Sir Anthony Hopkins, the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Oscar-winning icon of film, television, and theater, has partnered with Web3 media company Orange Comet for an upcoming series of NFT drops showcasing his work as an artist, according to information shared with nft now during an early press junket with the actor.
The project, called The Eternal Collection, includes three drops centered around a set of 10 digital animations of Hopkins digitally rendered as interpretations of various Jungian character archetypes the actor has portrayed throughout his career. Their designs also incorporate aspects of Hopkins’ work as a painter.
Its tentative release date is September 16, on OpenSea.
The project gets its name from the classic, enduring archetypes of the collection’s theme, which Hopkins worked with the Orange Comet team to develop. The animations, which feature hyper-realistic digital renderings of Hopkins’ face, include the archetypes of the Hero, the Rebel, the Magician, the Sage, the Ruler, the Explorer, the Lover, the Creator, the Giver, and the Jester. They will be roughly 30 to 45 seconds in length. Each of the 10 animations will feature a separate release of 100 PFP variants of their particular Jungian character theme, for a total of 1,000 NFTs in the PFP portion of the drop.
Orange Comet will also auction off a special 1 of 1 NFT, a unique edit of all the 10 character animations combined into a single piece. Hopkins will donate a portion of the proceeds from the auctioned work to a charity of his choosing.
All three tiers of the collection — the 1 of 1 Iconic NFT, the 10 Legendary animations, and the 1,000 Distinguished PFPs — will come with varying utility, like IRL events, autographed physical prints of the NFT artwork, and exclusive audio clips of Hopkins discussing the archetypes in meetings with the Orange Comet team.