Fortnite hosted the primary episode of Common Footage’ We Will Be Monsters brief in its Shortnitemares Pageant that happened inside the sport’s 2021 Halloween occasion. The episodes have been doled out on sure avenues on-line, however now all 4 have been dropped on YouTube and Common Footage’ Twitter account by means of a compilation video.
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The 4 shorts reimagine a complete host of basic Common monsters in methods totally different from their common portrayals. This contains Dracula, Frankenstein’s Bride, Van Helsing, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy. They inform one overarching story that finally leads them into the world of Fortnite. Chemon Theys’ Frankenstein’s Bride was additionally offered as a pores and skin within the sport alongside extra basic renditions of The Mummy and Frankenstein’s Monster, which all not too long ago made a reappearance within the merchandise store.
Rick Famuyiwa, who directed a quantity episodes of The Mandalorian, directed this miniseries. Famuyiwa, based on The Hollywood Reporter, was chosen due to his expertise working with Epic’s Unreal Engine units used for the Star Wars present, along with “his imaginative and prescient for reimagining the characters.” He labored with VFX and animation studio Plastic Wax for round eight months inside the Unreal Engine.
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It’s unclear what he particularly had in thoughts for his reimaginations, however this sequence did intention to have a extra various depiction of those monsters and set them in locations across the globe. These roles have sometimes had white solid members, which isn’t the case right here. Common Filmed Leisure Group President Abhijay Prakash elaborated ever so barely on this strategy.
“That is one other manifestation of our monsters, and so they have by no means been depicted this various,” he mentioned.
