A new animated feature based on the Grimm’s fairy tale The Bremen Town Musicians is on its way from animation/production company Parallax Media Ventures. Musical will mark the animation team’s first animatic. With a budget of about $60M, the picture is being eyed for a 2017 release. ...
The project, which features about 3,200 storyboard images and paintings, will be featured for private viewing at this week’s American Film Market. ...
[Parallax founder Kevin] Richardson describes this project as Shrek meets Frozen and Lord Of The Rings. “I’ve always wanted to see an animated feature that shows characters focused on overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, inflexible cultural beliefs and self-doubt." ...
A combination of Shrek, Frozen and Lord of the Rings? Sounds like Parallax is pitching the project in the press release. (I would like to see a meld of those three movies. Should be ground-breaking.)
Parallax is a brand new corporate entity, but it's probably not a bad to have an animated project in its mix of features, provided they have a team that knows its way around animation. And it appears as if the company just might.
... The team of animators at Parallax have, among all of them, worked on such films as The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo and Mulan, to name a few. ...
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“I’ve always wanted to see an animated feature that shows characters focused on overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, inflexible cultural beliefs and self-doubt,"
You mean like every OTHER animated film released in the last 30 years?
When I say "Should be ground-breaking," I'm being the teensiest bit sarcastic.
"Our film is a combination of two of the biggest titles in animation. With a big live-action movie thrown in for good measure."
Who wouldn't want to see that?
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