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Guillermo Del Toro Sets Adult Stop-Motion ‘The Buried Giant’ at Netflix

He positions the stop-motion choice as essential to the story's tone.

Overview

  • Del Toro confirmed at a BFI Southbank talk that he is developing a stop-motion film of The Buried Giant for Netflix.
  • He is co-adapting the novel with writer Dennis Kelly.
  • He said he chose stop-motion to keep every creature of the same material and to avoid uncanny valley effects.
  • He expects the production to take years and called the process incredibly difficult.
  • He added that longtime collaborator Ron Perlman will join the film in an undisclosed role.