Thursday, August 6, 2009

The Fantastic Mr Fox Trailer

My favourite working director is Wes Anderson, without a doubt. So I was a little dismayed a few years ago, when I heard that his next film after The Darjeeling Limited was going to be an animated version of Roald Dahl's The Fantastic Mr Fox.

How could he imprint his own trademark visual style onto something that isn't live-action?

Well, he's managed it, with ease. This looks amazing:


And the cast is amazing (mostly ex-Anderson alumni): George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Willen Dafoe, Angelica Huston, Brian Cox and Adrien Brody.
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  1. UnknownAugust 6, 2009 at 3:19 AM

    I'm waiting for the film of Where the Wild Things Are myself - the animation in this trailer looks quite nice.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--N9klJXbjQ
    I guess it's CGI though and even it looks pretty good, the stop frame animation (is it?) in Fantastic Mr Fox looks more visually pleasing.

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  2. Johnny AndrewsAugust 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM

    Yeah I think it's stop-frame but then with normal cell-animation overlaid on certain bits. Also lookimg forward to Where The Wild Things Are. I like how most of it just looks like men in suits (with maybe a bit of CGI thrown in to smooth the edges).

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