Nikté

Nikté is a 2009 Mexican animated adventure comedy film, produced by Soco Aguilar and Nahuala Producciones. It stars the voices of Sherlyn as the title character, Pierre Angelo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Alex Lora, Jorge Arvizu, and Regina Torné. It premiered in theaters on December 18, 2009.

Plot

The story starts with a girl and her family at La Venta park. The girl only thinks about herself, and her family goes with the tour guide while she stays at the entrance listening to her music. She leans on the Olmec head and discovers something in the Olmec head which she is transferred back to the times of Olmec.

Cast

Sherlyn as Nikté
Pierre Angelo as Chin
Pedro Armendáriz Jr as Kaas
Alex Lora as Chamán Chanek
Maya Zapata as Xtabay
Regina Orozco as Ij' Aesu
Jorge Arvizu as Guardián de Roca
Silverio Palacios as Jéfe Chaneke
Regina Torné as Diosa Luna / Meztli
Enrique Garay as Kike Garaytl

Production

Animex Producciones was in charge of coordinating the production which involved several animation studios in Mexico, including Grupo EsComic! and Estudio Haini.

Box office

This film was a box-office failure, due to an unsuccessful competition with James Cameron's Avatar.

Character name dispute and lawsuit

On October 10, 2009, Rolando Tamayo sued director Ricardo Arnaiz over the film's plagiarized characters called "Nikté", "Kan" and "Kin". in 2019 the film was considered illegal by Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial after it used already existing characters without the owner's consent.