A few years ago, Fox began developing a fully CGI film adaptation of the Mouse Guard comic book with Gary Whitta attached to write the script. Based on David Petersen’s Eisner-winning comic series the movie is described as “‘Game of Thrones’ with mice". Unfotunately after Disney-Fox merger it was shut down by Disney just two weeks before production was set to begin. ‘Mouse Guard’ Director - Wes Ball (Maze Runner director) has posted a nearly 10-minute demo reel showing his vision for the now-canceled animated feature and confirmed the rumors of cancelation Tuesday night on Twitter
The following is a collection of tests that explore the visual potential of a Mouse Guard movie. Everything you see here is rendered in realtime using Epic's UNREAL ENGINE. Basically what you're watching is very good looking previz, with environments capable of streaming live to stage during motion capture with our actors. While the visual quality is impressive, it's important to note this is only meant to illustrate how the movie will 'feel' not how it will 'look'. Everything will ultimately be sent to WETA Digital to be recreated with cutting-age photorealistic CG. This was made from scratch in about 12 weeks with a relatively small team. Credit goes to our team at Halon (led by Casey Pyke) and Fox VFX labs (led by Glenn Derry)- wrote Wes Ball
Check out Mouse Guard concept art from Wes Ball's twitter
from artist Derek Zabrocki
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