Overview
- In a March 2026 Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett said the long-discussed Gorillaz film will never happen.
- Jamie Hewlett said he has no interest in making a Gorillaz movie now, calling the idea uninteresting and no longer original.
- The pair said Netflix first offered wide creative freedom and ample funding, then their key contact left, which they believed would force another year of talks, so they pulled out.
- Damon Albarn described the waiting as like hanging around for eternity, and the limbo shaped Cracker Island, released in February 2023 as a record about that stalled period.
- Albarn previously said Netflix scaled back film and animation plans, and the band has since focused on music with The Mountain, a new short film, and an ongoing tour.