Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
I do not know if many of you have read the books... but they are GREAT! Read them if you have not.
and Since many of us are fans of pirates and Aardman films... I thought some of you would be interested in this.
First look
LONDON, UK, May 5, 2011 – Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in the UK.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they do battle with the pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Aardman’s most ambitious stop-motion film to date, will be created with the same beautiful hand-crafted technique that the company brought to the Academy Award®-winning film Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run. The film is directed by Peter Lord, a founding partner of Aardman, director of Chicken Run (with Nick Park), and a two-time Academy Award® nominee for his short films at the company. The film is co-directed by Jeff Newitt. The screenplay is by Gideon Defoe, based upon his books. Production Designer is Norman Garwood. Producers are Peter Lord, David Sproxton, and Julie Lockhart. Executive Producer is Carla Shelley.
Commenting on the announcement, Lord said, “I’m so grateful to the entire cast for their talent and energy. The characters that they’ve created fill the screen with life and fun. As the Pirate Captain, Hugh Grant has given a stand-out performance – he combines an effortless on-screen warmth with brilliant comic timing. And as the leader of our motley pirate crew, he shows a real barnstorming, swashbuckling side of his character as well. Only Hugh could anchor this story of love, loyalty, greed, and nautical high-jinks.”
and Since many of us are fans of pirates and Aardman films... I thought some of you would be interested in this.
First look
LONDON, UK, May 5, 2011 – Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in the UK.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they do battle with the pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Aardman’s most ambitious stop-motion film to date, will be created with the same beautiful hand-crafted technique that the company brought to the Academy Award®-winning film Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run. The film is directed by Peter Lord, a founding partner of Aardman, director of Chicken Run (with Nick Park), and a two-time Academy Award® nominee for his short films at the company. The film is co-directed by Jeff Newitt. The screenplay is by Gideon Defoe, based upon his books. Production Designer is Norman Garwood. Producers are Peter Lord, David Sproxton, and Julie Lockhart. Executive Producer is Carla Shelley.
Commenting on the announcement, Lord said, “I’m so grateful to the entire cast for their talent and energy. The characters that they’ve created fill the screen with life and fun. As the Pirate Captain, Hugh Grant has given a stand-out performance – he combines an effortless on-screen warmth with brilliant comic timing. And as the leader of our motley pirate crew, he shows a real barnstorming, swashbuckling side of his character as well. Only Hugh could anchor this story of love, loyalty, greed, and nautical high-jinks.”
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...lame.
Also, the US title is awful.
The real title is hilarious its a shame to change it.
Also..... ham.
a) bearded
b) piratical
c) a ham
therefore combining all necessary qualities into one!
Was going to ask if you guys would recommend the book(s) as a good read, but with the first one available for £3.32 on Amazon I don't think I can go wrong, right?
Ordered the Scientists/Whaling book, mainly based on the fact that the two main authors users had also bought are Jasper Fforde and Terry Pratchett.
Also, I've just ordered the first two books from Amazon for a couple of cents... if they're similar to Pratchett or Adams I think I'll like them!
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Aardman-s-Stop-Motion-Pirates-Movie-Debuts-A-Trailer-25699.html
http://www.thefilmpilgrim.com/trailers/pirates-an-adventure-with-scientists-trailer/4679
I'm confused though: Is the subtitle "Band of Misfits" or "In An Adventure With Scientists"? Or both? Or are they naming it different things in the US vs the rest of the world? I am assuming it's only one film, not two.
And does anyone else think that this could have been the perfect material for a Monkey Island movie?
If it was called "Pirates and Scientists" then it'd sound less like an educational film.
Also... "The Sea Cucumber" eh???
I didn't like Flushed Away much. I would have loved it more if it had pirates and stop-motion animation with CGI water, which is what Pirates! have a lot of, so that's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZN0aF02WvY&NR=1&feature=endscreen
The crack at the end (
Well, I know now that I will be seeing this movie. Mainly because it has Chicken Run on the box and my mother adores Chicken Run and will thus make the whole family see this movie. Not a bad thing, of course. I quite liked Chicken Run myself.