First trailer for Netflix holiday special ‘Alien Xmas’ released
Netflix have today released the first official trailer for their upcoming stop-motion holiday special Alien Xmas, directed by industry veteran Stephen Chiodo and based on his children’s book Chiodo Bros.’ Alien Xmas. The film tells the story of the diminutive but big-hearted alien X, who discovers that “in a world full of stuff, things aren’t meant to be taken, but given”.
When a race of kleptomaniac aliens attempts to steal Earth’s gravity in order to more easily take everything on the planet, only the gift-giving spirit of Christmas and a small alien named X can save the world.
A long-established special effects director whose earlier stop-motion projects go back to Tim Burton’s 1982 animated short Vincent as well as the 1980 feature film I Go Pogo, Chiodo is also known for directing the live-action 1988 cult classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Alongside teaching stop-motion animation at the California Institute of the Arts, as president and creative director of Chiodo Bros. Productions Inc. his notable work has included the stop motion character animation for the 2003 feature film Elf, creating marionettes for Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Team America- World Police as well as several segments for The Simpsons and pilots for CNN, ShowTime, Relativity Media and the Disney Channel.
The special is produced by Edward Chiodo and exec produced by Jon Favreau, David Ellender, Sander Schwartz, Karen Gilchrist, Charles Chiodo. Stephen Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Jim Strain, with a cast including Keythe Farley, Dee Bradley Baker, Kaliayh Rhambo, Michelle Deco and Barbara Goodson.
Alien Xmas lands on Netflix November 20th