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.