Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)

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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Directed by Wes Anderson
Produced by Wes Anderson
Scott Rudin
Written by Wes Anderson
Noah Baumbach (screenplay)
Roald Dahl (book)
Starring George Clooney
Cate Blanchett
Anjelica Huston
Jason Schwartzman
Bill Murray
Meryl Streep
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) November 6, 2009
Country United States
Language English

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a stop motion animated film based on Roald Dahl's book Fantastic Mr. Fox, which will be released on November 6, 2009. It stars the voices of George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Jason Schwartzman, with Bill Murray and Meryl Streep, and it is the first animated film directed by Wes Anderson. Development began in 2004 as collaboration between Anderson and Henry Selick (who worked together on the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) under Revolution Studios. Revolution folded, Selick left to direct Coraline, and the project moved to Fox Animation Studios. Production began in London in 2007. Anderson chose to record voices outside of a studio.

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Plot

A clever fox (George Clooney) constantly outwits three obnoxious, evil farmers who are angry with him for eating their produce.

Cast

Production

Joe Roth and Revolution Studios bought the film rights to Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2004. Wes Anderson signed on as director with Henry Selick, who worked with Anderson on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, as animation director. Anderson signed on because Roald Dahl is one of his heroes.[6] In adapting the novel, the story the novel covers would amount to the second act of the film. Anderson added new scenes to serve for the film's beginning and end.[7] Selick left the project to work on the Neil Gaiman story Coraline in early 2006.[8] Mark Gustafson is his replacement.[9] Fox Animation Studios became the project's home in October 2006 after Revolution folded.[10]

In September 2007, Anderson announced voice work would begin.[1] The director chose to record the voices outside of a studio: "We went out in a forest, [..] went in an attic, [and] went in a stable. We went underground for some things. There was a great spontaneity in the recordings because of that."[9] He said of the production design, "We want to use real trees and real sand, but it’s all miniature."[1] Great Missenden, where Roald Dahl lived, has a major influence on the film's look.[6] The film mixes several forms of animation but consists primarily of stop motion.[10] Animation is taking place in London.[9]

Jarvis Cocker has written "three, four" songs for the film.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Josh Horowitz (2007-09-26). "Wes Anderson Enlists Bill Murray For ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox’", MTV Movies Blog. Retrieved on 26 September 2007. 
  2. ^ Josh Horowitz (2007-10-09). "Cate Blanchett Ready To Re-team With Edgar Wright And Voice Mrs. Fox", MTV Movies Blog. Retrieved on 10 October 2007. 
  3. ^ Max Evry (2008-10-09). "Talking to City of Ember Mayor Bill Murray", ComingSoon.net. Retrieved on 9 October 2008. 
  4. ^ Stella Papamichael (2006-02-15). "Interview with Wes Anderson", bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 11 July 2006. 
  5. ^ Michael Fleming (2008-08-06). "Streep in deep with Meyers", Variety. Retrieved on 8 August 2008. 
  6. ^ a b "The Darjeeling Limited: Who needs a film set in LA when you have a speeding train in India?", The Telegraph (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 22 November 2007. 
  7. ^ "Selick Crazy For Fox", Sci Fi Wire (2004-12-15). Retrieved on 22 November 2007. 
  8. ^ "Selick no longer at work on The Fantastic Mr. Fox", Ain't It Cool News (2006-02-15). Retrieved on 11 July 2006. 
  9. ^ a b c Joe Utichi (2007-11-22). "Interview: Wes Anderson talks Darjeeling Limited and Mr. Fox", Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 22 November 2007. 
  10. ^ a b Michael Fleming (2006-10-25). "Fox catches Dahl's Fox", Variety. Retrieved on 25 February 2007. 
  11. ^ Brent DiCrescenzo (2008-07-17). "From the UK to the Magic Kingdom", Time Out. Retrieved on 8 August 2008. 

External links

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Films directed by Wes Anderson
Feature films
Bottle Rocket (1996) · Rushmore (1998) · The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) · The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) · The Darjeeling Limited (2007) · Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Short films
Bottle Rocket (1994) · Hotel Chevalier (2007)
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