A while back, Blur Studio did a Kickstarter in hopes of raising $400,000 to do an animated, full feature length, story reel to shop around studios. They ended up raising over $491,000 and did make the Story Reel. The story reel was even shown at Kickstarter backed events. This past week, Blur Studio updated their campaign letting backers know the movie is in development.
The Goon first appears in Dreamwalker #0 (Avatar Press) before going on to have his own three issue series with Goon #1 (Avatar Press)
The update is below:
As loyal fans, we wanted you folks to be the first to know… THE GOON feature is officially in development at 20th Century Fox! And we owe a huge debt of thanks to you, our backers, for keeping the faith during this long journey. You helped us keep the dream alive. Without you, we couldn’t have gotten this far.
With your generous contributions, we were able to finish a full storyboard animatic of the film, complete with amazing voice acting, sound design, and music. This template for the film sold the producers and studio on the potential of THE GOON and we’re beginning a new round of development.
So, what exactly does “development” mean? Well, it doesn’t mean that we’re making the movie next week — the proverbial Hollywood “green-light” always happens in phases — but it does mean we’ve got fresh wind in our sails, the resources of a studio and some “heavy-hitter” producers behind us. It’s the next, necessary step along the path to making the film.
Which producers you may ask? It’s The Chernin Group and they’ve brought us movies such as the PLANET OF THE APES franchise, RED SPARROW and OBLIVION. They love the project and we’re all excited about this next phase and continues the collaboration with the fabulous Eric Powell, David Fincher, and all the folks at Blur Studio.
Thank you all again. More updates coming as they happen!
YOUR FRIENDS AT THE GOON KICKSTARTER.
Love Eric Powell and super excited for this announcement!
David Fincher is in on the project. Thats some heavy talent right there.
Don’t forget about that issue of Avatar Illustrated that predates Dreamwalker and The Goon #1, I think I’m right but somebody feel free to correct me.