Gigantic

October 11, 2017

“Disney’s Gigantic” Has Been Cancelled

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Until now, Disney’s movie schedule included an animated feature due out in 2020 called “Gigantic.” It would’ve been a new take on Jack and the Beanstalk that had Jack encountering a female giant. You’ll have to decide what happened from there, because after years of development, it won’t see the light of day. Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios president Ed Catmull said the decision was made due to story concerns…something about the movie wasn’t clicking right, and the problem was evidently insurmountable. “It’s impossible to know when we begin a project how the creative process will unfold, and sometimes, no matter how much we love an idea or how much heart goes into it, we find that it just isn’t working.” If the film wasn’t performing, it wasn’t due to lack of talent. Disney hired Inside Out co-writer Meg LeFauve and Nathan Greno (who also wrote Tangled) to direct, and Frozen songwriters Robert Lopez and Kirsten Anderson-Lopez were crafting the tunes. The movie was first unveiled during the D23 Expo in

November 18, 2016

MOBA Gigantic Gets Closed Beta, Trailer

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The developers at Motiga are getting ever-closer to releasing their first game, Gigantic. After years of development the free-to-play, team-based action MOBA is back in Closed Beta, ready for new and eager players. Making games is tough. Making something entirely new is even more difficult. But what’s it like to make a whole new type of game, with a brand new intellectual property, when the future is uncertain? In the first Dev. Diary, Motiga gives us an inside look at Gigantic and discuss overcoming the hurdles of development. You can check out the trailer for the game below. Gigantic is a free-to-play competitive action MOBA developed by Motiga. Even though it’s gorgeously rendered, light-hearted and charming, Gigantic is for enthusiast gamers and pits teams of five heroes and their massive Guardians against each other in epic battles across a variety of maps. The game combines explosive combat with fast-paced teamwork, strategy, and skill, as players are required to work together and fight relentlessly to defeat opposing Guardians with spells, guns and swords.

August 14, 2015

Gigantic: Walt Disney Animation Taking on Jack and the Beanstalk

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Earlier today at the 2015 D23 Expo, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter officially announced the next big CG animation feature for the company, which will be a unique take on another classic fairy tale in Jack and the Beanstalk. Disney’s version has been dubbed Gigantic, and it will be a CG animated musical from director Nathan Greno (Tangled) and producer Dorothy McKim. What’s more, the Academy Award-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will be providing the music and original songs for the film. In addition, the husband-and-wife team greeted the crowd in attendance for the animation panel today with an original song from the film, “Get a Horse!” The film is puts the Jack and the Beanstalk tale in Spain during the Age of Exploration. The story follows a young adventure-seeker named Jack, who discovers a world of giants hidden within the clouds. He comes up with a plan with Inma, a 60-foot-tall, 11-year-old girl, and agrees to help her find her way home.