MAD GOD Trailer: Phil Tippett’s Long-Awaited Visionary Feature Debut Lands On Shudder In June
Thirty years after its inception, Oscar and Emmy Award-winning visual effects supervisor, producer and director Phil Tippett (RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back) has made his feature debut with claymation extravaganza, Mad God. The film has already garnered massive praise and award wins throughout the festivals since landing a World Premiere at Locarno last year and is now poised to launch on AMC’s premiere horror streamer, Shudder in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand beginning June 16.
Mad God is an experimental animated film set in a world of monsters, mad scientists and war pigs. A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city, settling down upon an ominous fortress guarded by zombie-like sentries. The Assassin emerges to explore a labyrinth of bizarre, desolate landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. Through unexpected twists and turns, he experiences an evolution beyond his wildest comprehension. A labour of love that has taken 30 years to complete, Mad God combines live-action and stop-motion, miniature sets and other innovative techniques to bring Tippett’s wholly unique and grotesquely beautiful vision to life.
An inspiration and trailblazer in his field, Tippett’s work has been praised by Steven Spielberg, Paul Verhoeven, Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy, and many more, and continues to this day to push the boundaries of the animation genre.
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