Untitled Animated Film | Gore Verbinski & Roger Deakins

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So when Collider’s own Steve Weintraub spoke with Verbinski recently for an exclusive interview tied to Rango’s 10th anniversary, he was thrilled to learn that the director is plotting his return to the animation realm

“I’m working on two animated movies that I can’t really talk about,” Verbinski revealed. “I’m working on two screenplays… they’re both animated movies. They’re not Westerns. One is a musical.”

Verbinski cautioned, however, that it’s still early days on the projects. “These are so many years out. They take so long that I just… I mean, it’s way too early to talk about them.”

The filmmaker didn’t have many more details than that, but he did reveal that Deakins will be involved in these new animated films. “He was like my first call on these two animated movies I’m making now,” Verbinski said. “I was like, ‘Roger, are you in?’ So one of them I’ve pitched him in detail, so he’s going to be coming back and helping us out… really in the shot production of it. He’s busy. He’s very busy.” ¥