Deathly Hallows was emotional, effective, and utterly unsurprising — except for that one CGI, comic-shaded shadow puppet sequence that told the tale of the Three Brothers. Who else was blindsided/pleased by that? It broke up the gray, dreary monotony of the the search beautifully, and was so well-realized that if Hermione hadn’t been narrating, I might have thought I wandered into another movie.
The scene comes from Ben Hibon, an award-winning Swiss animator and director whose exquisitely warped animation style has been employed in big budget PS3 games like Heavenly Sword and weird, experimental shooter Wii games like Killer...
The scene comes from Ben Hibon, an award-winning Swiss animator and director whose exquisitely warped animation style has been employed in big budget PS3 games like Heavenly Sword and weird, experimental shooter Wii games like Killer...
- 11/23/2010
- by Frank Shyong
- EW.com - PopWatch
Ben Hibon, the man behind the animated sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, is about to make his feature film directorial debut with Pan. The film will be based on a script by Ben Magid and is a fantasy-thriller re-imagining on Peter Pan. The story follows Captain Hook, a haunted police detective, as he hunts down a childlike kidnapper. The film was originally set to have Guillermo del Toro direct for New Line, but that was a few years ago.
The project is now being backed by Social Capital Films and Energy Entertainment, with casting currently underway and shooting to star next fall in European locations. The producers are Christopher Tuffin, Martin Shore (the two previously teamed on Hood of Horror and 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams) and Brooklyn Weaver (The Number 23).
Hibon created the fest-favorite short Codehunters and directed animation for Sakichi Sato’s Tokyo Zombie...
The project is now being backed by Social Capital Films and Energy Entertainment, with casting currently underway and shooting to star next fall in European locations. The producers are Christopher Tuffin, Martin Shore (the two previously teamed on Hood of Horror and 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams) and Brooklyn Weaver (The Number 23).
Hibon created the fest-favorite short Codehunters and directed animation for Sakichi Sato’s Tokyo Zombie...
- 11/23/2010
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
For those of you who've already seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, which, due to the $125 odd-million it's made this past weekend, is probably quite a lot of you, you'll remember there's an inspired animated sequence (referenced in Joel's review here) describing the Hallows that appears rather late in the film. The sequence is the work of Swiss animator Ben Hibon, who before now was best known as both a video game animator and a writer/director of short films (Codehunters). Now, though, his skills in Potter have earned him a new gig.
Hibon in 2007: All beard. All glory.
Hibon in 2007: All beard. All glory.
- 11/22/2010
- by Cristen J Brinkerhoff
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Four years after being announced, Swiss director Ben Hibon, who helmed the animated sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, has been tapped to direct fantasy action thriller Pan for Social Capital Films and Energy Entertainment. The project is based on Ben Magid's script, originally acquired in 2006 by New Line as a vehicle for Guillermo del Toro to direct. The film puts a dark spin on J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan," with Captain Hook as a haunted former police detective in pursuit of a childlike kidnapper. Casting is under way for a European shoot next fall. Hibon's previous animation directing credits include the short "Codehunters," which premiered at the 2006 MTV Asia Awards and has been shown at more than 50 film festivals, as well as the videogames "Heavenly Sword" and "Killer 7."...
- 11/22/2010
- bloody-disgusting.com
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