Durian » Blog Archive » Durian Project Announcement. On May 5th, 2009, by Ton Yes, it’s about time! The third open movie project had been lined up to start much sooner, but more urgent work (Blender 2.5 coding) forced it into the future. After all, it’s the purpose of the team here in Amsterdam to test and improve the 2.5x versions significantly! Now we intend to start up September 1, delivering a result around March/April 2010.