Canceled MouseGuard Movie Test DEMO FOOTAGE

The following is a collection of tests that explore the visual potential of a Mouse Guard movie. Everything you see here is rendered in realtime using Epic's UNREAL ENGINE.
Basically what you're watching is very good looking previz, with environments capable of streaming live to stage during motion capture with our actors.
While the visual quality is impressive, it's important to note this is only meant to illustrate how the movie will 'feel' not how it will 'look'. Everything will ultimately be sent to WETA Digital to be recreated with cutting-age photorealistic CG.
This was made from scratch in about 12 weeks with a relatively small team. Credit goes to our team at Halon (led by Casey Pyke) and Fox VFX labs (led by Glenn Derry)
Thanks for watching y'all!
~wes

[@okarifox]

We should get a petition made to have it brought back!

[@sherd19gmail]

Created one already . Diddnt do squat . Been buliding awareness for this movie for almost 5 years .

[@staleysharples4687]

petition to turn this into a videogame!!! would be such a perfect storyline and the action sequences would be incredible. bring back the Mouse Guard!!!

[@therenegade6577]

Yeah.. I think our Zelda movie is in good hands

[@sherd19gmail]

It is wes will not disappoint you guys . I know a few things about Zelda BTS and I still only care about MouseGuard

[@kohaiame2691]

Yeah, I came here because I heard that the Zelda movie might use this sort of animation style and came to check it out. Honestly it's pretty good; I just hope that the characters fit...

[@johnolmos8670]

I just wish it wasn’t live action

[@Fierceprotector]

Wes you're underrated as hell man. Maze runner couldn't have been done better. All the best for kingdom of the planet of apes.

[@killuhKD]

what a travesty against art and storytelling that this was cancelled by corporate interests.

[@okarifox]

Agreed. We should get a petition made to have it brought back!

[@amorojaz27]

I heard this was going to be motion captured. After the Mars Needs Moms mess, nobody wants to take a chance on those anymore.

[@namugriff]

Should make the whole film in UNREAL ENGINE and release it. Looks already good for what it is.

[@sherd19gmail]

Agree pitched that to David p and Wes balls legal team 3 years ago . Nothing

[@amorojaz27]

Who else is here after Mr. Ball's interview with Ape Nation?

[@sherd19gmail]

Not me been buliding awareness for this movie for almost 5 years . I while I respect ape nation I only care about wesballs MouseGuard and I don't care about Zelda. Wes will do a great job like he did with kingdom . But mouseguard

[@RobotProphetsMoon]

👋

[@sophie1564]

Looks absolutely awesome. Such a shame it was cancelled. Would be so cool if Wes could somehow produce it under another studio as a short series or something. Either way, I'm glad we have even just this footage.

[@asmitaghorai5668]

This is purely spectacular! Wish we could have you direct some more movies like the Maze Runner, shorts like Ruin, or anything sci-fi even of a 2 minute duration will do like ughh we're all ready to wait even if it means for ages.

[@kixb4632]

staff fight was craaazy

[@Simon-kt2lx]

Hi Wes, i hope you are fine and i can't wait to watch in IMAX Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes! It look fantastic and the movie come out the day of my birthday! Yeah! I will be at a music show on that evening but i will see the movie as soon as possible. If i can give my 2 cents for the upcoming Zelda movie, i think you should try to push the boundaries of what you were making with Mouse Guard movie in terms of magical and vibrant tone. I mean Hyrule is even more fantastical and diverse in terms of mystical creatures and setting but i think you had an interesting visual template with Mouse Guard. For Zelda, like you said, its serious but at the same whimsical and fun. Like the big tech nerd you are, i hope that you will lean on a kind of serious but somehow cartoon-ish look for the movie. A bit like Kingdom, but more vibrant and fantastical, it would be nice to have a movie that blend live action and CG with flair and taste. What i have in mind in recent years is The Hobbit trilogy. Despite the flaws, i really enjoy the visual style of these movies. It felt like a real live action cartoon. I have also Avatar of James Cameron in mind. Without going full CG on Hyrule like Pandora, you could try to blend environment like in Avatar (Hyrule setting) with some natural location, real people but also CGI (mo cap) characters and creatures. For instance, Link should be play on screen by a real person but Ganon should be CGI with the mo cap technology like on Apes. I hope you will utilize cutting edge technology to make Hyrule alive and make it as vast and vibrant as possible. Go for an Epic Wes for this beloved franchise. We need a good, immersive, serious and fun fantasy movie (or at least i need it). Give your best like you did on Apes. I hope you will stay with Weta for Zelda. They are so good at worldbuilding. I trust you! P.S. Reach for the moon! ;)

[@tombystander]

Reminds me of redwall by brian jacques

[@joshuaj.chinda9873]

It's also canceled in Netflix 😂😂

[@thorinwoods2642]

I haven’t read Mouse Guard but this looks good. Disney should bring this back and make it a trilogy. It could be as big as Planet of the Apes or Avatar.

[@DoorsInTheLabyrinth]

it still breaks my heart on a regular basis that this got cancelled. The comics are amazing, and this footage is fantastic.

[@archievii]

I love how this reminds me of the movie “The Secret of NIMH”🤩

[@aslbekzulfiqorov6238]

Damn Disney made such a great movie for money, I really wish you would relaunch it

[@boiperfection4797]

This is beautiful!

[@yasinradee]

A series would be fire. 🔥 A movie would be a tease. I need more than two hours with this world.✌🏾

[@christopherhill6790]

This would've been so awesome

[@guyinc0gnito]

THIS is 4 year old previz? Holy smokes

[@kizitossembatya5855]

reminds me of the Redwall books by Brian Jacques

[@jaycollins2036]

This seems to be more suited to be a videogame than mainstream and highly expensive film. Unfortunately. Because id love to see it.

[@c0der23]

this honestly look soo cool!

[@BigLightning4360]

If this hadn't been canceled, would "Mouse Guard" have been WETA Digital's first motion-capture film since "The Adventures of Tintin"?

[@daarionaharis664]

This is incredible

[@pamphletthebeanwolf5901]

This has a startling lack of resemblance to the comics aesthetically.

[@etstiffler]

Comic Book Club brought me here.

[@hyang1980ify]

Please make this movie ❤❤❤❤

[@Fns126]

Wes ball can i act in maze runner kill order?

[@AkumuHoshi]

cool

[@Jeff55369]

The plot and story telling looks great, as well as the fight choreography, but I'm not a fan of the character design. If they could fluff them up and make them more mouse like (ie: make the characters cute) I could see it doing well.

[@TeddyLeppard]

The mice are too anthropomorphized. They really should've looked more like real mice.

[@allanblack8635]

I don't want to say this is bad, because it's amazing. But it's not mouse gaurd. Not even close.

[@hudysonsilva907]

why so realist ? can not to be 3d toon style ?

[@ThouArtOfWar0724]

For starters the cartoon style is boring

[@raindrainxi]

As a fan of Mouse Guard, I saw this several years ago, and not really liking the models for the mice. It is too anthromorphic. David Peterson's art exemplified the animals.as they are. The mice simply walked upright, but their anatomy is the same.