The Henson name is synonymous with puppets, or rather, Muppets. Not so much animation, but everyone deserves a shot at it these days, right? According to THR, The Jim Henson Co. has joined forces with a team from Screen Novelties to begin production on Monster Safari. The team includes scribes Craig Zobel and Matt Chapman as well as directors Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan and Seamus Walsh. Based on a previous Screen Novelties short, the movie will be stop-motion animated and will likely revolve around monsters on some sort of safari, probably in the jungle. I'm not familiar with any of their previous work, but Screen Novelties seems to have a pretty interesting style going and working with Henson will only help that. Although I'm skeptical about anything stop-motion that isn't done by Aardman, this should be an interesting addition to the genre. Check out their website here for an idea...
- 6/6/2009
- cinemablend.com
I hope this is a sign that the Jim Henson Company is coming back in a big way. The Screen Novelties short film Monster Safari is being adapted into a feature stop-motion project for the Jim Henson Co. Craig Zobel and Matt Chapman, who started the site Homestar Runner, will be working with three directors from Screen Novelties, Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan and Seamus Walsh, to create the feature version of Monster Safari. The story revolves around what happens when the Earth's monsters come out of hiding and a pair of bumbling crypto-zoologists spring into action to save them from a ruthless big-game hunter. "What's great about Screen Novelties is their look and feel is very Henson-esque," Henson Co exec Jason Lust said. "There was a stylistic similarity." It's great to see them break out like this, especially at a place like the Jim Henson Co. "They have a wry,...
- 6/5/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Jim Henson Company are producing a feature length version of Monster Safari. The original stop-motion short was made by Screen Novelties. Their showreel of "Puppet Cartoons" which includes not only few little bits of Monster Safari, but a rather nifty stop-motion Fred Flintstone, some Ice Cream horror and a strange little bear with a mouth full of jam (or maybe blood?) follows the break... ...as well as thirteen other stories that I simply didn't have the time to write up for the front page. The Hollywood Reporter tell us that the Monster Safari feature is being scripted by Homestar Runner's Craig Zobel and Matt Chapman. As a result, I'm expecting a They Might Be Giants song or three on the soundtrack. Unfortunately star of the Monster Safari short, Peter Dennis recently passed away, as reported on Screen Novelties own blog. [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/screennov.flv 500 374] Production weekly have tweeted that Jake Gyllenhall and Anne Hathaway...
- 6/5/2009
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
Screenwriters Craig Zobel and Matt Chapman and three directors from the effects/production company Screen Novelties -- Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan and Seamus Walsh -- will create the stop-motion animation project Monster Safari for the Jim Henson Co. The story revolves around what happens when the Earth's monsters come out of hiding and a pair of bumbling crypto-zoologists spring into action to save them from a ruthless big-game hunter.
- 6/4/2009
- Comingsoon.net
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