Riding the crest of a wave following the critical success of Anomalisa, Community creator Dan Harman is poised to remain in the realm of stop-motion animation for his follow-up project, according to Deadline, this time replacing David Thewlis’ introvert with Michael Jackson‘s pet chimp Bubbles.
Producing on behalf of his Starburns Industries production company, Harman has struck a deal with Andrew Kortschak’s End Cue to secure rights to the script. It’s no slouch, either; penned by Isaac Adamson, the screenplay for the proposed biopic landed on Hollywood’s infamous Black List in 2015, indicating that at the very least, Harman has a solid foundation upon which to build a production.
Shedding light on the King of Pop, Adamson’s Michael Jackson biopic differs from its peers in the sense that it won’t tell the story through the lens of Jermaine Jackson, nor will the embryonic pitch document...
Producing on behalf of his Starburns Industries production company, Harman has struck a deal with Andrew Kortschak’s End Cue to secure rights to the script. It’s no slouch, either; penned by Isaac Adamson, the screenplay for the proposed biopic landed on Hollywood’s infamous Black List in 2015, indicating that at the very least, Harman has a solid foundation upon which to build a production.
Shedding light on the King of Pop, Adamson’s Michael Jackson biopic differs from its peers in the sense that it won’t tell the story through the lens of Jermaine Jackson, nor will the embryonic pitch document...
- 3/21/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The megastar singer’s roller-coaster life story, told from his pet chimp’s-eye view, will be made in stop-motion animation
Bubbles, the true-ish story of Michael Jackson told from his chimp’s perspective, will be a stop-motion animation, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Isaac Adamson’s script, which topped 2015’s Black List – a list of the most promising screenplays circulating in the industry – will see the king of pop’s pet tell his version of Jackson’s extraordinary life story. The film’s being co-produced by End Cue and Starburns Industries, the production company, owned by Community creator Dan Harman, who made Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s critically revered stop-motion animation, Anomalisa.
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Bubbles, the true-ish story of Michael Jackson told from his chimp’s perspective, will be a stop-motion animation, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Isaac Adamson’s script, which topped 2015’s Black List – a list of the most promising screenplays circulating in the industry – will see the king of pop’s pet tell his version of Jackson’s extraordinary life story. The film’s being co-produced by End Cue and Starburns Industries, the production company, owned by Community creator Dan Harman, who made Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s critically revered stop-motion animation, Anomalisa.
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- 3/21/2016
- by Henry Barnes and agencies
- The Guardian - Film News
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