Today's post will be short, but I guarantee it will be ever so sweet.While perusing IMDB today I came across Wes Anderson's new project "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," and I must say it sounds quite intriguing. The film is based on Roald Dhal's book of the same title and tells the story about a bunch of farmers who are fed up with a sly fox eating all of their chickens. The farmers take action and decide to get rid of the fox and his whole family (IMDB).
According to Wikipedia, the film will employ several different styles of animation with a focus on stop-animation. Anderson will be working with his usual crew of animators from the Life Aquatic days.
As far as talent is concerned, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Bill Murray have already signed on to the project. There are talks concerning the acquisition of Jason Schwartzman and Angelica Huston, but these plans have yet to be finalized.
If you have absolutely no idea what I've been talking about for the past few paragraphs it's time to do some research of your own! Wes Anderson was the brilliant director of (my personal favorite) Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Life Aquatic: With Steve Zissou. If you haven't seen them, then do so and don't forget to check back for more updates concerning "The Fantastic Mr. Fox."
(Photo taken from www.cs.princeton.edu)
1 comment:
I've never heard of this book but if it was written by Roald Dahl, it must be pretty good. Hopefully the movie will be well-done.
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