So.. Where Do We Go Now...

It is personally a thrill for me, that even though I'm not actually working at EggStory Creative Productions, but to know that all this is happening at the offices up above me, it's like living in a village residing near some top secret weapons production base. Anyway bad analogies aside, here's the SCOOP from today's LIFE:

The Straits Time, Life!News (Pg 3)
Friday, October 28, 2005

KUNGFU FIGHTING

NICKSON FONG'S ANIMATED FLICK IS SLATED FOR RELEASE IN 2008. THE TRAILER WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT IN A TRADE SHOW IN THE UNITED STATES NEXT WEEK.

by SHERWIN LOH
Media Reporter


You can call it Animal-trix Reloaded.

Homegrown digital animator Nickson Fong is paying tribute to his Hollywood roots by modelling teaser illustrations for his first animated movie after those from the Matrix sequels.

Prior to returning to Singapore in 2003, he had worked on the digital effects of both blockbuster films with effects company ESC Entertainment.

His movie, tentatively titled Kungfu Gecko, follows a young gecko and his friends who are embroiled in a battle to save their kingdom.

Each teaser artwork reveals the body design of the major characters - the gecko, frog and praying mantis - without showing the character's face.

Teaser posters for the Matrix sequels revealed its new characters in a similar way.

In an exclusive peek for Life! to coincide with the launch of his company Egg Story Creative Production's website today, Fong, 35, also unveiled several posters and texture paintings.

They present a unique airbrush quality for the US$30 million (S$50 million) budgeted flick, which is slated for a summer 2008 release. The comapny is now raising money through several overseas investors.

Work on the eight-minutes trailer is almost complete. It will make its official premiere at next week's American Film Market (AFM) trade show in Santa Monica, California.

"Making the movie has been an amazing journey," says Fong, who flies off to the event next Tuesday, which also happens to be his birthday.

Aside from the animated film, Fong, through Egg Story, has also worked his digital magic on several local TV advertisments, including the one for the Republic of Singapore Navy where he makes a missile gunship transform into a robot.

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