It’s been six years since Wes Anderson final made an animated film, however he says he wish to make one other in some unspecified time in the future.
Wes Anderson has solely made two animated movies, each of which – Improbable Mr. Fox and Isle of Canines – would find yourself getting Oscar nominations. And whereas Anderson does discover the method of constructing stop-motion movies to be an exhausting one, he would completely do extra.
Talking on the Annecy Animation Movie Competition final yr (by way of Selection), Wes Anderson stated that it took a while to return round on the format nevertheless it needed to come organically. “I didn’t have any real ambition to do an animated movie until I’d made a few live-action movies. It was something I sort of found my way into…I definitely would like to do another…” He added, “The thing that happens is…by the time you finish a phase of what you’re doing, you’re very happy to move on. You don’t usually say, ‘I’d like to spend another year in the cutting room.’ I love the experience of doing a stop-motion movie. Each time, by the time I’ve finished it, I want to go off and do a live-action movie.”
Each of Wes Anderson’s animated options would lose their Oscars to Up and Throughout the Spider-Verse, respectively, however going two for 2 is a heck of an accomplishment. It additionally places him within the subject of pioneering two-time nominees akin to John Lasseter, Tim Burton and Lee Unkrich. And we’ve to say, Improbable Mr. Fox and Isle of Canines are for sure amongst a few of his greatest motion pictures. Up there, too, for a lot of could be The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which additionally employed stop-motion animation from none aside from Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas and Coraline, additionally nominated for the Finest Animated Characteristic Oscar the identical yr as Mr. Fox.
It may be fairly a while till we see Wes Anderson helm one other animated film, however we’ll nonetheless have The Phoenician Scheme to look ahead to as his subsequent function. Filming on that wrapped final spring, so we are able to anticipate to see it in theaters later this yr.
Are you a fan of Wes Anderson’s animated movies? Do you need to see him do extra stop-motion options?
