Oscar-Shortlisted Animated Short ‘Wild Summon’ Adds Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, Guy Nattiv & Jaime Ray Newman As EPs
08.01.2024 - 22:48
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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, his producing partner at HyperObject Industries, have come aboard the Oscar-shortlisted animated short Wild Summon as executive producers. Joining them are Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman of New Native Pictures, who won an Oscar for their 2019 live-action short Skin and went on to adapt it into a feature starring Jamie Bell.
An eco-film also recently longlisted for the BAFTA Film Awards, Wild Summon hails from filmmakers Karni Arieli and Saul Freed and their independent animation studio Sulkybunny. The film narrated by Marianne Faithful blends elements of natural history and fantasy to follow the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. It world premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and was produced with support from the British Film Institute, which awarded National Lottery funding.
When Messick, McKay and the HyperObject Industries team caught Wild Summon at Cannes, they were “blown away by the bold imagination” at hand, Messick said. “In just 15 minutes of screen time they immerse you into the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon with such a twist that we haven’t stopped thinking about it. They have created a new form of a nature documentary, highlighting the challenges present in our teetering natural world, taking the baton from storied filmmakers like David Attenborough to connect with audiences today in a totally unconventional way.”
Stated Nattiv and Newman, “To create a stunning, delicate, innovative and perfect piece of art like Karni and Saul have managed to do with “Wild Summon”, is truly capturing lightning in a bottle. The film deserves as many accolades, but more importantly viewers, as humanly possible. It
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