Del Toro Announces Adult Stop‑Motion Film for Netflix
SkimNews Take
Del Toro's choice of stop-motion for a story about memory and forgetting suggests the medium's inherent artifice will mirror the narrative's themes of unreliable perception and constructed reality.
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- Guillermo del Toro received the BFI Fellowship, the British Film Institute’s highest honor, at a ceremony in London.
- Del Toro announced a stop‑motion adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Buried Giant for Netflix, describing it as a “fascinatingly difficult stop‑motion movie for adults.”
- Dennis Kelly is co‑writing the screenplay with del Toro, and the director chose stop‑motion to keep all creatures “of the same material” and avoid the uncanny valley.
- Ron Perlman will appear in the film, re‑uniting with del Toro after their work on Pinocchio and earlier collaborations.
Why it matters: Netflix secures a multi‑year adult stop‑motion project from Oscar‑winning director Guillermo del Toro, expanding its premium‑content slate and reinforcing its partnership after Frankenstein, while fans gain a rare auteur‑driven fantasy.
