Annecy, France — In one of the big announcements to go down at this year’s Annecy Festival, Dallas-based Reel FX Animation Studios and director Jorge R. Gutierrez announced Thursday that they are moving forward together on a sequel to “The Book of Life,” one of the biggest of breakout U.S. independent animated features this decade.
On “The Book of Life 2,” Gutierrez will direct. Reel FX Animation Studios produces. The sequel is envisaged as stereoscopic 3D. The original drew on the “core of the Day of the Dead: That if you talk about someone, sing their songs, remember them they are with you,” Gutierrez told Variety.
He added: “The sequel grew from that and people asking what was gonna happen with the characters, what’s gonna happen to the gods? The sequel embraces all these things and, in a weird way, is a continuation of the story with everybody...
On “The Book of Life 2,” Gutierrez will direct. Reel FX Animation Studios produces. The sequel is envisaged as stereoscopic 3D. The original drew on the “core of the Day of the Dead: That if you talk about someone, sing their songs, remember them they are with you,” Gutierrez told Variety.
He added: “The sequel grew from that and people asking what was gonna happen with the characters, what’s gonna happen to the gods? The sequel embraces all these things and, in a weird way, is a continuation of the story with everybody...
- 6/15/2017
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety - Film News
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