More about MR. FOX

July 24th, 2009 at 04:09pm Will Pfeifer

Director Wes Anderson and his MR. FOX cast. (Image by Greg Williams of Fox — heh heh – Searchlight Pictures via USA Today)

USA Today has a story about Wes Anderson’s upcoming movie, THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX, that offers some more details on this intriguing project. Among them…

1. George Clooney will provide the voice of the hero, Mr. Fox

2. The movie will include side shots of the tunnels Mr. Fox digs. The article compares the image to an Ant Farm, but anyone who saw Anderson’s LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU will probably think of the memorable side shot of his ship, the Belafonte…

3. Jason Schwartzmann (who starred in Anderson’s RUSHMORE and THE DARJEELING LIMITED) will voice one of Fox’s children, a misfit who wears a superhero cape.

4. Quoth Schwartzman:  “It’s funny, but also visually beautiful. Instead of adapting his style of directing to animation, he brought animation to him. He made a Wes film.”

Sounds good to me!

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