Welcome to Part 2 of my Comic Con recap! Part 1 was all about animated television, and I wrote up a separate post about Star Wars Rebels, so now it's time for the films!
Let's start with The Boxtrolls! Collider.com has a fantastic in depth panel recap of the panel for your reading pleasure, which even includes the audience Q & A and a detailed description of the clips that were screened for the attendees. From what I can tell, it sounds like Laika has another good film on their hands. It seems that Boxtrolls will surpass Coraline and ParaNorman in the level of detail we'll see in the world, which is truly amazing. If you'd like to watch the panel for yourself, check out the clip below!
Next up: The Book of Life! I think this may be my most anticipated animated film of the fall. It's just so different and stunningly gorgeous! I really can't wait to see it!
Collider.com also provided a great recap of the panel, and you can easily see the enthusiasm and passion that producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge Gutierrez have for the film. It's really neat reading about the inspiration for the film and how committed Guillermo del Toro is to preserving Gutierrez's vision for the film. Be sure to watch the video of the panel and an interview with Guillermo del Toro and Jorge Gutierrez below:
And of course Disney gave one last push for Big Hero 6! For some odd reason, the studio skipped the big movie panel presentation, but instead chose to do an "Art of" presentation, showing off lots of concept art.
Here's a great article on io9.com that covers some of the creative process in designing and building the world of Big Hero 6 and the huggable healthcare robot Baymax. My favorite thing visually about this film is definitely the city San Fransokyo; it sounds like the team really did their homework. I love seeing newly created cities in films like this rather than just using an already existing city because it pushes creativity to the max. Just look at the footage below (this was released last year, not at Comic Con)! San Fransokyo looks absolutely beautiful! The attention to detail to pay homage to both San Francisco and Tokyo is just stunning.
ComingSoon.net provides a detailed look at the two clips screened at the panel that show the relationship between Hiro and Baymax. Not only does it sound absolutely hilarious, but very genuine and full of heart.
Dreamworks talked about next year's (previously this year's) Home and this November's (previously next year's) The Penguins of Madagascar during their panel, hosted by Craig Ferguson (the voice of Gobber in the How To Train Your Dragon films).
Next year's Home was discussed first. Animation Scoop has a great interview article with director Tim Johnson and actor Jim Parsons (who voices the alien Oh, seen above). In addition to talking about the film itself, Johnson talks about how the new Premo animation software (which debuted in How To Train Your Dragon 2) really affected the visual quality of the film, giving even greater life to the animated characters than Dreamworks has ever had before.
The real highlight of the panel, however, were the Penguins, who stole the show again, just like they did in first Madagascar film almost ten years ago.
Actually, I suppose it's more truthful to say that Benedict Cumberbatch stole the show. The guy has a huge fanbase (myself included) and he received huge applause when he took the stage. Mashable.com put up an article on the Dreamworks panel that includes the crowd's reaction to the Sherlock star taking the stage, in addition to some recap of the panel. The bit about Benedict getting into the role of his character, Classified (the leader of spy group The North Wind), is particularly hilarious.
Plenty of clips from the upcoming film were shown at the panel, which you can read about at The Rotoscopers, courtesy of Slash Film. One of those clips has made it to the web, in which the villainous octopus Dave reveals his evil plans to the Penguins and The North Wind.
I love seeing the rivalry between leaders Skipper and Classified, and the animation on the octopus is really wonderful to watch! I love that Dave can't figure out how to video chat, and the moment where he stops to take a selfie is pretty funny.
The video of the panel I was able to find only features the last half hour or so and talks only about the Penguins film. Check it out:
And last but not least, Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, creators of The Secret of Kells, talked about their upcoming film Song of the Sea.
Animation Scoop has a great recap of the panel from Woodbury University in Burbank, CA. It's actually the same panel that was at San Diego Comic Con. The panelists discuss the inspiration for the film, including the director's childhood in Dublin, Ireland and the Celtic legends about selkies. A new trailer for the film was also released:
The film retains the same artistic style that was featured in The Secret of Kells, and good god is it gorgeous. I'm definitely more of a 3D animation type of person, but I would love to see more 2D animated features in theaters again with designs as gorgeous as this.
Here is the very first trailer for the film, released some time ago:
If you want to do some Google searching on news from other animation panels at the convention, check out this article on Animation Scoop that lists the other films I don't talk about here. And that concludes the Comic Con coverage for this year...what did you think? Are you excited for these upcoming films?
Check out the other news from Comic Con:
Comic Con News Part 1: Animated Television
Rebels Report from Comic Con
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