Gorillaz Netflix Movie Has Been Canceled, Damon Albarn Says

thewrap.com:

HUMO (via Stereogum), said the Gorillaz movie that was being worked on with Netflix is no longer happening: “The new record came about because Jamie and I were often in Los Angeles.

We were working on a Gorillaz feature film, which will never happen.” When the publication asked if the movie was “permanently suspended,” Albarn confirmed that, yes, it was dead. “That is to say, and without naming names because the whole matter has not yet been settled: the streaming platform for which we were making the film has withdrawn.

They started to panic because they were making too much content and decided to cut back on their movie offerings,” Albarn explained. “And, as has been classic Hollywood practice for decades, the guy we were working with has moved on to another company.

From then on you have lost your guardian angel, and there seems to be a bad smell hanging on you. Hollywood is quite territorial: if a new guy comes along, he must and will have a different opinion, even if he secretly agrees with his predecessor.”Our guess is that the movie was probably shepherded by Mike Moon, who oversaw adult animation for Netflix. (Gorillaz isn’t an inherently “adult” concept, but it was certainly more outside-the-box than some of the all-ages material the streamer produces.) There were earlier reports that “Maya and the Three” filmmaker Jorge R.