The legendary orange tabby gets a 2D-looking makeover for “The Garfield Movie,” the fully animated origin story (voiced by Chris Pratt). That’s in stark contrast to Garfield’s hyper-real look in the previous live-action/animated hybrid movies (voiced by Bill Murray).
In the reboot, the lasagna-loving Garfield is abandoned as a kitty by his scruffy street cat dad, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Then he forms a family with Jon Arbuckle (Nicholas Hoult) and pup Odie (Harvey Guillén) and is reunited with Vic for a dangerous adventure. This involves a revenge plot, a dairy heist, and a train chase finale featuring weaponized Italian food, as well as flat camera work evoking the comic strip format.
Director Mark Dindal (“The Emperor’s New Groove”) was game for an origin story with untapped vulnerability, and selected Pratt after watching the actor profess his love of snack food and laziness.
“The idea that Garfield...
In the reboot, the lasagna-loving Garfield is abandoned as a kitty by his scruffy street cat dad, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Then he forms a family with Jon Arbuckle (Nicholas Hoult) and pup Odie (Harvey Guillén) and is reunited with Vic for a dangerous adventure. This involves a revenge plot, a dairy heist, and a train chase finale featuring weaponized Italian food, as well as flat camera work evoking the comic strip format.
Director Mark Dindal (“The Emperor’s New Groove”) was game for an origin story with untapped vulnerability, and selected Pratt after watching the actor profess his love of snack food and laziness.
“The idea that Garfield...
- 5/27/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Tenet and Dune VFX firm Dneg has promoted Tom Jacomb to President, Dneg Animation.
Previously serving as Managing Director, Jacomb helped launch the Feature Animation division at Dneg in 2014. Based in London, he has guided the growth of the team to more than 500 employees across Dneg’s animation studios in London, Los Angeles, Montréal and Mumbai.
In his new role as President, Jacomb will oversee further worldwide investment and expansion of Dneg Animation, including expansion into Vancouver and the creation of up to 100 new animation roles in the city.
Jacomb’s promotion to President is effective concurrently with the appointment of five new members of Dneg Animation’s team and the studio’s expanding slate of new feature film and episodic animation productions.
The five hires comprise: Freddy Chaleur (Sherlock Gnomes) and Yancy Lindquist (The Boss Baby) joining Dneg Animation’s team of VFX Supervisors, which includes Philippe Denis,...
Previously serving as Managing Director, Jacomb helped launch the Feature Animation division at Dneg in 2014. Based in London, he has guided the growth of the team to more than 500 employees across Dneg’s animation studios in London, Los Angeles, Montréal and Mumbai.
In his new role as President, Jacomb will oversee further worldwide investment and expansion of Dneg Animation, including expansion into Vancouver and the creation of up to 100 new animation roles in the city.
Jacomb’s promotion to President is effective concurrently with the appointment of five new members of Dneg Animation’s team and the studio’s expanding slate of new feature film and episodic animation productions.
The five hires comprise: Freddy Chaleur (Sherlock Gnomes) and Yancy Lindquist (The Boss Baby) joining Dneg Animation’s team of VFX Supervisors, which includes Philippe Denis,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mikros Image to lead digital animation on Paramount and MGM title.
Sir Elton John’s Rocket Pictures has appointed French animation and VFX outfit Mikros Image (Asterix: The Land Of The Gods, Transporter franchise) to lead digital animation on upcoming Paramount and MGM sequel Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes.
The animation will be handled between Mikros Paris and a new Mikros Animation studio in London.
John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda) will direct the detective animation which is produced by Steve Hamilton Shaw (Gnomeo & Juliet), Carolyn Soper (Tangled) Sir Elton John (The Lion King) and David Furnish (Gnomeo & Juliet).
Eric Leighton is animation director, Karen de Jong is the production designer, and Freddy Chaleur returns as VFX supervisor. Rob Stevenhagen is heading up the story team.
Last year, Johnny Depp was reported to be joining the film’s returning voice cast of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt.
Sir Elton John’s Rocket Pictures has appointed French animation and VFX outfit Mikros Image (Asterix: The Land Of The Gods, Transporter franchise) to lead digital animation on upcoming Paramount and MGM sequel Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes.
The animation will be handled between Mikros Paris and a new Mikros Animation studio in London.
John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda) will direct the detective animation which is produced by Steve Hamilton Shaw (Gnomeo & Juliet), Carolyn Soper (Tangled) Sir Elton John (The Lion King) and David Furnish (Gnomeo & Juliet).
Eric Leighton is animation director, Karen de Jong is the production designer, and Freddy Chaleur returns as VFX supervisor. Rob Stevenhagen is heading up the story team.
Last year, Johnny Depp was reported to be joining the film’s returning voice cast of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt.
- 6/9/2016
- by [email protected] (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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