Thor: Ragnarok and
What We Do in the Shadows filmmaker Taika Waititi has signed on to direct Isaac
Adamson's peculiar Black List script Bubbles.
The bizarre
stop-motion animation takes a fleeting look at the life of pop king Michael
Jackson through the eyes of his pet chimpanzee Bubbles, whom he rescued from a
Texas research facility and gave home at the Neverland Ranch. Bubbles stayed
with Jackson until he became too aggressive and was moved to a primate
sanctuary in Florida.
Dan Harmon's Starburns
Industries, which also produced the Oscar nominated stop-motion film Anomalisa,
picked up the rights for the script about a year ago.
In a statement to the
press Waititi said:
""It’s an idea that fascinates me and one I
want to develop further," said Waititi, who made Michael Jackson a central
figure in his 2010 award-winning film Boy.
"Most people know I’m a huge Michael
Jackson fan, so the main thing for me is to make sure it’s respectful of
him and his legacy. I’m not interested in making a biopic; I want to focus
on telling a story that blends fact and fantasy, about an animal trying to make
sense of the world.
This film is not about Michael
Jackson because that’s not a story for me to tell – or a story I’d be
comfortable telling – it’s about a chimpanzee’s fascinating journey through the
complex jungle of human life.
I think animation is the only way to approach a story
like this. I really loved Anomalisa because
it was beautiful and authentic in its meditation on loneliness. I’m really
excited to be working with Dan Harmon and Starburns as we share similar
sensibilities and want to tell human stories in unique and artistic ways.""
Mark Gustafson, the
animation director of Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated film Fantastic Mr.
Fox, will be working alongside Waititi.
Andrew Kortschak and
Walter Kortschak of End Cue will produce the stop-motion animated feature with
Dan Harmon’s Starburns Industries, alongside exec producers Adamson and Lee
Stobby.
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