‘Jailbirds’ Director Thomas Villepoux to Adapt VR Series into Feature (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBen Croll After putting the finishing touches on chapters two and three of motion-capture VR experience “Jailbirds” earlier this year, writer/director Thomas Villepoux will next adapt his tale of freedom and confinement into a feature, Variety has learned.
Currently in development, the upcoming “Jailbirds” feature will nearly triple the runtime of a nearly finished short that Villepoux and producer Griselda Gentile will bring to Cannes’ Marché du Film next month.
Deploying the same motion-capture techniques Villepoux honed on his three VR pieces, both iterations of the “Jailbird” saga will delve even deeper into the work of Belgian cartoonist Philippe Foerster, whose work in the cult comics mag “Fluide Glacial” inspired the recently completed VR series. “Artistically speaking, the project already exists,” says Griselda Gentile, who produced the various iterations through her Be Revolutions banner. “We’ve already done the creative work on character design and decors.
Now we’re just working on [building out] the narrative.” “We’re going to follow the path that has worked very well thus far,” Gentile continues. “The first episode of ‘Jailbirds’ very quickly found success, and that allowed us to finance episodes two and three.
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