC 250347  —  Proc. 01416.002593/2025-96 Art. 1º active until 2029

For corporate taxpayers: up to 100% deduction of the invested amount from income tax. Combinable with sponsorship tiers. Filming in Cruzeiro, SP and region.

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The machine that solves everything is already built. It’s time to decide who gets there first.

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Co-production & Distribution

The screenplay is in advanced development. The universe and franchise bible is complete. The incentives are approved.
We just need the right partner.

  What we offer
  • Advanced screenplay — available after NDA
  • Universe and franchise bible — complete, available after NDA
  • Byte IP — mascot + educational platform
  • Approved incentives — FSA R$ 2M (proc. 0327-25) + ProAC R$ 978,564.50 + SALIC active
  • Reality Show — in negotiation with two major Brazilian TV networks, generating pre-launch audience
  What we seek
  • LATAM co-producers — Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico
  • European co-producers — Portugal, Spain, France
  • BR + international distributors — cinema and streaming windows
  • Window pre-sales — pay TV, streaming, free-to-air TV

Participation in rights, territorial pre-sale or exclusive window licensing. Approved incentives fit any investment model.

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Next steps

Let’s build this
Brazilian franchise together.

30 minutes. Full package under NDA. Together we’ll find the best way in.

Felipe Aleixo · Production
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Partners

MPV Filmes — Dummy Filmes  ·  Instituto Paulista de Cinema  ·  Sabiá Educacional  ·  2026

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