The film is to be directed by Croatian-Canadian author Eva Cvijanovic, who also wrote the script, and it will be produced by Croatia's Bonobostudio and Canada's National Film Board.
Cvijanovic believes that Copic's work has universal value and exceptional importance in the context of today's world as a global village. Home can be a place as well as a state of mind we share with others. The experience of domestic surroundings is common to all cultures and generations and is always equally important, she said, speaking about the project.
The project has brought together a varied crew - actor Rade Serbedzija will be the narrator, music will be composed by Darko Rundek and Tim Allen will advise Ivana Bosnjak and Thomas Johnson on puppets and animation.
Allen is a standing collaborator of directors known for films made in stop-motion technique, such as Tim Burton and Wes Anderson.
Jelena Popovic, a National Film Board producer, says that Copic's work, which she describes as a gem of children literature, resounds universally, which is why the crew wants to share it with the whole world.
The film's co-producer, Vanja Andrijevic of Bonobostudio, has said that Hedgehog's Home is the first co-production with the Canadian National Film Board in the last forty years.
Since its establishment in 1939 the National Film Board has had about 50 Academy Award nominations and has won 12 Oscars as well as an honorary Academy Award for contribution to film art.
Bonobostudio is the only studio in Croatia that continually develops and makes stop-motion films. Some of its better known productions are "Simulacra" by Ivana Bosnjak and Thomas Johnson and "Dove se, amor mio" by Veljko Popovic.
Branko Copic was a famous Yugoslav writer (1915 - 1984), best known for his books for children.