Jim Carrey’s Lost Mr. Limpet 4K — Concept Art, Tests & Why It Never Happened

Jim Carrey nearly became Henry Limpet. In this video I break down the unmade Incredible Mr. Limpet remake: rare concept art, design choices for the Carrey fish, what the tests aimed to capture, and how the project stalled. I also place it next to the 1964 original and the long history of live-action/animation hybrids. What you’ll see: • High-resolution concept art and design boards (silent, no film audio) • A quick primer on the 1964 Don Knotts classic • How Carrey’s elastic face informed the character’s proportions • The development path and the reasons it never swam to screen • What later attempts tell us about the project’s legacy If you enjoy deep dives into unmade movies and lost media, hit subscribe for more at 5pm UK most days. ⚠️ Use & credit: Visuals shown only for critique, commentary, and education. No audio from the films or studios is used. All rights remain with their respective owners; artists are credited and below. Concept art / visual development • Bob Camp – concept art & character sketches of “Jim Carrey as a fish” (caricatures from Dumb & Dumber frames; multiple sheets on his blog).  • Richard Dolan – visual development / concept art shared online (credited in compiled development notes).  Facial modeling / tests (R&D tied to the Carrey version) • Hiroki Itokazu – modeled a realistic CG head of Jim Carrey and muscle-based blendshape system during the Mr. Limpet test phase at Warner Bros.  • Lance Williams – technical architect who documented the methodology linking the Carrey/Limpet tests to later face-animation research.  Sculpt / art & test contributors referenced in development summaries (some tied to later 2005–08 iterations as the project evolved) • Tom Hester – face sculpts; Joe Hester – character maquettes.  • Harry Sabin / David Lux – storyboards.  • Walter P. Martishius – matte paintings.  • Mark Farquhar, Bryant Reif – animation tests.  • Barry Reynolds – character design credited on the Zach Galifianakis-era exploration. #JimCarrey #MrLimpet #UnmadeMovies #LostMedia #FilmHistory #animation