The more I see of Mouse Guard, the more impressed I am with the amount of high-quality work that went into the adaptation’s pre-production … and the more pissed off I am that Disney axed it. The collateral damage from the $71.3 billion buyout of Fox, where the Wes Ball-directed film was previously set up, not only scuttles the adaptation of writer-illustrator David Petersen‘s medieval … Continue reading ‘Mouse Guard’: Wes Ball Shares Demo Reel and More Epic Behind-the-Scenes Work!!!

The good news to come out of Disney canceling the Mouse Guard movie, a casualty of the mega-company’s buyout of Fox where the project was originally set up, is that you can get a look at some of the beautiful concept art from artist Darek Zabrocki. The bad news, of course, is that the movie is still canceled as of this writing. But who knows, … Continue reading ‘Mouse Guard’ Movie Concept Art Teases the Canceled Project!! Check It Out!!

More fallout today from the Disney/Fox merger. Director Wes Ball (The Maze Runner) was all set up to make Mouse Guard his next big-screen project with Andy Serkis (Planet of the Apes franchise) and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones) on board to lead the cast. The motion-capture / performance-capture animated adaptation of writer-illustrator David Petersen‘s comics was set to start production early this May with … Continue reading ‘Mouse Guard’: Disney Cancels Fox Movie Just Days Before Production Starts!!