EXCLUSIVE: Richard E. Grant and Brian Cox (Succession) have signed on to star within the animated brief undertaking Wittgenstein’s Poker from filmmaker Christian De Vita.
We perceive the brief tells the story of the real-life encounter between two of the twentieth century’s best philosophers: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper. Their infamous dispute, often called the Cambridge Poker Incident, resulted in considered one of them allegedly threatening the opposite with a red-hot hearth poker.
Grant stars as Ludwig Wittgenstein whereas Karl Markovics (The Counterfeiters) will painting Karl Popper. Cox has been forged as Bertrand Russell, who was additionally current in the course of the notorious confrontation in 1946. The synopsis reads: This outstanding ensemble will breathe life into this distinctive historic second.
The movie can be directed by Christian De Vita, finest recognized for his earlier work because the lead storyboard artist on Wes Anderson’s Improbable Mr. Fox, Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, and his function as Collection Director on the Disney Junior collection PJ Masks. The musical rating can be composed by Oscar-winning British composer Stephen Warbeck (Billy Elliot). The screenplay has been penned by Casey Cohen, who additionally serves because the movie’s producer.
Wittgenstein’s Poker can be produced as a conventional 2D hand-drawn animation movie, with a watercolor type that produces say will “transport audiences into the mental battleground of those nice philosophers, visualizing emotion by way of the primary character’s journey to that fateful assembly.”
This undertaking is tailored from the acclaimed ebook of the identical identify, written by two BBC journalists, David Edmonds and John Eidinow. The ebook has been translated into 18 languages, with over half one million copies offered.
The crew behind Wittgenstein’s Poker is launching a fundraising Kickstarter marketing campaign on Could 1. Backers will obtain rewards equivalent to signed script copies by all three forged members, a Wittgenstein drawing by Richard E. Grant, a storyboarding masterclass with the director Christian De Vita, a primary version copy of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus from 1922, and a guided tour of the room at Cambridge College the place this notorious confrontation passed off.
The Kickstarter undertaking has been chosen as considered one of eight brief movies by Kickstarter and MIFA as a part of their new initiative to assist creators in collaboration with the Annecy Worldwide Animation Pageant in June.
“Utilizing a conventional 2D animation type, we intention to seize the depth and brilliance of those iconic philosophers, making a visually fascinating narrative that may immortalize this historic second on display screen,” mentioned De Vita.