The Cancelled Marvin The Martian Movie

 In my previous post about the Reel FX Looney Tunes shorts, I mentioned that one of the failed attempts to bring one of the characters into the realm of CG in a feature film was Marvin The Martian. 

Cartoon Pictures and Video for Yule Be Sorry | BCDB

Now, while this film never got made, there was some test footage released for it back in 2012. I remember not only seeing the test footage at that time, but even using for the basis of a presentation on the history of CG and how it evolved for a public speaking competition. 

Entitled "Marvin The Martian in Yule Be Sorry", the movie was going to follow Marvin wanting to destroy Christmas only to get trapped in a box by Santa Claus and shipped to a trouble making kid: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw9bwr

Watch! Marvin the Martian in “Yule Be Sorry” | the m0vie blog


Running at a good three minutes, it's not anything spectacular, but it's good to get some idea of what they were going for in both the tone and the CG look of Marvin. I think out of everything showcased in the footage the highlight IS Marvin's model.  

Weird-O on Twitter: "There's been a noticeable lack of Marvin when it comes to footage we have seen for Space Jam 2 despite him appearing on clothes, having his own toys, and

Test Reels for Hong Kong Phooey and Marvin The Martian Leak Online | Unleash The Fanboy

The CG model stays very true to the design of Marvin without making any big changes to how iconic look. The only thing they changed were giving him irises instead of the black dot eyes his 2D model has. I also like how expressive the CG animators were able to make and really capture the essence and movements of the characters. They even managed too to throw in his iconic walk and have it really work in CGI. 

While I doubt the movie would've been any good, It's nice to know that at least in the footage they were on the right track in terms of capturing the personality go the character and bringing him into the realm of computer graphics. 


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