News ► Takeshi Nozue on the potential of a Kingdom Hearts CG Film

[Oracle Spockanort]

Takeshi Nozue is known by many as co-director of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and director of Visual Work's second feature film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, but many Kingdom Hearts fans know him for his work as movie director and movie supervisor for the entire Kingdom Hearts series.

Director Nozue was recently interviewed by WCCF Tech following the limited theatrical release of Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV about his work on the film and was asked about working on a potential Kingdom Hearts film in the future.

– You’ve also worked on Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II as the movie director. Would you like to direct an actual film based on Kingdom Hearts if such a project was greenlighted?

Nozue: Answering the call of the audience matters more to me than working a particular franchise. Kingdom Hearts or not, if it’s something the fans want, I’m happy to give it a try.

You can read the full interview with director Nozue on Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV on WCCF Tech's website.

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[gosoxtim]

it depends on disney though and what they want to do

 

[Muke]

I WANT IT
PLEASE
;A;

 

[The_Echo]

In a way, I feel like a KH movie would be redundant, because the cutscenes are already pretty dang good.
Also we're literally getting a movie in Back Cover.

But on the other hand I'd totally watch it anyway and buy the Blu-ray special edition with 0.1 seconds of new footage for 129 US dollars

 

[Alpha Baymax]

If this happens, I can see Walt Disney Pictures being the distributor and Square Enix being the development studio. I really want the Kingdom Hearts movies to go through the Disney Story/Brain Trust process that Disney Animation and Pixar use. It's been fullproof with providing quality movies for Disney.

 

[Xickin]

I want it, but only if it's solely by Square Enix and not Disney.

 

[Sephiroth0812]

We already have a movie on start with Back Cover, have we not?

 

[gosoxtim]

sqaure might make them movie while disney can market to people like the general audience

We already have a movie on start with Back Cover, have we not?

that just cutscenes turn into a movie

 

[Alpha Baymax]

I want it, but only if it's solely by Square Enix and not Disney.

Square Enix's track records of movies is Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. Disney is far better at creating movies because they are a media conglomerate who best specialise in feature animated films. Besides, Kingdom Hearts is copyright to Disney anyway. Why would you not want Disney involved in their owned property?

 

[Chaser]

that just cutscenes turn into a movie

It's really not. It's more than that.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

We already have a movie on start with Back Cover, have we not?

Not a full-length CG film.

They made Back Cover in Unreal Engine 4 and while it looks gorgeous from what we've seen, it's also not film quality.

 

[OathkeeperRoxas XIII]

How you think battles will be like in a CG movie, will they be long or short, also will the movies use the game lighting engine?

 

[The_Echo]

that just cutscenes turn into a movie

That was the case for Days and Re:coded, however Back Cover is not an adaptation, but a separate side of the story being developed as a movie from the start.

 

[gosoxtim]

It's really not. It's more than that.

yeah true but still it not really a big movie like kingsglave in term of theater wise

 

[ultima-demi]

I'm all for a KH film with the same quality as Disney's film.

 

[reimeille]

As long as it's done in collaboration with Disney's story team I'm happy... I swear pretty much everything they touch turns to gold. If I'm being honest... I don't think I'd want Square to do it solo, or at least be the primary team working on it. I know that doesn't match up to how things usually work for the franchise, but it's still just my personal dream.

I tell myself "don't be picky, be grateful it's possible" but really KH means so much to me that I can't help but be picky

 

[gosoxtim]

if they do make a movie where would they start with or make a movie in the new saga for a fresh start plus would nomura make the movie cannon?

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

As long as it's done in collaboration with Disney's story team I'm happy... I swear pretty much everything they touch turns to gold. If I'm being honest... I don't think I'd want Square to do it solo, or at least be the primary team working on it. I know that doesn't match up to how things usually work for the franchise, but it's still just my personal dream.

I tell myself "don't be picky, be grateful it's possible" but really KH means so much to me that I can't help but be picky

This.

I want Disney directors and screenwriters, Nomura as consultant and base story (and they keep him involved the entire way! This is important!), and Visual Works with access to Disney's animation technology animating. Imagine what they could do with everything Disney has! They already make gorgeous visuals with the tech they have, but damn.

 

[FudgemintGuardian]

Well, we're kinda already getting a film with Back Cover. Even if it's not a full-length film it's still a film. And I hope it's well received to the point they do stuff like that again in the future, like shorts and whatnot for the more under-developed characters (i.e pretty much everybody.)

May only issue with having a full-length CG film is....Kingdom Hearts is already CG. If a full-length film were to ever happen, it should be different from what we've already seen. It should be....a traditional 2D animated movie! With 100% Disney magic! ~*~*

 

[reimeille]

This.

I want Disney directors and screenwriters, Nomura as consultant and base story (and they keep him involved the entire way! This is important!), and Visual Works with access to Disney's animation technology animating. Imagine what they could do with everything Disney has! They already make gorgeous visuals with the tech they have, but damn.

Yes! That's exactly how I'd always imagined it! Disney is absolutely top-notch when it comes to movies, and I think they'd do best as the main team... but it's very important that Nomura still has involvement (as with any adaptation). Visual Works is great but Disney tech I think still surpasses it, so giving them access to it would be perfect -- but I wouldn't mind if WDAS was the one animating either.

Ugh, just talking about this has me wanting to faint... THANKS NOZUE FOR GETTING MY HOPES UP I'M NEVER GONNA STOP NOWWW