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Werner Herzog to Make Animation Debut With ‘The Twilight World,’ Teaming With ‘Flee’ Studio (EXCLUSIVE)


'Grizzly Man' director Werner Herzog is making his animation debut with 'The Twilight World,' based on his best selling novel of the same name.

Werner Herzog, the celebrated German writer, producer and filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “The Wrath of God,” is making his animation debut with “ The Twilight World,” based on his best selling novel of the same name. The screenplay adaptation of the book, which weaves history, war drama and dream log, was written by Herzog with Michael Arias (“Tekkonkinkreet,” “The Animatrix”) and Luca Vitale. Miller pointed out Psyop has a long-standing relationship with Sun Creature, which also co-producing “The Twilight World.” “The sensibility of the studio, coupled with their vast network of French animation talent, makes them the perfect fit for this project.

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