US EditionGuillermo del Toro backs Paris stop-motion animation studio
The new studio aims to preserve stop-motion animation and foster collaboration between European and Latin American creators, addressing a craft valued as AI-proof by del Toro.
- On Friday, Guillermo del Toro announced he is teaming with the Gobelins film school, Paris and Netflix to launch a stop-motion training studio.
- Amid worries about AI, del Toro noted `The names that are important in stop-motion are all over 50 years old` and said the craft is on the brink of extinction, preserved by devoted practitioners.
- Del Toro added that the studio acts as a research hub at Gobelins, honors late animator Mark Gustafson, and includes a second project based on the novel The Buried Giant.
- Organizers say the project will give the next generation of animation artists opportunities to learn and collaborate, while del Toro hopes it will build creative bridges between Europe and Latin America.
- Details will be finalised in the coming months, and the timing coincides with del Toro's Netflix release Frankenstein next month.
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Facing the rise of artificial intelligence, the Oscarise director joins the Parisian school to open a stop motion studio.
The school of Gobelins, in Paris, was chosen to create this studio honouring the animation in volume. A technique better known as stop motion.
Details of the project - investment, necessary equipment, studio size - will be discussed in the coming months.
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Guillermo del Toro and Netflix boss Ted Sarandos have unveiled plans for a stop-motion studio which will be built at France's Gobelins school.
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro and the school of Gobelins, which trains in the business of animation cinema, announced on Friday the upcoming opening in Paris of a training studio on the "stop motion", a technique that is disappearing, with the support of Netflix.
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