2023-06-27 13:31:44
Just a couple of years ago ‘Mad God’ was released, a film that Phil Tippett it took 30 years to finish. A long wait that has been widely surpassed by the 45 years that have been necessary to finish shaping ‘The Primevals’a film in which David Allen It started working in 1967 but it will not see the light of day until this same 2023.
It is true that the germ of the project dates back to 1967, but it was in 1978 when Allen really began to work on it hand in hand with the producer Charles Band. ‘The Primevals’ was halted shortly after but Allen returned to work on it intermittently until his death in 1999. Because yes, he has not been able to finish his dream project, but he has been his protégé Chris Endicott who has done the animation work that was missing so that it could be released.
Who was David Allen
If Allen’s name doesn’t ring a bell and you’re thinking why was there a need to talk about a project like ‘The Primevals’ after seeing its trailer, I remind you that he is one of the most important names in stop-motion in the modern cinema, having worked on titles such as ‘Howls’, ‘The Secret of the Pyramid’, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, ‘Willow’, ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ or ‘Re-Animator’s Girlfriend’.
‘The Primevals’ is about a science fiction adventure in which a group of scientists travel to the Himalayas to try to locate the Yetibut they end up on a strange tropical island inhabited by an alien race of lizardmen. The story underwent several changes until it reached the one we can finally see, thus making Allen’s dream come true.
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