''The Clockwork Girl'' is a 2014 Canadian

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film based on the comic book series ''

Clockwork Girl ''The Clockwork Girl'' is an all-ages/science fiction/fantasy comic series created by Sean O'Reilly and Kevin Hanna, that ran for five issues and was published in a collected edition for the first time in 2008. ''Clockwork Girl'' tells the tal ...

'', created by Sean O’Reilly and Kevin Hanna. It is directed by Kevin Hanna. It stars

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and

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Plot

In a world watched over by the Ancients (a police-like military force resembling

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s), there lived A town called Haraway, where everyone builds marvelous inventions and create strange creatures, but unfortunately a strange sickness called "The Blight" has rendered almost the population to fall ill and making some of there limbs useless which made the townsfolk to seek aid from two brilliant scientists. This has made the city to split into separate factions between machinery and biological engineering and refuse to work together due to their different ideas. One day, a nameless robot girl has recently been given the gift of life from her mechanical creator, while exploring the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an mutant boy named Huxley (who was created with two hearts) and they share a friendship that must overcome their warring families.

Cast

as Admiral Wells *

as Tesla *

as Huxley *

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as T-Bolt *

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as Wilhelm the Tinkerer
Adrian Hough
as Dendrus * Tyler Nicol as Barnaby the Marmokeet * Kevin Hanna as See-Monster, and misc Marmokeets

Production

With the release of the ''

'' comic book series in 2007, co-creators Kevin Hanna and Sean O’Reilly confirmed they were working on an animated short adaptation. In July 2008, Arcana announced that it had received funding from

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to develop the concept into a movie. Jennica Harper joined as the film's writer in September 2008. A teaser for the movie was screened at the

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in July 2009. A

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animated feature was formally announced in July 2010 at the San Diego Comic-Con, with Hanna acting as the director and O'Reilly serving as producer. Luximation, a studio in

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created specifically for the project, was confirmed to be animating it. At the same time,

and

were cast in undisclosed roles, and funding from South Korean company

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was received. The following November, the film officially entered production, with

and

joining the cast. At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the film was previewed once again, with Arcana and co-production partner Legacy Filmworks noting that it would "release internationally in 2012."

Release

''The Clockwork Girl'' premiered in Canada on Super Channel on January 12, 2014. The film would see little distribution until 2021, when

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acquired U.S. rights to the movie. It was released in the United Kingdom through

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platforms on January 11, 2021, with a theatrical release set for June 8, 2021 in the United States.

References

External links

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