The fantasy film is in production at DreamWorks Animation, which also produced the series and will released next month on Netflix.
‘It was about making it scary, and Jeffrey said ‘we don’t do TV’…Then we tried to cram it into a feature and it was impossible.
The franchise is set in Arcadia, a magical town where there have been battles among creatures including trolls, aliens and wizards.
“It was like directing Godzilla or a Kaiju kind of movie,” said Ruiz of helming a clip that featured a battle between two giant robots in the bay.
Schmidt introduced a clip showing the team as they come together and realize their combined strengths –while they are on the back of taco truck and about to go battle against a titan.