In 2016, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro first announced his plans with DreamWorks to produce the animated series “Trollhunters” in a presentation at the Annecy Animation Festival.
In a pre-recorded Dreamworks Studio Focus presentation posted on Tuesday morning, Del Toro was joined by producer Chad Hammes and directors Francisco Ruiz Velasco, Johane Matte and Andrew L.
“It’s the only place in the world where you can do that,” he went on, praising the French event as something more than most other festivals.
Although the DreamWorks series was first announced five years ago, Del Toro explained that “Trollhunters’” true origins go much farther back than Annecy 2016.
When Del Toro started developing his ideas for “Tales of Arcadia” more seriously, he first did so as a live action series set in the ‘80s but was asked to develop it as a feature film instead.
After the “Trollhunters” history lesson, the conversation shifted to “Rise of the Titans,” and each director took a turn to discuss their contribution.
In the day’s first clip, directed by Matte, “Wizards” characters Douxie and Nari are on the subway when they are jumped by Nari’s siblings who attempt to bring her back to the Arcane Order.
I had to be careful about going too heavy on the action, because we had a lot of action already, and I had to figure out how to bring all the elements together and have an emotional build and release,” he recalled.
In the third and final clip, the entire squad Trollhunters from all three series are crammed on, in, and around a speeding taco truck driven by Blinky, pursued closely by the lava Titan.
“Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans” was written by Marc Guggenheim, Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman.