Cradle: Unsouled - The Animatic Movie

This is the two-hour animatic movie adaptation of the first two books in the Cradle series funded by the Kickstarter campaign we ran in 2024! Enjoy this journey through Unsouled and Soulsmith. This animatic was directed and hand-drawn by veteran animators Jay Oliva and David Hartman of Lex + Otis Studios. It includes an original score and a top-notch voice cast featuring Matt Mercer, Steve Blum, Travis Baldree, Kari Wahlgren, Phil LaMarr, Baraka May, Sumalee Montano, Matthew Yang King, Morla Gorrondona and Maxine Phoenix.  The script was written by Will Wight himself with the help of Cradle fanatic and writer/producer Cory Gustke. Original score composed by Frederik Wiedmann. Even though it is black and white and hand-drawn, we would rate this as PG-13. There is quite a bit of violence. An “animatic” is the step before full animation. Since it is hand-drawn, the character designs aren’t perfectly consistent from scene to scene. If we were able to pair with a studio to fully animate this project, the characters would be “on model” and look consistent (like our fully animated concept trailer linked below) and the motion would be fluid. We have real hope of that happening because of the funding of this animatic project. Thank you to everyone who donated to make this happen! You can watch director Dave Hartman talk about the next steps that would lead to full animation here:    • Interview with Cradle Animatic Co-Director...   (minute 8:35) Fully animated concept trailer:    • Cradle Animated Concept Trailer   Visit our website: https://www.willwight.com