Trivia: In the credits, look for Nellie Bellflower. Her role was cut.
When it was made, everyone passed on the film. A small distribution company based out of Salt Lake City took it on, then went bankrupt after 17 days.
Ultimately, The Last Unicorn outsold Star Wars in Europe.
The entire life of the film happened AFTER it was released on video.
In 2001, the Hollywood Reporter posted a story about TLU. The creators, after seeing the story, sued for owed money and eventually won.
For the first time, the rights, which were previously scattered all over the place, have been collected by Connor.
-This means that for the first time ever, there will be licensed merchandise.
-Graphic novel by IDW
-Special edition graphic novel
-"Two Hearts" sequel novelette
-Won Eisner, Nebula awards
-Graphic novel being released
Now that rights have been dealt with:
-Big-screen re-release for 10-12 days starting in May/June
-Will have Q&A sessions with Peter S. Beagle
-Premiere at the Egyptian Theater
-Partnering with AMC
-Going to be released in higher-quality than Blu-Ray
-Merchandise
-3D Paper Art
-They showed an example...it's gorgeous.
-Requesting fan input on merchandise ideas.
-Soundtrack
-No official soundtrack has ever been released.
-Illegal version has been available in Germany only on vinyl.
-Full, official soundtrack will be released, possibly with a few extra surprise tracks.
Entire project is funded by Suren (and co.'s) new production company, "Sandbox."
-Spearheading the effort.
-Completely revamping, digitizing, removing duplicate frames from original print. Nothing like this has ever been done before.
-Re-animating things that were originally done wrong to save money.
-5-8 minutes of new animation
-Fixing the ENTIRE film
-3 versions of the original screenplay are being combined to create a single, "ultimate" version (with supervision from Peter S. Beagle and Terri)
-New version will be released in 2D and 3D
-May add a new song to the closing credits, because now there will be the original team and the restoration team.
"I wasn't thinking of it as a children's book or a children's story. Ever." -Peter S. Beagle
Beagle likes Tolkien's convention of incorporating songs and music to help tell the story.
Also in the works:
-Broadway musical?
-Beagle would like one. Also, he has an idetic memory.
-Live Action Version
-Rights for live-action version are not available until 2015.
-No one has actually signed on, contrary to rumors.
Do you worry about backlash from the fans because of the changes?
-This isn't intended to replace the original, but rather to complement it.
Dual release of the original and the revamped version is possible.
In the process of collecting interviews with all of the original artists in Japan. Documentary also may be in the works about the process of revamping.
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