When asked if he had any advice for China's animators, Wedge gave a concise two-word answer: “Work hard.” "We are small company and we'd like to work under one roof so that we can communicate with each other easily," he said. Wedge denied having any plans to open a branch in China as DreamWorks Animation did with Oriental DreamWorks.
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Other famous voices for the main characters include movie stars Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson and Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz. Wedge also commented that his biggest challenge was finding fresh ideas.Ĭ was invited to the Chinese press viewing of five exclusive clips from ‘Epic’ and can reveal that based on the clips, the film really lives up to its name and also shows innovative and amusing flashes.Īnother highlight of film is that several iconic musicians have been cast to voice the characters, including R&B diva Beyonce, rapper Pitbull and Aerosmith's legendary singer Steven Tyler. He added: "I think there are resemblances, but the tone is quite different, it is fun and it is an adventure. I went to see 'Avatar' one time with my son and when we walked out of the cinema, my son said, 'dad, it is a lot like Leaf Men." The Leaf Men are the protectors of the forest in Wedge's film. Wedge denied, however, that he was inspired by James Cameron's "Avatar." "We were writing and drawing [for ‘Epic’ before we ever saw 'Avatar', said Wedge.
"It is a big adventure film, like 'Avatar', " said Wedge."It is an evolution from my recent works."
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Wedge, who is the founder of Blue Sky Studios which produced the blockbuster animation series "Ice Age," said that "Epic" is different from the hilarious "Ice Age," which included many fun characters. "Epic" is an animated feature film based on William Joyce's book, "The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" and it tells the tale of a teenage girl who finds herself in a secret world where she must help a team of quirky characters to save their world, which will, in turn, save the real world. Īmerican film director Chris Wedge gave Chinese fans their first glimpse of his new film "Epic" during the 3rd Beijing International Film Festival. Wedge's acting credits consist almost solely of voicing Scrat, a scrawny character from the "Ice Age" films-the job consists of little more than grunting and squeaking, and task that he's undertaken numerous times, including in the 2012 sequel "Ice Age: Continental Drift." Aside from the original "Ice Age," Wedge's feature directorial work includes the 2005 metal-filled comedy "Robots," and he spent years developing the fittingly named fantasy "Epic.American film director Chris Wedge talks to the host at the press viewing of five exclusive clips from "Epic" in Beijing, April 23, 2013. The studio has created special effects for a handful of major titles, such as the critically acclaimed martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and, more importantly, has produced Wedge's feature films, including the extremely popular "Ice Age" prehistoric franchise (and its many spinoffs). The effort paid off, both with an Academy Award (Best Short Film, Animated) and a tremendous amount of industry credibility. The animation was courtesy of Blue Sky Studios, which Wedge co-founded. Early in his career, he showed off his skills as a scene programmer on the 1982 Disney sci-fi classic, "Tron." He subsequently worked primarily as a director of animated shorts and feature films, writing and helming the 1999 animated short "Bunny," a surreal and touching look at death as a transformation. Chris Wedge studied film at the State University of New York at Purchase, earning a BFA, and later studied computer graphics and art education at the Ohio State University, earning an MA.
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