Terry Gilliam Scouts Talent At Annecy As He Plots Animated Sequences For New Johnny Depp-Jeff Bridges Movie
10.06.2024 - 06:25
/ deadline.com
In a scene worthy of one of his animated works, Terry Gillam took to a stage covered in crashed paper planes at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Sunday to receive its honorary Cristal award and give a masterclass about his animated works.
Gilliam was last in Annecy, where its audience has a tradition of bombarding the stage with paper planes, in 1975 with Miracle of Flight. The anarchic comedy about mankind’s different attempts to fly debuted in the shorts competition but did not win a prize.
“Do you know how long it’s taken me to get this f**king award… They’ve finally let me in… I think they know I might not be around next year,” joked the director as he received the trophy.
The French lakeside animation festival, running from June 9 to 14, is set to welcome more than 16,000 animation professionals this year, many on the hunt for their next commission.
Gilliam raised a cheer from the young crowd packed into the 1,000-seat theatre of Annecy’s Bonlieu cultural complex for the masterclass, when he revealed that aside from the honorary award the main reason he was at the festival was to scout talent for his next film.
“I’m looking for a guy or a girl, a man or woman, whichever is the correct word, or adult or ‘adultess’… I met just last night with some very interesting people. I’m trying to do something that is not my style of animation… some of it’s stop motion, some is going to be digital… Annecy’s got some of the greatest animators on the planet, so I’m just here to meet people.”
The movie in question is biblical comedy The Carnival at the End of Days, which Gilliam is aiming to shoot next January with Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges, Adam Driver and Jason Momoa in the cast, according to fresh details