AMC Network’s Shudder streaming service and IFC Midnight are planning a theatrical run for Phil Tippett’s eagerly anticipated sci-animated horror Mad God beginning Friday, June 10 ahead of the film’s streaming debut on Thursday, June 16. A national rollout will follow beginning Friday, June 17. Up-to-date screening locations can be found on www.madgodmovie.com.
Directed, written and produced by Oscar and Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animator and special effects supervisor Phil Tippett (RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back), Mad God is described as an experimental animated film set in a world of monsters, mad scientists and war pigs. A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city, settling down upon an ominous fortress guarded by zombie-like sentries. The Assassin emerges to explore a labyrinth of bizarre, desolate landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. Through unexpected twists and turns, he experiences an evolution beyond his wildest comprehension. A labor of love that has taken 30 years to complete, Mad God combines live-action and stop-motion, miniature sets and other innovative techniques to bring Tippett’s wholly unique and grotesquely beautiful vision to life.
An inspiration and trailblazer in his field, Tippett’s work has been praised by Steven Spielberg, Paul Verhooven, Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy, and many more, and continues to this day to push the boundaries of the animation genre.
Here is the intriguing trailer for the Shudder Original film:
