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'''''Monster Safari''''' was a stop-motion film created by Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan and Seamus Walsh at Screen Novelties and the Jim Henson Company (assumedly distributed by them) and was being scripted by the founders of Homestarrunner.com; Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel, right before their website started its infamous hiatus, in 2009. Directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh and produced by Chris Finnegan, it was about "what happens when the Earth's monsters come out of hiding and a pair of bumbling crypto-zoologists spring into action to save them from a ruthless big-game hunter."
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'''''Monster Safari''''' was a cancelled stop-motion film directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh and produced by Chris Finnegan of Screen Novelties for the Jim Henson Company. A script had been written in 2009 by Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel, two of the creators of internet series ''Homestar Runner''.


Despite being announced in 2009 and still existing on Screen Novelties's website, not much has been heard about the movie since. Matt Chapman even said on his now-removed Twitter that he fully wrote it with Craig Zobel a while back and currently has no idea what's going on with it now.
"Monster Safari" was originally developed as a short film for a block of shorts called ''Shorts in a Bunch'', before being expanded into a feature-length project. The plot focused on two bumbling cryptozoologists who work to save Earth's newly-found monsters from a big-game hunter.<ref>[https://www.firstshowing.net/2009/screen-novelties-monster-safari-to-become-a-feature-film/ "Screen Novelties' Monster Safari to Become a Feature Film"]</ref> Despite being announced in 2009 and the short existing on Screen Novelties' website,<ref>[http://screen-novelties.com/work/monster-safari-clip-1/ Screen Novelties page.] Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.</ref> not much had been heard about the movie for years.


'''UPDATE 07 Sep:''' Today, Craig Zobel, in response as to where the movie currently is, posted the following on Twitter:
In 2011, co-writer Matt Chapman remarked that he was unaware of the movie's status, explaining that he and Zobel "haven't heard anything since" they wrote their initial draft years earlier.<ref>[https://archive.is/Pm1G  Matt Chapman (@ronginald)] tweet 12 Sep 2011. Retrieved 19 Jul 2012.</ref> In Sep 2013, Zobel similarly stated that he was unaware of any plans to produce the movie, "but if screen novelties ever do it, it'll be freakin awesome".<ref>https://twitter.com/craigzobel/status/376391944626520064</ref> To further complicate things, Peter Dennis, the voice of Basil Pennyfarthing in the original short, passed away during the process in April 2009.


"I dunno but if screen novelties ever do it, it'll be freakin awesome".<ref>[https://twitter.com/craigzobel/statuses/376391944626520064 Craig Zobel's tweet.] Retrieved 07 Sep '13.</ref>
On March 8, 2015, the original short surfaced, after finding its way online in November 2014. The script and whatever else was produced for the feature-length adaptation remains lost.


'''UPDATE 08 Mar:''' The movie has surfaced... as in, the original 2007/08 short film version of ''Monster Safari'', airing on Nicktoons Network's ''Shorts in a Bunch'' and finding it's way online in November 2014! Cheers to the uploader! The short can be seen on the video on the right, at the 1:16 mark.
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Latest revision as of 04:04, 5 February 2024

Monstersafari1.jpg

Screenshot from the "Shorts in a Bunch" version of the film.

Status: Lost

Monster Safari was a cancelled stop-motion film directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh and produced by Chris Finnegan of Screen Novelties for the Jim Henson Company. A script had been written in 2009 by Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel, two of the creators of internet series Homestar Runner.

"Monster Safari" was originally developed as a short film for a block of shorts called Shorts in a Bunch, before being expanded into a feature-length project. The plot focused on two bumbling cryptozoologists who work to save Earth's newly-found monsters from a big-game hunter.[1] Despite being announced in 2009 and the short existing on Screen Novelties' website,[2] not much had been heard about the movie for years.

In 2011, co-writer Matt Chapman remarked that he was unaware of the movie's status, explaining that he and Zobel "haven't heard anything since" they wrote their initial draft years earlier.[3] In Sep 2013, Zobel similarly stated that he was unaware of any plans to produce the movie, "but if screen novelties ever do it, it'll be freakin awesome".[4] To further complicate things, Peter Dennis, the voice of Basil Pennyfarthing in the original short, passed away during the process in April 2009.

On March 8, 2015, the original short surfaced, after finding its way online in November 2014. The script and whatever else was produced for the feature-length adaptation remains lost.

Gallery

Clip of the original short film.

Episode of Shorts in a Bunch, containing the original short film (1:16-7:02).

Reference

  1. ↑ "Screen Novelties' Monster Safari to Become a Feature Film"
  2. ↑ Screen Novelties page. Retrieved 25 Mar 2016.
  3. ↑ Matt Chapman (@ronginald) tweet 12 Sep 2011. Retrieved 19 Jul 2012.
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/craigzobel/status/376391944626520064
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