Report: Legend of Destruction Animated Film To Get English Dubbed Adaptation

The Israeli-produced adult animated drama Legend of Destruction is getting an English dubbed adaptation with some big names at the helm. According to Deadline, Oscar Isaac, Elliott Gould, Evangeline Lilly, Billy Zane and Marilu Henner, with more to follow, have joined the English dub of the film directed by Gidi Dar.

The plot is a historical epic described through the perspective of six historical figures in Roman-controlled Judaea during the late Second Temple period, and is based on historical sources such as the Talmud and Josephus’ The Jewish War, which tells the story of the Great Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire. At the same time, Jewish society was torn apart by a bloody civil war that culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple.

The film was produced by Lama Films and Eddie King Films, with the assistance of the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts – Cinema Project; Yaki Donitz Productions; The Jerusalem Film and Television Project; Gesher Multicultural Film Fund; Avi Chai; the Maimonides Fund; Channels HOT8 and Kan 11 under the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation; Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts; and the Cultural Administration and the Israeli Film Council belonging to the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport.

The film is not produced using traditional animation techniques, but by editing about 1,500 still paintings illustrated by David Polonsky and Michael Faust, not unlike the feature-length Vincent that was released a few years ago. 

The feature-length of Legend of Destruction took about eight years that were spent developing and producing the film which involved everything including sketches, storyboarding, putting together the actual paintings and more.