In fact, the surprise of “Marcel” comes from its unexpected emotional sophistication. But I feel like the character has resonated with people at every possible age.”ĭean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate in 2010 “A mainstream distributor might look at it and think it’s too niche or just for kids.
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“I know that my impulses are maybe overly niche, but I feel like this is a movie I want as many people as possible to see,” Camp said. distribution at Telluride, where CAA and WME are jointly selling it as buyers consider where its real market lies. Audiences may be more ready for something like that now.” Now, the movie is among the few sales titles seeking U.S. “It wasn’t specifically adult but it was very fractured and vignette-based. “In retrospect, it was pretty wackadoodle,” Camp said. Everyone we met when this first became a sensation was paying attention to the wrong thing by seeing it as IP.”Īt one point, they fleshed out a proposal for a TV show. (That conceit may have come to fruition in the form of “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.”) “This is a character who is very dear to us. “We literally did meetings where some studio head said, ‘Oh, it would be great if he fought crime with Ryan Reynolds,’” he said. There were a few moments where Camp realized their passion project was in danger of pure IP exploitation. Certain people in the industry will see it in a certain way and wonder if it could be a ride at Disneyland. I could see it getting out of hand and we could end up making a project that I didn’t relate to because the character has such broad appeal. “I didn’t know what I was doing as a filmmaker back then. “We fielded a lot of offers and heard people out,” Camp said in an interview at the festival this week. Richard Linklater's 'Apollo 10 ½' Rejected as Animation by Oscar Committee as Filmmaker Speaks Outĥ0 Directors' Favorite Horror Movies: Bong Joon Ho, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and More 'Pinocchio' Sneak Peek: Guillermo Del Toro on Why His Animated Debut Had to Be in Stop-Motion
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