By Ryan Ball (Aug 6, 2007)
Dream Balloon Ent. co-founder Michael Attardi, creator and director of the award-winning, CG-animated short film Once Upon A Christmas Village, tells us he is pushing forward with Snowyville, a feature-length version of the story. Since announcing his intentions to do so in April, he says he has major financing and key team members in place, and is currently in negotiations with a distributor. Actors Jim Belushi and Tim Curry are also in talks to reprise their voice roles.
Once Upon a Christmas Village tells the story of a decorative miniature town that comes to life when Santa’s magic watch accidentally falls under a Christmas tree. The animation was created by animators from Digital Animation and Visual Effects Studio (D.A.V.E.) at Universal Studios-Orlando, Fla. D.A.V.E. School’s Jeff Sheetz will serve as animation producer on the feature and a number of his graduates will likely be employed on the production as well.
