War Is Over!, Inspired by John Lennon, Gets New Trailer

January 12, 2024 @ 10:03 AM

“War Is Over!,” inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s timeless track “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” is among the computer animated brief movies trying an Oscar election this year and simply obtained chosen for the Annie Honor. And we have the new trailer, which you can view above.

The brief is embeded in an alternative background Globe War I, where 2 bear up contrary sides of the problem take part in a video game of chess by means of a determined provider pigeon.

As the combating intensifies, so as well does the video game. It’s definitely lovely and deeply relocating– a tale of survival, sociability and appeal in the middle of warmed fight. The computer animation is a surprising mix of 3D computer system animation boosted by 2D embellishments, like “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” or Netflix’s “Arcane.”

Composed and routed by Dave Mullins, a long time Pixar animator and the maker of 2017’s brief “Lou” (concerning an animal composed of thrown out products from a primary school play area), and created by Brad Booker.

Sean Ono Lennon and Yoko Ono work as executive manufacturers. The computer animation was created by Peter Jackson’s Wētā FX making use of Legendary Gamings’ Unreal Engine. And ball game for “War Is Over!” was made up by Thomas Newman, that made up ball game for Pixar faves “Finding Nemo,” “WALL•E” and, most lately, “Elemental.”