What is The Eighth Sea: Prelude?

The Eighth Sea: Prelude is a stop-motion animated comedic short film directed and written by Sean Valutkevich. It follows the over confident, yet ill-experienced pirate, Captain Peele Jr. (Josh Brazinski) as he fights to retrieve the map to the treasure his late father was searching for from the clutches of long time rival/nemesis(ish), Captain Avarice (Nick Huapaya).

The Eighth Sea: Prelude is currently in post-production, with a planned film festival run upon completion. The goal of the short film is to introduce some of the world and characters, as well as the pop-up book inspired art style, for future projects such as a feature animated film. 

This feature length project would continue the story of the Prelude. Leading Peele, Avarice, and others on an adventure after Peele is tricked by a deceased pirate legend, Darkbeard, into reviving him and unleashing the mythical Eighth Sea onto the world. A dark, all-consuming sea of souls consuming land masses, sea creatures and people as it spreads across the world like a plague. Leaving nothing but black, murky waters and sickly dark skies. At it's center, and the center of Darkbeard's attention, a magical treasure that, as legends say, allows one to communicate with and wield the powers of darkness itself.