Watch the Trailer for the Wonderfully Insane Film JODOROWSKY'S DUNE

Watch the trailer for the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune!

Back in 1975, Alejandro Jodorowsky began working on a sweeping adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. While the project failed for financial reasons it's epic even in it's failure. Jodorwski spent over $2 million in pre-production over two years on a massive film that would have ran for 14 hours. All this and he never read the book. He assembled a dream team of concept artists like H. R. Giger, Chris Foss and Jean "Moebius" Giraud that produced over 3,000 illustrations. Keep in mind that all of this pre-dated the success of science fiction films like Star Wars and Alien 2001: A Space Odyssey. No one had ever done anything like this and he was blazing new trails.

I've shared concept art from Jodorowsky's Dune before, but the trailer promises even more storyboards and concept art from this brilliant production.




Click on the links to see more from the artists H.R. Giger giger.com, Chris Foss chrisfossart.com and Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud moebius.fr.

Click on the links if you want to see more of H. R. Giger, Chris Foss, Jean "Moebius" Giraud or Dune on my blog.

What do you think of the trailer? Would you have watched this insane production?

Official Jodorowsky's Dune Summary
"This fascinating documentary explores the genesis of one of cinema's greatest epics that never was: cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's (EL TOPO) adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic Dune, whose cast would have included such icons as Salvador Dali, Orson Welles and Mick Jagger. In 1975, following the runaway success of his art-house freak-outs EL TOPO and HOLY MOUNTAIN, Alejandro Jodorowsky secured the rights to Frank Herbert's Dune - and began work on what was gearing up to be a cinematic game-changer, a sci-fi epic unlike anything the world had ever seen."
Directed by Frank Pavich
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H. R. Giger, Chris Foss, Nicolas Winding Refn, Amanda Lear, Richard Stanley
Cinematography by David Cavallo
Release date: March 21, 2014 (USA)
Official Site: http://jodorowskysdune.com/
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ALIEN Concept Art by Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud

See the original designs for the spacesuits in Alien (1979)  by the late Moebius.

Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French comics artist who also contributed to films like Willow, The Abyss, Tron and The Fifth Element.

While H.R. Giger designed the Alien creatures, ships and sets, Ron Cobb designed ships and Moebius designed spacesuits.

Check after the jump for concept designs of Mobeius. Click on the images to enlarge.

Wikipedia Description:
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced through Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox, with producers David Giler and Walter Hill making significant revisions and additions to the script. The titular Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film.

See more of Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud portfolio at http://www.moebius.fr.

On my blog you can see more designs from Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud and Alien.

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THE FIFTH ELEMENT Concept Art by Moebius

"My rule is always a little ambiguous, because I'm hired as a production designer, but that\u2019s not really what I'm good at or what I do. Where I'm really the strongest is stepping outside of the rules and guidelines and really just entering into my own artistic dream state. And my position as a star sort of allows me that privilege." -Moebius

One of the most strikingly visual movies of the last fifty years was The Fifth Element (1997) two of the designers were developed by Jean Moebius Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières.

Check out a behind-the-scenes video and more concept art after the jump and click the images to enlarge.



The following 18 minute video goes behind-the-scenes of their relationship and their amazing designs for the film.




Seeing how much joy he got working on the movie makes the next point strange. Years later, in 2011, the designer filed a complaint for plagiarism of his series "The Incal" in the movie "The Fifth Element".

"The designer Moebius and publisher Humanoids Associates today have lost their lawsuit against Luc Besson and Gaumont they accused of having infringed the comic 'The Incal' in the movie 'The Fifth Element' released in 1997. The plaintiffs complained of 'borrowings under clear, the scenery, scenes, characters and graphics and scriptwriting to Incal.' They demanded 13.1 million for unfair competition, 9 million in damages and 2-5% of net operating revenue of the film. The writer of comics, Alexandro Jodorowsky, also called 700,000 euros. The high court, however, gave reason for Luc Besson who considered that the applicants' claims that were not based 'on tiny fragments of the work' cartoon. It has however rejected the 100,000 euros in damages requested by the director for abuse of process." - Toutenbd (Translated from French)

All images were scanned from the (wildly expensive) book: Story of the Fifth Element Pb

(Images Via Fikacoffeebreak, movieprops.fr, yourprops.com, theairtightgarage.tumblr.com)

Wikipedia Synopsis:
The Fifth Element (French: Le Cinquième Élément) is a 1997 English-language French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson. The film stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich. Mostly set during the twenty-third century, the film's central plot involves the survival of humanity, which becomes the duty of Korben Dallas (Willis)—a taxicab driver (and former special forces Major)—when a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his taxicab. Upon learning about her significance, Dallas must join efforts with the girl to recover four mystical stones essential to defending Earth from an impending attack.

See more of the late Jean Moebius Giraud's work at http://www.moebius.fr/

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Beautiful Abyss Concept Art by Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud

Back in 1989, the late, great French illustrator and concept artist Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud designed some amazing alien creatures.

In the film, the underwater aliens are supposed to be able to manipulate water and he created creatures that look like a cross between angels and jellyfish.

Here's what it looked like on-screen.

Here's a behind-the-scenes clip which shows some views of the alien.

Via MONSTER BRAINS


See more of Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud's portfolio at http://www.moebius.fr

What do you think of the illustrations? Would you swim with these gentle creatures?

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Moebius' 'Willow' Illustrations Are A Fantasy Come True

G is For Gir (Jean Henri Gaston "Moebius" Giraud)
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud went by a few nicknames. The most commonly known was is "Moebius," but he also went by Gir.

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French comics artist, working in the French tradition of bandes dessinées. Giraud earned worldwide fame, predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir (used for the Blueberry series), the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings. - Wikipedia

Someone said that Moebius either worked on, or had an influence in, the greatest science-fiction films ever made. He worked on Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element, Star Wars V, and Jodorowsky's unmade adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. His use of color and detail is legendary and it was a sad day when he died earlier this year.

George Lucas approached him in late 1980s to work on his fantasy film Willow.

Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas and starring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes. Davis plays the eponymous lead character and hero: a reluctant farmer who plays a critical role in protecting a special baby from a tyrannical queen in a sword and sorcery setting. - Wikipedia

You can see more of Moebius life and art at http://www.moebius.fr.

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