Here are some images from OPEN SEASON, the upcoming (September 2006) animated film, which will be the first CG cartoon from Sony. There will be a rash of talking critter pix coming out over the next year, but I am looking forward to this one (in part) because of the goofy character design.
The film is being directed by Jill Culton (ex-Pixar) and Tony Stacchi (ex-Colossal Pictures), The head of story is Dave Feiss (Mr Cow and Chicken no less) and the characters were designed by Carter Goodrich (concept guy on every animated movie… ever).
I am friends with some of the people working on the film so perhaps my sense of anticipation is somewhat heightened… but even so I think these screen captures from the movie (not photoshop touch-ups) show that the look and tone of the film is definately going to be a lot of fun.
There are even more screen captures from Open Season on the JOBLO website, and you can also see the hilarious teaser trailer HERE. Animals hunting the hunters? Sounds like a pretty good story-arc to me…
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Looks good – I’m actually looking forward to the studios simplyfying designs for 3D, instead of that burst of realistic stuff. The graphic-ness is a nice breather!
I’m with you, Clio; I like the simplified look in CG. I never got interested in animation because of it being “real”. I like it because it isn’t realistic. I think some people confuse realism with BELIEVABILITY….
I remember Jill Culton’s name from the Art of Monsters Inc book. I don’t own the book (wish I did though), but I remember loving her drawings so much that I needed to remember her name. Yay! Hope to see more about this movie!
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Jill is (or was, before she became a director) a great story artist and story supervisor. Apart from her other contributions to Pixar films she gets a major portion of the credit for the creation of the character JESSIE from Toy Story 2… So it will be fun to see her first offering as a director.