This Nightmarish Stop-Motion Short FOXED! is Being Adapted by David Cronenberg
Last year, it was announced that director and producer David Cronenberg would be adapting a stop-motion animated short film called Foxed! into a feature film. The short was getting a lot of praise while it was going through the film festival circuit. It has now been released online for the world to watch and enjoy.
The short film was created by James Stewart, and it's a dark fantasy story that follows a little girl named Emily and the children of Chiswick, who are looking to reclaim their town after they are kidnapped by foxes and locked in the mysterious Blue Goo Mines.
This a great movie, and you can see why Cronenberg and his collaborator Martin Katz picked it up. The feature film will include a mixed of stop-motion and CG animation. When talking about the film, Katz said, "Emily is a sympathetic girl and the foxes are terrifying. There's no punches pulled in the film's design."
I absolutely love the nightmarish darkness that the short has. It's actually really terrifying. With Cronenberg on board to help develop the project, this is sure to be a fantastic movie.