>Genndy Tartakovsky’s new adult series, Primal, is receiving a limited seven-day run at the Downtown Independent LA (251 S. Main St.) from September 20-26th.
>The theatrical release will come ahead of its Adult Swim debut on October 7. It’s not clear whether the entire series is being shown or if a theatrical cut of certain episodes has been made.
>Could the theatrical version of Primal make an Oscar run?
>It’s a real possibility, though it’s not clear if Adult Swim, a subsidiary or Warnermedia, will run the feature version of Primal for the Academy Awards. However, the format of this theatrical run — public exhibition in Los Angeles County for at least seven consecutive days, with at least three daily screenings — meets the qualification requirements for the Oscars. Adult Swim previously submitted Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for the Academy Awards.
Yeah, pretty sure they wrote him a blank cheque after he literally helped save their entire studio with the Hotel Transylvania franchise. Still no Popeye though
Colton Scott
This. Why not do a fathom events for it one night only deal or even put it in multiple major cities. Just LA is bullshit.
Easton Stewart
This. I would GLADLY pay to see caveman Kino on the silver screen
Reminder that they chose to make a movie about fucking emotion balls instead of letting Genndy finish the Popeye movie: youtube.com/watch?v=i4tNuM9XttM
>Genndy Tartakovsky: Basically, we did a screening, and it was great. Internally, everyone was super happy with it. I think it was also exactly what King Features wanted. We had a great reaction.
>But this was also during the culmination of the Sony hack, and I could feel that something was going to happen soon. So after the screening, I didn’t get an answer from them, which was weird because everybody was so positive. Usually, we meet and talk, and get notes. But they had a meeting on their own, and that was it. I just got a phone call afterward telling me how great it was, which always makes me suspicious. If they just call to tell you it’s great, there’s something going on, because they didn’t offer any notes. Later on, I personally went to see Amy Pascal, and said, “Look, I’m a big boy. I can take it. I just need some information.” And she said, “Look Genndy, we love you, but we just don’t like Popeye.”
Popeye is literally his dream work since his first animation teacher was a 90 year old Gordon Sheehan who worked on the original Fleischer Popeye shorts. It's his destiny to make the movie and Sony robbed him of it to make the fucking Emoji movie.
Cameron Reyes
>Look Genndy, we love you, but we just don’t like Popeye Must be nice being paid to be a goddamn moron.
Charles Fisher
A theatrical run for... a twenty-three minute episode?
Robert Martin
>Los Anngeles so they're going to complain that it's problematic and try to shit this down I know your game Disney
>It’s not clear whether the entire series is being shown or if a theatrical cut of certain episodes has been made. The full miniseries is 10 11-minute episodes (basically a 110-minute movie). Those exclusive LA screenings will either be the whole show or at least a hefty excerpt.
Over the Garden Wall could also be interpreted as a feature film.
God, imagine if it actually does get nominated for Best Animated Feature. It would blow the minds of the Academy, think of all the old farts who think animation is just for kids.
Jaxon Harris
Just checked, the theater's an hour away from me. Should I go?
Netflix revised it and there's a legitimate chance that they are trying bid for a nomination in for an academy. If this is the case then I hope it signals the shift of more 2d animated film being made.
> adult swim theatrical release, OP brings up disney
Absolute rent free idiot
Alexander Sanders
>Take that, Disney! Take what?
Aaron Carter
You two do know that disney are notoriously the oscar winners, right? The implication is clearly that gennedy's cartoon is so good he's going to beat disney and win the oscar
Easton Collins
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Christian James
Oh I know, but those two didn't seem to get the joke.
I personally doubt it'll be "oscar bait" even if it's good.
Jaxon Nelson
>I personally doubt it'll be "oscar bait" How come?
Eli Anderson
Odds that Primal gets a blu-ray release? Adult Swim are usually pretty good about that right? Especially if it's as good as they're hyping it up to be.
Jacob Edwards
I'm honestly willing to get excited about this. Primal is not burdened by Genndy's longstanding dream of animating his childhood waifu, which Samurai Jack was. I'm gonna give him a mulligan on Samurai Jack Season Five.
James Brown
That’s nice and all but Just GIMME THE DINO PUSSY
Jace Bennett
Since Genndy works at Sony, they could help him win, especially after getting the Oscar for Spider-Verse.
Cave woman will be just as rectangular and sticky as grug there
Tyler Ramirez
based and dinopilled
stay mad flyover fags nah but seriously it seems dumb not to do a wider fathom-ish release. drum up a bit more groundswell, earn a few more bucks. i mean knowing the lazy piece of shit that i am, i'm either gonna see it in that theater, or i'm just gonna stream it illegally. and i imagine others are similarly inclined.
I doubt there will be only one lady in the whole thing. Genndy's got a history of diverse, compelling females. Something for every taste.
Jackson Butler
ABSOLUTELY BASED
Jose Cooper
>Genndy Tartakovsky well, he's already got a couple of emmies, so not that huge of a stretch.
Kayden Rodriguez
Pretentious like always. Haven't you guys learned anything from Samurai Jack?
Christian Collins
>Watching anything made by Genndy after the spit in the face that was Samurai Jack's ending
Yeah Yea Forums deserves every shit it gets
Justin Powell
Disney's ambition is endless. They will gut him in their sleep and all under Heaven will praise Disney for it.
Charles Cruz
>>Could the theatrical version of Primal make an Oscar run?
Not unless it's a feature, no.
Luis Green
They don't watch those nominations user, they just pick what's popular
Carter Moore
Popeye is public domain in most of the world. It's idiotic they got as far as they did in making a movie at this stage.
In order to be considered for Oscar nominations (which are made by Academy members based on what they've seen, not on what a studio "submits" - studios only have to submit an official credits form to be included, which is a union requirement more than anything else), movies - not tv shows, which aren't eligible - have to play for at least 7 days of their first year of release within LA County. Multi-part and limited series *documentaries* are ineligible as of last year, so releasing what is clearly a multi-part animation is pushing the spirit of the rules, but whatever.
Features must be at least 40 minutes long to qualify except for short-form works. Again, nobody's going to be fooled that this is a movie unless they show all 110 minutes.
It won't be exclusive screenings - that's against the rules. To qualify it must be open to walk-ins. Contrary to popular belief, it's also against the rules to buy up all the tickets (which is expensive and pointless anyway) so that people can't just walk in. Being in the middle of LA County, being a cartoon and being shown in a shitty theater in the middle of some parking garages will be enough to keep people away.
Members of the Academy *do the nominating*. It's a members' institution award.
Klaus is getting a November Netflix release. If it doesn't also release in LA County this year, it will be ineligible in any year.
Yeah, and that means it either plays as a disjointed 110-minute movie, cuts out a lot of recap scenes, or plays as a terrible miniseries which just starts episodes randomly within scenes. Not a good look.
Disney are the only major animation studio, which is why they tend to win Best Animated. Because nobody much else is making them.
Nicholas Sanders
>being shown in a shitty theater in the middle of some parking garages will be enough to keep people away. hey i like the downtown independent though, it's an okay space.
Lucas King
Honestly it speaks volumes that a barely over 1 minute preview for a film that never released has over 16 million fucking views. Sony would have made BANK with that movie.
Lucas Reyes
Downtown Independent is a great historic theater, I try to go every time they do anything for free in those but it's not that great a space for movies (and it's a theater that somewhat fairly projects). If they had done it at the new Alama drafthouse in downtown LA it would be a bigger deal.
Luke Campbell
Sadly Fathom charges a chunk for those plus the theaters get a cut.
It would be nice if they did more of it but without knowing there is demand, there's no reason for the distributors to do it.
I consider Genndy to be a hack after that shit of a last season of Samurai Jack. I have no hopes for this.
Michael Fisher
Okay, Retard.
Christopher Ortiz
Is that news worthy? I mean I've seen plenty of shows get premiere screenings in theater. Hell my local theater did one for season premieres of Venture Bros, Doctor Who, and even Game of Thrones.
well I like you but we both know that's not enough to bring the crowds in
Grayson Hill
>it almost felt like live-action Yikes... I’m sure the voter meant well, but is this really what makes an animated film “good”? Can’t an animated film just look creative or—dare I say—ANIMATED and still be a damn good film? I can tell that guy subconsciously only views live-action as “true cinema.”
