It has been announced that Quibi, an upcoming digital shortform service run by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman which will launch this April has officially chosen to greenlight a new stop-motion clay-based animation series.
The series titled Gloop World is from Justin Roiland, one half of the creative team behind the popular Rick and Morty, and also sees Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, a team of John Harvatine IV, Seth Green, and more producing said series.
Roiland, who is best known for voicing both titular characters in his series Rick and Morty had the following to say regarding his upcoming series, Gloop World, and what fans can look forward to.
“Gloop World has been a dream of mine to make for almost seven years. A tactile clay animation show with a mysterious, weird and expansive world and really fun characters, fingerprints and all.
I couldn’t have done this without the folks at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, who understood exactly what I meant when I wanted the clay animation to have an imperfect approach, where you can see the animators in the work. I want the Gloop characters to feel like you can reach into your phone and grab them yourself.”
Fellow director John Harvatine IV, who also makes up part of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios alongside Seth Green, Eric Towner, Chris Waters, and Matthew Senreich also made the following comments regarding the upcoming series.
“Ever since I first saw Gumby, I was fascinated with clay as a medium. Gloop World is funny, and it’s innovative, and Quibi is the perfect home for this show.”
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Quibi, a new digital shortform service run by Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg launches April 6.