So I was on a tangent today about lovely, lovely Mr. Director, Wes Anderson and I started spastically blabbering about his next project. Well, not his next, but his next next. It seems that once again the release date has been pushed for the Roald Dahl novel-turned-animated-film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. i mean, we've heard whispers of this since 2004, what the heck?
So, i imdb'ed it and guess what? The release date is now 2009, great. Last time i checked (maybe 6-8 months ago) it was 2007!
So the conversation just got me thinking about Mr. Anderson: Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, even that odd American Express commercial... So yes, I'm describing a lack, a need. My point; it's beena while since Steve Zissou, people. (There is the next project, something about Tea, but i had my heart set on Dahl's piece.)
Don't get me wrong, the Casio-keyboard-themed flick is grand. But it makes me a little sad when comparing to the first two films. I feel like Mr. Anderson thought he had to spend his entire budget on CGI fishes and mucho explosions and we lost a bit of the story and characters amongst all the hub-bub.
Hence, why I am looking forward to what Anderson will do in his stop-animated version of this children's classic. Anyway, the info is starting to be out there (that is info dated since 2005): So, Mr. Clooney just signed on for the voice of the title role, Mr. Foxy himself. And it definitely helps that my favorite, Ms. Blanchett, along with Jason Schwartzman & statuesque Angelica Huston are seemingly onboard. Fear not, the UK is all over it, so for more info take a gander at the Guardian.
So, there it is. Or isn't. Either way, it's going to be an Anderson fest this weekend, me thinks...
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