Following their collaboration on ‘Pinocchio’ delivering a Best Animated Feature nomination at this year’s Oscars, Netflix is re-teaming with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro for another stop-motion animated feature he will direct.
“The Buried Giant” will be a screen take on the celebrated fantasy novel by Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro. Del Toro will produce as well as direct, and is co-writing the script with Dennis Kelly (“Matilda the Musical”).
The story follows an elderly Briton couple, Axl and Beatrice, living in a fictional post-Arthurian England in which no one is able to retain long-term memories. Like with “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” ShadowMachine’s stop motion studio will be the production’s home base.
del Toro says in a statement: “The Buried Giant continues my animation partnership with Netflix and our pursuit of stop-motion as a medium to tell complex stories and build limitless worlds. It is a great honor and greater responsibility for me to direct this screenplay which Dennis Kelly and I are adapting from Kazuo Ishiguro’s profound and imaginative novel.”
Netflix’s Scott Stuber says: “Guillermo del Toro is a visionary filmmaker and master of his craft. We couldn’t be more proud of the prestigious recognition for his Pinocchio, and we’re pleased to continue our creative partnership as he develops his next project with Netflix.”
Co-directed with Mark Gustafson, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” spent a month towards the top of Netflix’s global rankings and had more than 50 million views in its first 28 days. This past weekend it won the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature.
Source: Netflix
