"Wolverines" is a dark, funny film mixing Super-16 and digital video live action and two to three minutes of fanciful animation sequences. The animated sequences follow disappearing, dying animals in the woods - lemmings, wolverines, and bees - on a poignant quest to return home.

I envision the animation in a rough, simple style: somewhere between Tom Snyder's Squigglevision and Sean Mullen's Spike and Mike fave "Horndog". I love those rare animated pieces where animals behave like animals, yet are humanized characters without descending into cutesy talking animals: the Scrat sequences in "Ice Age", the non-dialogue parts of "Ratatouille", and Chuck Jones' masterwork "Much Ado About Nutting".

LIVE ACTION SHOOT DATES: March 10-21, 2008 (projected)
ANIMATION: Ongoing. Picture lock of all elements scheduled for August, 2008