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The Gorillaz movie, currently referred to on the Internet Movie Database as the Untitled Gorillaz Project, is an upcoming film based on the virtual band Gorillaz. Very little is known about the movie so far, except that it is supposed to be a whole new story, featuring the characters as actors, rather than themselves. It is also suggested that the movie's soundtrack will be the next Gorillaz album.


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In 2002, there were plans made for a Gorillaz movie, but it was soon abandoned due to Jamie Hewlett's dissatisfaction with many of the proposed scripts. However, Hewlett has recently stated that they will produce the film on their own. Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company is also said to be collaborating with Albarn and Hewlett.[1] On September 30, 2006, in an interview with UNCUT, Albarn was reported as saying "Gorillaz has been a fantastic journey which isn't over, because we're making a film. We've got Terry Gilliam involved."[2]

In an interview by Gorillaz-Unofficial with Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and dialogue writer Cass Browne, it was revealed that the band will act as other characters presenting a new story. Hewlett said the script should be finished by February and animation will begin shortly afterwards but no release date has been confirmed or scheduled.[3]

“ Yeah. We've got this idea - and I'm not going to tell you the idea because we have to keep some secrets. But I had this idea when I was driving in my car one day, then I told Cass, and he made it better, then we talked about it more, and we finished up by making it really good. We told Damon about it, and we all got really excited about it. It's just a perfect idea. If we weren't excited about it, we'd stop it immediately, as there's nothing worse than being accused of flogging a dead horse. And the soundtrack will be the third album. Damon will do the soundtrack, which will be the soundtrack, which will be the third album. ”
—Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz-Unofficial interview


However, by April 2007 the script was being rewritten substancially, and as September 2007 the script is presumably still being worked on or finished, with Damon adding he'd like production to start in the Fall.