Thursday, 24 July 2008

BBC in Olympic collaboration with Jamie Hewlitt and Damon Albarn

The men behind Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlitt and Damon Albarn, have teamed up with the BBC to provide an innovative promotional campaign for the BBC's Olympic Coverage.

The video, which can be seen here, is an animated version of the 1970s show Monkey. It features the epic journey of the principal character and his friends to the Olympic Stadium in Beijing.

Hewlitt is currently working on another series of Phoo Action for BBC Three, while his collaboration with Albarn will move on from the Royal Opera House show of Monkey: Journey to the West to a mysterious project called Carousel
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Albarn and Hewlitt have achieved critical and popular acclaim for their work with Gorillaz, the cartoon band who have also had an innovative live-action tour using huge projected images.

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