Gossip Goblin says Gods Don't Give Gifts employed 30 people
Gossip Goblin says his self-financed film Gods Don't Give Gifts employed 30 people over more than nine months. The production involved writers, voice actors, composers, a foley artist and a post-production team.
TL;DR
- Gods Don't Give Gifts employed 30 people and was self-financed, according to the director's reply about funding.
- Production took more than nine months, with writers, voice actors, musicians and post-production staff in his crew breakdown.
- The soundtrack contains no AI music, the director said in a reply about the score.
- The film is due in theaters December 4, with a Best Animated Feature Oscar submission planned in Fable's announcement thread.
The published credits name Zack London and Jacob Batchelor as screenwriters and list a 107-minute runtime. The film's official world-building includes debtors transferred into animal bodies and aristocrats wheeling unmodified humans into dinner parties as entertainment.
Thirty people, nine months
Zack London, the film's director and the creator behind Gossip_Goblin, says the production was self-financed and employed 30 people. “It wouldn’t exist otherwise,” he wrote.
His refreshingly specific breakdown lists these roles, alongside more than nine months of work:
- Two writers.
- Eleven voice actors.
- Four composers or musicians.
- Nine core creatives.
- Five post-production staff, including a foley artist.
London also says the nine core creatives all have film, television or entertainment backgrounds in his reply about the production.
Four musicians, no AI score
One primary composer leads the score, with supporting musicians contributing to particular segments, London explained in a follow-up. He separately stated that the film contains “0 AI music.”
World-building down to the props
The trailer introduces four interconnected stories on Niiro Cradle, where bodies are disposable and consciousness has become a commodity.
London describes AI as enabling a small team to construct an extravagant world down to its smallest props in a statement published by Variety. His examples run from leviathans, spaceships and talking apes to “the scuffed up sneakers on a background extra.”
He has encouraged followers to read more and promised a behind-the-scenes documentary “quite soon.”
December 4 screenings and an Oscar campaign
Fable's announcement thread says the trailer will play in U.S. theaters, with posters in theater lobbies. The company is also promoting the film's R rating and planned Best Animated Feature submission.
The release moved from October 30 to December 4 to bring it closer to Oscar campaign season, according to Variety's October 6 report. Fable's planned campaign includes:
- Advance screenings for Academy voters.
- Pre-release screenings for critics.
- Los Angeles billboard advertising in November.
No distributor had been disclosed in that report. Screening cities are listed as “Being Announced Soon” on the official film site, which is collecting email signups for screening announcements.