The inaugural edition of Animation First, which bills itself as the first-ever French animation festival in the U.S., will be held Feb. 2-4 in New York City under the auspices of New York’s French Institute Alliance Francaise.
Boasting 12 U.S. and New York premieres, the event will screen both feature-length and short films, virtual reality and video games and also present interactive workshops, gaming demonstrations and panel discussions.
The lineup includes a preview of Terry Gilliam and Tim Ollive's latest project 1884: Yesterday’s Future; a presentation of the Oscar-nominated The Red Turtle, along with a Q&A with animator Michael Dudok...
Boasting 12 U.S. and New York premieres, the event will screen both feature-length and short films, virtual reality and video games and also present interactive workshops, gaming demonstrations and panel discussions.
The lineup includes a preview of Terry Gilliam and Tim Ollive's latest project 1884: Yesterday’s Future; a presentation of the Oscar-nominated The Red Turtle, along with a Q&A with animator Michael Dudok...
- 1/5/2018
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production forum Cartoon Movie will take place March 2-4 in Lyon, France. The conference is a place for European animated films to find financing for the in-progress movies and distributors for the completed ones. Among the films unspooling at the forum this year are Tim Ollive’s “1884,” Patrice Leconte’s “The Suicide Shop” and Fernando Trueba’s “Chico and Rita.” “1884” is a futuristic fantasy, and though it’s directed by Tim Ollive, the film is getting recognition because of its producer, presenter and creative adviser, Terry Gilliam (the two have worked frequently together in the past on films like “The Life of…...
- 1/25/2011
- The Playlist
Terry Gilliam may not be making that second take on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote after all, but don't think he isn't busy. He's already done a webcast with the Arcade Fire this year, and made that strange Nascar-themed short film, The Legend of Hallowdega. Now he's got another short planned that will go before cameras early in 2011. Details on The Wholly Family, after the break. The short film, which should run about fifteen minutes, is based on a script by Mr. Gilliam that he wrote as an 'exercise'. [via Bleeding Cool [1]] He's currently looking for American actors to play a father, mother and young son, and " a series of Italian supporting players with mime, ballet and circus skills." Gilliam by way of Fellini? Oh, yes. Plus, his regular collaborators, cinematographer Nicola Pecorini and costume designer Gabriella Pescucci, will work on the film. Let's hope it is a lot better than Hallowdega...
- 1/1/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Terry Gilliam and visual effects artist Tim Ollive are teaming for "1884" which is described as an $8 million "mixed-media adventure" reports Variety. The project is described as an espionage story set in an alternate 1884 where the industrial revolution went a lot further and faster along than it has - resulting in a futuristic imperial metropolis beset with steam-powered flying cars and the scientific advancement of mankind. The story will mix animation, live-action puppetry and CGI while the backgrounds will blend period photography, miniatures and graphics. Ollive will direct while Gilliam will serve as both producer and "creative advisor", and says that the visuals are "not slick and sleek CG work, such as studios in L.A. particularly produce. It looks crafted by an artisan,...
- 12/29/2010
- www.ohmygore.com/
Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles.
Sexy Evil Genius— Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff is ready to blast-off with her own starring role as a scheming evil ex in Scott Lew's dark comedy directed by Shawn Piller.
Sal Mineo: A Biography— 127 Hours hiker and newly-crowned Oscar host, James Franco, will write and direct this biopic that follows the young actor Sal Mineo from his rise to fame as the co-star of Rebel Without a Cause to his tragic murder in 1976 at the hands of a pizza delivery man.
1884: Yesterday's Future— After finally killing off the development hell project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam is breathing life into this semi-animated French-UK co-production. Gilliam produces and Tim Ollive directs the steam-punk, retro-futuristic fantasy, which includes a mix of live-action puppets, CGI heads and period photography
Southpaw— Riding high on the comeback trail, 8 Mile and Recovery rapper Eminem is set to star in DreamWorks' pugilist pic written by "Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter.
Cowboy Ninja Viking— Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick will adapt this graphic novel from AJ Lieberman about a guy with the ultimate threat. The project is set up at Disney.
Page 8— Playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Hare will write and direct this spy thriller for the BBC featuring an all-star line-up of Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Judy Davis.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form.
Sexy Evil Genius— Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff is ready to blast-off with her own starring role as a scheming evil ex in Scott Lew's dark comedy directed by Shawn Piller.
Sal Mineo: A Biography— 127 Hours hiker and newly-crowned Oscar host, James Franco, will write and direct this biopic that follows the young actor Sal Mineo from his rise to fame as the co-star of Rebel Without a Cause to his tragic murder in 1976 at the hands of a pizza delivery man.
1884: Yesterday's Future— After finally killing off the development hell project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam is breathing life into this semi-animated French-UK co-production. Gilliam produces and Tim Ollive directs the steam-punk, retro-futuristic fantasy, which includes a mix of live-action puppets, CGI heads and period photography
Southpaw— Riding high on the comeback trail, 8 Mile and Recovery rapper Eminem is set to star in DreamWorks' pugilist pic written by "Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter.
Cowboy Ninja Viking— Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick will adapt this graphic novel from AJ Lieberman about a guy with the ultimate threat. The project is set up at Disney.
Page 8— Playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Hare will write and direct this spy thriller for the BBC featuring an all-star line-up of Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Judy Davis.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form.
- 12/24/2010
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Terry Gilliam has agreed to act as a creative advisor on a new film by British digital animation specialist, Tim Ollive. 1884 will be set in the titular year, but with Europe at war, the sky filled with steam-powered flying cars and man having landed on the moon.
Director Ollive collaborated with Gilliam on the SFX for everything from Life of Brian, through Brazil and Twelve Monkeys up to the more recent The Brothers Grimm. The screenplay is by Ollive and Dennis de Groot, who also has a long history with Gilliam, having worked on Life of Brian and Time Bandits. Gilliam and the other producers showed a four-minute teaser to an FX forum in Paris last week and apparently a number of the former members of Monty Python will be on board the film as part of the voice cast. Gilliam has said of what he has seen so far:-...
Director Ollive collaborated with Gilliam on the SFX for everything from Life of Brian, through Brazil and Twelve Monkeys up to the more recent The Brothers Grimm. The screenplay is by Ollive and Dennis de Groot, who also has a long history with Gilliam, having worked on Life of Brian and Time Bandits. Gilliam and the other producers showed a four-minute teaser to an FX forum in Paris last week and apparently a number of the former members of Monty Python will be on board the film as part of the voice cast. Gilliam has said of what he has seen so far:-...
- 12/22/2010
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Terry Gilliam and visual effects artist Tim Ollive are teaming for "1884" which is described as an $8 million "mixed-media adventure" reports Variety.
The project is described as an espionage story set in an alternate 1884 where the industrial revolution went a lot further and faster along than it has - resulting in a futuristic imperial metropolis beset with steam-powered flying cars and the scientific advancement of mankind.
The story will mix animation, live-action puppetry and CGI while the backgrounds will blend period photography, miniatures and graphics. Ollive will direct while Gilliam will serve as both producer and "creative advisor", and says that the visuals are "not slick and sleek CG work, such as studios in L.A. particularly produce. It looks crafted by an artisan, and the scale and design are spectacular."
Ollive co-wrote the screenplay with Dennis de Groot, while famed Monty Python cast members will provide voices (though which particular...
The project is described as an espionage story set in an alternate 1884 where the industrial revolution went a lot further and faster along than it has - resulting in a futuristic imperial metropolis beset with steam-powered flying cars and the scientific advancement of mankind.
The story will mix animation, live-action puppetry and CGI while the backgrounds will blend period photography, miniatures and graphics. Ollive will direct while Gilliam will serve as both producer and "creative advisor", and says that the visuals are "not slick and sleek CG work, such as studios in L.A. particularly produce. It looks crafted by an artisan, and the scale and design are spectacular."
Ollive co-wrote the screenplay with Dennis de Groot, while famed Monty Python cast members will provide voices (though which particular...
- 12/22/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Terry Gilliam and visual effects artist Tim Ollive are teaming for "1884" which is described as an $8 million "mixed-media adventure" reports Variety.
The project is described as an espionage story set in an alternate 1884 where the industrial revolution went a lot further and faster along than it has - resulting in a futuristic imperial metropolis beset with steam-powered flying cars and the scientific advancement of mankind.
The story will mix animation, live-action puppetry and CGI while the backgrounds will blend period photography, miniatures and graphics. Ollive will direct while Gilliam will serve as both producer and "creative advisor", and says that the visuals are "not slick and sleek CG work, such as studios in L.A. particularly produce. It looks crafted by an artisan, and the scale and design are spectacular."
Ollive co-wrote the screenplay with Dennis de Groot, while famed Monty Python cast members will provide voices (though which particular...
The project is described as an espionage story set in an alternate 1884 where the industrial revolution went a lot further and faster along than it has - resulting in a futuristic imperial metropolis beset with steam-powered flying cars and the scientific advancement of mankind.
The story will mix animation, live-action puppetry and CGI while the backgrounds will blend period photography, miniatures and graphics. Ollive will direct while Gilliam will serve as both producer and "creative advisor", and says that the visuals are "not slick and sleek CG work, such as studios in L.A. particularly produce. It looks crafted by an artisan, and the scale and design are spectacular."
Ollive co-wrote the screenplay with Dennis de Groot, while famed Monty Python cast members will provide voices (though which particular...
- 12/22/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A steam punk-like animation “1884” is moving forward. The animation is directed by Tim Ollive, and the project will be co-produced and godfathered by Terry Gilliam. A synopsis is “A story of outstanding heroism in the face of deception, subterfuge and treachery. Conjuring up the belief that it was made forty years before film was even invented, 1884: Yesterdays Future tells of a future that might have been but never was.” The film will use a mix of animation, puppetry and two dimensional and three dimensional computer generated imagery set against backgrounds created using artwork, model sets and period photographs from the Hulton Picture Library division of Getty Images. The voice actors are unannounced, but claimed it will use former members of the Monty Python. No release date has been set. Here is a four-minute teaser of “1884” that was presented at a special effects and animation forum event in France: Source: Variety (Via ComingSoon.
- 12/21/2010
- LRMonline.com
Terry Gilliam has such a nightmare getting his own films made that he's decided to start helping other people instead. That, at least, is the case with Tim Ollive's 1884, which Gilliam will "godfather" as a creative advisor.Ollive is an animator, artist and VFX man who's worked with Gilliam on all of his films since Life of Brian. 1884 has been gestating for a year or so, since a trailer / piece of test footage went online and the Peculiar Pictures website posted some details. Set in, strangely enough, 1884, but supposedly made in 1848, "forty years before the birth of film", it's a steampunk retro-future adventure in which our hero Horatio Kitchengame, fresh from visiting the Moon and claiming it for the British Empire, undertakes his most perilous journey yet: to Europe.Cue much boy's-own derring-do in "the murky world of Victorian foreign policy". It's a bit Dan Dare, a bit James...
- 12/21/2010
- EmpireOnline
Tim Ollive has had a role in the effects, graphics, or animation of nearly every Terry Gilliam film. Therefore, it was only fitting that Terry Gilliam will be the creative advisor, or “godfather,” for Ollive’s directorial debut, 1884, an animated retro sci-fi fantasy film. The film will be co-produced by England’s Steam Driven Films and France’s 2d3D Animations.
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- 12/20/2010
- by Tim Sweeney
- GordonandtheWhale
It amuses me that Terry Gilliam is “godfathering” a film into production when he has trouble getting his own films greenlit. Something seems off about this story but we’ll take it since it means we get to see some retro sci-fi goodness making its way to the big screen.
We first caught wind of the project in 2009 when the four minute promo for 1884 appeared online, the same one that Gilliam presented at a Paris FX show last week, and now Variety reports that Gilliam is “godfathering” the project which will be directed by Tim Ollive who previously worked with Gilliam on effects for The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
The film is described as “a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist derring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and...
We first caught wind of the project in 2009 when the four minute promo for 1884 appeared online, the same one that Gilliam presented at a Paris FX show last week, and now Variety reports that Gilliam is “godfathering” the project which will be directed by Tim Ollive who previously worked with Gilliam on effects for The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
The film is described as “a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist derring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and...
- 12/20/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Terry Gilliam is set to produced a retro sci-fi fantasy film set in the world of Steampunk called 1884. Tim Ollive is going to direct the film who has most worked on the visual effects for several films with Gilliam.
The movie will blend several different forms of story telling techniques such as puppetry, miniatures, CGI animation and period photography. The film is envisioned as a futuristic sci-fi tale set in the year 1884, but produced in the year 1848. There are a group of voice actors are attached to the project but they have not been unannounced yet. However, it will include members of the original the Monty Python team.
Variety reports that the film is "budgeted at 6 million ($8 million), Mounier said, 1884 imagines a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist derring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in...
The movie will blend several different forms of story telling techniques such as puppetry, miniatures, CGI animation and period photography. The film is envisioned as a futuristic sci-fi tale set in the year 1884, but produced in the year 1848. There are a group of voice actors are attached to the project but they have not been unannounced yet. However, it will include members of the original the Monty Python team.
Variety reports that the film is "budgeted at 6 million ($8 million), Mounier said, 1884 imagines a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist derring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in...
- 12/20/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Terry Gilliam and Tim Ollive are moving forward with 1884 , a steampunk science fiction, reports Variety . Ollive will direct with Gilliam co-producing and godfathering the project, which will blend puppetry, miniatures and CGI animation. The film is envisioned as a futuristic sci-fi tale set in the year 1884, but produced in the year 1848. Voice actors are attached but unannounced, though are said to feature other former members of "Monty Python". Funding is nearly secured for the project, which will be a joint production between Steam Driven Films and 2d3D Animations ( The Triplets of Belleville ).
- 12/20/2010
- Comingsoon.net
How does a mash-up of live-action puppets with CGI head, actors’ filmed eyes and mouths, collages of miniatures, film, graphics and period photography sound? Terry Gilliam will “godfather” on a project involves just that, Variety reports.
Directed by British animator Tim Ollive, who has worked with Gilliam on many projects dating all the way back to The Life of Brian in 1979, the “retro sci-fi fantasy” film is titled 1884. It is even reported “unnamed members” of the original Monty Python team with provide voices. Check out a synopsis of the $8 million feature below:
“1884,” a gently mocking burlesque, imagines a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist daring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and man has landed on the moon.
Plot turns on dashing, if uber-bumbler secret agent Horatio Kitchengame dispatched to Europe to foil...
Directed by British animator Tim Ollive, who has worked with Gilliam on many projects dating all the way back to The Life of Brian in 1979, the “retro sci-fi fantasy” film is titled 1884. It is even reported “unnamed members” of the original Monty Python team with provide voices. Check out a synopsis of the $8 million feature below:
“1884,” a gently mocking burlesque, imagines a film made in 1848 with steam power, narrating a tale of laughable imperialist daring-do and espionage set in a futuristic 1884, when Europe is at war, steam-powered cars fly in the sky and man has landed on the moon.
Plot turns on dashing, if uber-bumbler secret agent Horatio Kitchengame dispatched to Europe to foil...
- 12/16/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Though it wasn't really meant to work out this way, a sequence of test footage for Tim Ollive's amazing-looking steampunk sci-fi comedy 1884 has started to wind its way across the internet. You will find a good quality version linked after the break. Prepare to be hooked. Ollive is a renowned model maker and long time collaborator of Terry Gilliam's. Way back on Life of Brian, Ollive was not only the fabricator but also one of the operators of the alien puppets seen in the space craft. I'm told he also built the neon sign that provides Gilliam's Brazil with an opening title. Suffice to say, he has some serious skills in design, manufacture and puppeteering - all of which are shown to awesome effect in the test footage below. Olliv'es co-screenwriter on 1884 is Dennis DeGroot, a production designer with an incredible resume that takes in most of the...
- 8/10/2009
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
Our friends over at Opium have discovered what looks to be the first feature length steampunk film. Truly victorian and set in 1884, it's a mixture of animation, puppetry, and 2d and 3d cgi against mattes, models and period photographs. Wow, that sounds like a tall order, but if you've ever seen the likes of Osbert Parker's mixed media short films, then you know how cool this could be. We don't have very many details but we know it's going to be a comedy so check out the details below and we have a promo trailer after the break which looks quite rough, but I'm sure they're going to make this look spectacular.
A story of outstanding heroism in the face of deception, subterfuge and treachery. Conjuring up the belief that it was made forty years before film was even invented, 1884: Yesterday's Future tells of a future that might have been but never was.
A story of outstanding heroism in the face of deception, subterfuge and treachery. Conjuring up the belief that it was made forty years before film was even invented, 1884: Yesterday's Future tells of a future that might have been but never was.
- 8/3/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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