700 Fantastic Mr. Fox
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From Variety:
Anderson just completed directing an animated adaptation of Roald Dahl novel "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" with 20th Century Fox Animation.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
Here's the logo.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
The blue and orange color scheme makes it seem related to the 20th Century Fox and the Firefox logos, at least to my mind.
I can't believe Twitter actually calls its photo sharing system TwitPic. That just made my day.
I can't believe Twitter actually calls its photo sharing system TwitPic. That just made my day.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
The film will be in theaters on November 13th.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
A friend, not too conversed in movies - but a computer wiz, told me she visited the company that is doing the animation for Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". The people had rather odd things to say about the goings on there. They told her Mr. Anderson never visits the facility and seems very inactively involved to the point that the crew was quit perplexed.
I quizzed my friend and she herself named the title of the film and was aware of the director. This seems nearly impossible to me. Anderson seems like one of the most hands on directors in the biz. My only thought was that perhaps once the film is story boarded a director doesn't really need to be around for an animated feature. Could this be the case? God, I hope it is because I was looking forward to see how Anderson's formal front and center picture framing was going to translate into the wonderful world of non pixar animation. I do hope he is not too busy partying around town in his dapper attire and leaving caution to the wind,
Tell me it isn't so, Joe!
I quizzed my friend and she herself named the title of the film and was aware of the director. This seems nearly impossible to me. Anderson seems like one of the most hands on directors in the biz. My only thought was that perhaps once the film is story boarded a director doesn't really need to be around for an animated feature. Could this be the case? God, I hope it is because I was looking forward to see how Anderson's formal front and center picture framing was going to translate into the wonderful world of non pixar animation. I do hope he is not too busy partying around town in his dapper attire and leaving caution to the wind,
Tell me it isn't so, Joe!
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
I would imagine the animation team is probably more involved in the technical backend of the animation rather than Anderson himself. He is probably working directly with his animation team and counting on their expertise as to the ins and outs of what goes on the animation company. He is probably more concerned with approving the visual aesthetics (characters, backgrounds etc) than getting minutely involved in area which he has no experience in anyway.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
The best animation directors stay with the animation teams and realise that it's in the subtleties of the execution that life can be breathed into a picture.
A lot of live action directors that move into animation don't really understand this because the process is so new to them. I hope this isn't the case with Wes Anderson.
A lot of live action directors that move into animation don't really understand this because the process is so new to them. I hope this isn't the case with Wes Anderson.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
He has some experience with Life Aquatic, and by that one I believe he gets the subtitles of animation. Maybe it's a misunderstanding by the friend of the topic bringer uper (I'm sure the internet has a more technical term).
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
Wes Anderson will finally get his own Happy Meal.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
I think that pretty much sums up his career trajectory.Antoine Doinel wrote:Wes Anderson will finally get his own Happy Meal.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
I don't get it.gokinsmen wrote:I think that pretty much sums up his career trajectory.Antoine Doinel wrote:Wes Anderson will finally get his own Happy Meal.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
i.e. he's been made into a cutesy, bland, factory-assembled product.The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:I don't get it.gokinsmen wrote:I think that pretty much sums up his career trajectory.Antoine Doinel wrote:Wes Anderson will finally get his own Happy Meal.
Frankly, he's more of a brand than an artist now. Which is sad. I was obsessed with Rushmore in high school and thought he was just getting started. As I've grown up and seen more films, all of his other work has dipped considerably for me. Even Rushmore just feels like a perfectly executed entertainment for teenagers (or teens-at-heart). Maybe he's like the Weezer of contemporary film -- for all the time spent wondering how they went so wrong, maybe the real miracle is how they ever got it so right.
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So because the studio sees that a childrens movie could use a tie in with a Happy Meal, all of the sudden he's factory assembled product?
Isn't that pushing it?
Isn't that pushing it?
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No, I'm saying his latest films have felt like "cutesy, bland, factory-assembled product"...and now he's also getting a custom happy meal, which I see as a strangely "symbolic" coincidence.The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:So because the studio sees that a childrens movie could use a tie in with a Happy Meal, all of the sudden he's factory assembled product?
Isn't that pushing it?
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
Somehow, I don't see it getting the McD's tie-in since it's been scuttled over to Searchlight.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
It was only speculation that it would get a Happy Meal in the first place. The deal probably covers things like Aliens in the Attic (which incidentally has the best voiceover guy in history in its trailer), and Avatar.
Then again, the trailer for this film is supposedly attached to Ice Age 3 and Aliens in the Attic, so who knows.
Then again, the trailer for this film is supposedly attached to Ice Age 3 and Aliens in the Attic, so who knows.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
A series of stills is now up at the official website (or capped here), a few featuring Bill Murray's head.
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Re: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
Those look great! Anderson was really born for stop-motion, with all of its intricately detailed little miniatures in diorama. Mr. Fox is even wearing an Andersonian corduroy suit in a couple of those pics.pianocrash wrote:A series of stills is now up at the official website (or capped here), a few featuring Bill Murray's head.