The Buried Giant
As of June 2, 2026, The Buried Giant is a feature film that is in development. The production companies attached are ShadowMachine and Netflix. Attached are director Guillermo del Toro and writer Dennis Kelly. Its listed shoot locations are Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA. Production List last updated this listing on June 2, 2026.
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Project Summary
The Buried Giant is an ambitious stop-motion animated feature in development at Netflix, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Based on Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 fantasy novel, the film follows elderly couple Axl and Beatrice as they traverse a mythical post-Arthurian England where collective amnesia clouds the land. Del Toro is co-writing the screenplay with Dennis Kelly, adapting a story about memory, loss, and the buried traumas of war. ShadowMachine, the Portland and Los Angeles-based animation studio behind del Toro's Oscar-winning Pinocchio, will serve as the production home base. At a recent BFI Fellowship ceremony in London, del Toro confirmed the project is gearing up but cautioned it will take years to complete due to the painstaking nature of stop-motion work. Ron Perlman has been confirmed to join the voice cast. This strictly adult-oriented animated epic represents Netflix's continued partnership with del Toro in pushing the boundaries of stop-motion storytelling.
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Cast & Crew
Directing
| Director | Guillermo del Toro |
Writing
| Writer | Guillermo del Toro |
| Writer | Dennis Kelly |
Production
| Producer | Guillermo del Toro |
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/the-buried-giant (last updated Jun 2, 2026).