Beowulf

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Monday, July 31, 2006

Last Updated: July 31, 2006

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, ImageMovers, Shangri-La Entertainment
Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Project Phase: Post-Production
Budget: $70,000,000
Who's In It: Greg Ellis (Garmund), Crispin Glover (Grendel), Anthony Hopkins (King Hrothgar), Angelina Jolie (Grendel's Mother), John Malkovich (Unferth), Ray Winstone (Beowulf)
Who's Making It: Robert Zemeckis (Director, Producer), Neil Gaiman (Screenplay), Roger Avary (Screenplay), Steve Bing (Producer), Jack Rapke (Producer), Stever Starkey (Producer)
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Premise: The Scandinavian warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Comments: This is the performance-capture version of the tale (animation style similar to Polar Express).
Updates:

July 26, 2006 - The website for the upcoming animated film BEOWULF is now up and running. You can find it here.

There is not much on the site as of yet, but the look and intro help give a feel to the film.

July 26, 2006 - Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are teaming up to slay a classic beast. The two studios are taking the reins on Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf, a big-budget performance-capture film that is being co-financed by Shangri-La Entertainment and boasts an international cast headed by Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover and Angelina Jolie. Shangri-La, headed by Steve Bing, was a major investor in Warners and Zemeckis' The Polar Express, in which Bing invested at least $80 million. [Hollywood Reporter]


January 27, 2005 - Scott Rudin might have finally found a director for the screen adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's novel The Corrections. According to sources, Rudin is eyeing Robert Zemeckis, who most recently directed The Polar Express. Zemeckis most recently signed on to direct Beowulf for Columbia Pictures. [Hollywood Reporter]