Seth MacFarlane continues to add to his slate of projects at NBCUniversal. Universal Studio Group's UCP and Peacock have landed rights to viral short film Skywatch in a competitive situation, The 10-minute proof of concept short, written and directed by former Pixar artist Colin Levy, was created over six years with help from volunteer artists, led by VFX supervisor Sandro Blattner, and a Kickstarter campaign (and features a brief appearance by Jude Law).
MacFarlane will executive produce via his Fuzzy Door Productions. Skywatch centers on a teenager who hacks into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to play a prank on a school bully.
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