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Plans to focus on making animated films in the future.


“There are a couple more live-action movies I want to do but not many,” the Pinocchio and Shape of Water director told the audience at the Annecy animation festival on Tuesday. “After that, I only want to do animation. That’s the plan.”

“I believe you can make an adult fantasy drama with stop-motion and move people emotionally,” said del Toro. “I think stop-motion can be intravenous, it can go straight to your emotions in a way that no other medium can.”

Del Toro said the recent string of animated box office hits, including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, could provide a window for the production of more adventurous and “rule-breaking” films in the genre. He also cited Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which premiered at Annecy and hits theaters in August.

“The three hits of Spider-Verse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mario are moving things, allowing a little more latitude, but there are still big fights to be had,” he said. “Animation to me is the purest form of art, and it’s been kidnapped by a bunch of hoodlums. We have to rescue it. [And] I think that we can Trojan-horse a lot of good shit into the animation world.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guillermo-del-toro-animation-box-office-success-annecy-1235514158/

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Funny, considering he already made 3 cartoons already called "Tales of Arcadia," which covered a series about trolls, a second about aliens, and a third about a wizard kid, all taking place in the same town.

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Is there any of his movies that don't heavily rely on cgi? Guy is already been doing "animated" films his whole career. I hate this little weasel

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