Puppetcore

Even though we’ve been at it for over a decade every day feels like a rush! Happy Friday, everybody

We got some fantastic feedback from everyone who screamed the Film. Thank you so much. Just did a vague rewrite based on this cutting seven minutes from the Film and really tightening up the narrative. We’re getting closer and closer every day to making the world’s greatest album but monster movie if I can get all these notes done in time. I’d like to drop a screener tomorrow to see how it’s working. Our goal is to lock the cut on Monday and Film all next week.

Pushing hard on the edit. Thanks for all the fantastic feedback. I may have a new cut soon. Here’s a little slice of joy in my life.

We spent over two years building puppets, and sets for the trailer for Frank & Zed.

From the start, I knew I wanted one super-epic shot right before the title reveal—

The problem is…
the first version we did was terrible.

It just didn't work.

So we went back to the drawing board— it had to be way bigger.

We made a bunch of custom puppets, including a fire breather, and piled on every trick we could to cram as much scale, chaos, and energy into a single shot as possible.

If you want a full breakdown of how we pulled this shot off, that’s exactly the kind of stuff we share inside the Puppet Monster Club—all the behind-the-scenes, problem solving, and trial-and-error that goes into making this kind of thing work.

And if you just want updates on the movie as it keeps coming together, you can follow along by signing up for our mailing list at puppetcore.com.

This week in the world of Frank & Zed… we’ve got a pretty dope giveaway.

Inside the Awesome Box this week is an actual screen-used severed puppet hand from the movie.

The Awesome Box is where we’re dumping all the strange, handmade artifacts created while making the world’s greatest all-puppet monster movie — props, storyboards, creature pieces, weird experiments, happy accidents, and bits of movie history that would otherwise just live in boxes in our studio.

When everything is built by hand, you end up creating a lot of stuff. And honestly? We’d rather get some of it into your hands.

This giveaway is a special thank you to everyone supporting us on Patreon and helping us finish the film. ❤️

If you want a chance to win this beautifully horrifying little piece of puppet cinema history, join us over at the Puppet Monster Club.

Who wouldn’t want a severed puppet hand?

We’re building today! At long last, we’re headed back to the castle thank you everyone who’s been supporting us on Patreon and pre-ordering the Blu-ray. You have made this possible.