Watch: Proof of Concept for Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Black Night’ Film

Watch: Proof of Concept for Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Black Night’ Film

by Alex Billington
September 26, 2025
Source: Instagram

Meet the Black Knight. Animation master Genndy Tartakovsky has revealed a first look proof-of-concept promo for a project he has been working on. Tartakovsky is well known as one of the contemporary masters of animation, creator of “Dexter’s Laboratory”, “Samurai Jack”, “Sym-Bionic Titan”, “Star Wars: Clone Wars”, “Primal”, and “Unicorn: Warriors Eternal”. His most recent movie was Fixed, which Netflix picked up and released this year after the studio dropped it. He has another project that is in limbo as well. Black Night is a project that Genndy was developing with Sony Pictures Animation. The intro: “After failing to protect his king, a highly skilled and faithful knight must transform into the Black Knight to save the kingdom.” Set during the 14th century, this suit of armor is actually controlled by someone inside. Genndy explains Sony is unsure if there’s an audience for it, so he went rogue and posted this clip on his Instagram hoping to show people and get a reaction from potential audience members… So – would you watch a movie about this guy?

Thanks to Twitter for the tip on this video debuting. Genndy Tartakovsky explains more about this Black Knight project via his IG: “Well, this might get me in trouble… But gotta try a new strategy. About 6 years ago we started development on a more adult animated action movie, The Black Knight. We developed it for a few years, the studio liked what we were doing but they were unsure if there is an audience that would go see it theatrically. We made a down and dirty test, and still no go. So to try something different I thought I would share the test to see if it can get a ground swell of excitement that would change the studio’s mind. I won’t share the details of the story except for one element, our Knight Armor is 20 feet high and controlled by a knight inside using ropes, pulleys, and levers. The setting is around the 14th century… Anyways, I’ve already said too much…” The Black Knight info lists Genndy Tartakovsky as director, with Patrick Burleigh and Tartakovsky as the writers. Maybe they will let them finish the movie one day? Stay tuned… Thoughts?

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