Oscar winner animator’s new project
The first episode of 26 minutes will deal with Christmas: the hoppies make and collect gifts for children while trying to protect the environment. According to producers Péter Tiborszky and Tamás Salusinszky due to the subject this series can be continued endlessly if the finances are available.
Ferenc Rófusz will draw the characters by hand which will be animated in 2D and completed after digitally with 3D elements. Currently the first episode is in pre-production, the characters are already designed, and the storyboard, the script and the animatic is under development. The budget of one episode will be around 300 000 euros plus postproduction costs. They think that there are also a lot of secondary possibilities of the project like applications for computers and mobile phones.