It’s time for a new Jurassic adventure! We have a fun new clip from the upcoming animated Polish-Czech-Slovak feature Diplodocus. The hybrid CG animation/live-action feature by writer-director Wojtek Wawszczyk premiered at the Annecy Intl. Animation Festival in June to positive reviews.

The film, which is produced by Maks Sikora and his team at Poland’s Human Film studio,  Jiri Mika of the Czech studio PFX, and Silvia Panakova from DayHey in Slovakia, is inspired by the popular cult comic books of Tadeusz Baranowski.  A combination of live-action sequences with CG animation, the family-targeting comedy has already sold to over 109 countries worldwide and will be distributed by Gebeka Films internationally.
Diplodocus offers a special meta twist about a cartoonist and his creation.
Watch the new clip below:

Diplodocus is an animated family comedy with a live-action twist. The story centers on a little dinosaur named Diplodocus who is dreaming of an adventure. One day, his parents and the world around him disappear under mysterious circumstances. The plotline takes a unique twist as Diplodocus finds himself living within the pages of a comic book created by the underrated artist, Ted. To save his loved ones, Diplo and his friends must overcome their own doubts and insecurities, while also inspiring Ted to believe in himself and his creations once again. The movie offers a meta twist as the dinosaur finds himself living in the pages of a comic-book.
Wojtek Wawszcyzk

Earlier this year, Wawszczyk told Animation Magazine, “The very story of the creation of Diplodocus is material for a movie script. The number of unlucky events we went through along the way is downright absurd. When we handed out Diplodocus mascots at the Annecy festival ten years ago, we had a tentative dream that someday right here we would have a chance to show the finished film. I had a vision of an extremely complex film, combining impressive CG animation and live-action scenes. So difficult that it was almost unfeasible. The fact that we are able to share the film with the world at the Annecy Festival in June, after a decade of work, seems unreal!”
Maks Sikora
Diplodocus producer Maks Sikora added, “Years back when we decided to go on this journey, I knew that it would be extremely hard to finance a project like this, which was a 3D animated feature for a family audience in a country where no one had done it before. So there would be no initial trust and faith from investors, financial institutions, sales agents and  co-producers.  Over the years the costs kept increasing and the budget was rising, but we were determined to finish it because we had put so much effort and heart in it.”
Gebeka Films is handling worldwide sales for “Diplodocus.”
Diplodocus will premiere in Poland on Oct. 2, with followed by other territories in the fourth quarter of 2024 and early 2025. For more info, visit www.diplo.film.

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