Another of Roald Dahl’s wonderful books is being made into a movie, but this one is going to be different because it will be the great Wes Anderson’s animated directorial debut.
Fans of “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and Anderson should be excited. I am. Apparently Roald Dahl is one of Anderson’s heroes (mine too!!).
The film Fantastic Mr. Fox will feature all of Anderson’s favorite actors: Bill Murray as Mr. Badger, Jason Schwartzman as Ash, Owen Wilson as Coach Skip and Adrien Brody as Rickity. IMDB also lists Anjelica Huston.
Mr. Fox will be done by George Clooney (too bad) and Mrs. Fox will be voiced by the fabulous Meryl Streep.
It’s a collaboration with Henry Selick, who also worked on Life Aquatic with Anderson and directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Coraline (Selick left the project to work on Coraline, and Mark Gustafson is his replacement).
The film will be Twentieth Century Fox’s first stop-action animated film. It’s coming to theaters Nov. 13.
As for the film’s soundtrack...
Jarvis Cocker of Pulp wrote several songs for the film!
Super cool movie. I love stop action. When I was a kid I used to watch a lot of Wallace and Grommit.
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