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Der 7bte Zwerg (The 7th Dwarf) is a new animated film currently in production by German companies Zipfelmützen Film and Erfttal Film. The animated feature is an expansion of the live-action Seven Dwarves franchise, which has thus far resulted in two popular German films: Seven Dwarves: Men Alone in the Wood (2004) and Seven Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006).
Based on early descriptions of the film, the story centers around Bubi, the seventh dwarf, who accidentally pricks a sleeping princess, triggering the curse of an evil ice queen and sending the entire kingdom into a century-long slumber. He and his six cohorts then travel into the future with a charming prince and a suicidal dragon in an effort to save their fairy tale kingdom.
It is directed by actor Boris Aljinovic and the late Harald Siepermann and will be distributed by Universal Pictures Germany. Siepermann, who passed away last February, was an accomplished character designer and visual development artist whose work was seen in Disney’s Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove and Enchanted, among others. The 7th Dwarf, which was to be Siepermann’s first animated feature as a director, will be released at the end of January 2014, almost one year after his passing.
Siepermann’s influence can be seen in these visdev pieces by Paolo Giandoso. It’s a pity the same can’t be said for the teaser trailer, however, we remain optimistic.
(Thanks, Florian Satzinger, via Cartoon Brew’s news submission forum)
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Uli Meyer writes this morning with sad news:
My old friend Harald Siepermann has passed away this morning. He was suffering from cancer. Harald was one of the foremost character designers, an incredible artist and wonderful human being.
Siepermann was 50 years old. Born in Bochum, Germany, he studied art and illustration at the Folkwang School in Essen, where one of his teachers was Hans Bacher. Siepermann began his career working for ad agencies in Düsseldorf, London, and Zürich.
In the mid-1980s, Siepermann became the character designer for Alfred J. Kwak, a character that originally appeared in a Dutch theater show created by entertainer Herman van Veen. The resulting comics and TV series, which he worked on closely with his former teacher Bacher, have appeared in dozens of countries.
Following the series, Siepermann began working in animation regularly. His first feature film credit was story sketch on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was his character designs for which he was most sought after, and he contributed visual development to numerous Disney features including Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove, Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, and Enchanted, as well as to films from other studios such as Jester Till and Space Chimps. Visit his BLOG to see a selection of his character design work.
Siepermann, who frequently lectured about character design, was also a regular attendee of the Annecy animation festival. While I can’t admit to being close friends with him, I got to know Harald as a festival friend over the past decade, and I shared many pleasant conversations with him at picnics, cafes and parties at Annecy. My memories of him are always as an affable and easygoing artist who was deeply committed to his art. I’m sorry I won’t get any more chances to see him at the festival.
For German speakers, here is the first part of a TV interview with Harald:
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