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A Fantastic Finale A suspenseful feature offers a satisfying ending to Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters saga.
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he end is in sight for our favorite trolls, aliens and wizards. That’s right, almost five years (and 53 episodes) after Guillermo del Toro and his talented team introduced us to the Tales of Arcadia saga, the characters from the Emmy-winning trilogy (Trollhunters, 3Below and Wizards) join forces for a deeply satisfying feature-size finale on Netflix this month. Featuring the voices of top stars such as Kelsey Grammer, Nick Offerman, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Colin O’Donoghue, Tatiana Maslany, Lexi Medrano, Alfred Molina and Steven Yeun, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans is directed by Johane Matte, Andrew L. Schmidt and Francisco Ruiz Velasco. It was written by del Toro, Marc Guggenheim, Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman, who serve as exec producers alongside Chad Hammes. The movie finds Jim and his fellow heroes trying to join forces to prevent Arcane Order leaders Bellroc and Skrael from unleashing dark magic that would destroy humanity. However, since the Amulet of Daylight has been destroyed, Jim has doubts about being a good Trollhunter, while Bellroc and Skrael try to lure Nari back to the Arcane Order for their evil plan to succeed.
Three’s an Evil Crowd: The Arcane Order is out to take over all the worlds intersecting in Arcadia in DreamWorks’ epic, character-packed feature finale.
Lots of Characters and Emotions “We always hoped these three series could culminate with a massive ‘all-stars’ reunion,” says del Toro. “We wanted the feature to improve and expand but to also deliver more scope, more spectacle ... more emotion, too. We are very proud of Tales of Arcadia and extremely eager to deliver this spectacular finale.” “While we were making Trollhunters, those in the know knew we were going to make two more television series from our world of Arcadia,” says Hammes. “As 3Below and Wizards incubated, the Tales of Arcadia was born. Almost from the beginning, I remember Guillermo saying
that the studio should allow us to make a movie as the final chapter to the three TV series.” Schmidt adds, “I had heard discussions about this early on during Trollhunters. Long before I joined the project, the series had originally started as a film, so it only seems fitting that after such a long, epic journey, a feature film would be a fitting capstone.” According to the creative team, they all had an idea of where they wanted to finish, but like all journeys, they needed to figure out the exact road to get there. As Ruiz Velasco points out, “There was a lot of writing and brainstorming involved.” Hammes mentions that it only took a couple of
www.animationmagazine.net 20 august 21
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