For his upcoming 2009 release Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson will attempt his first foray into a full length animated feature. Based on the Roald Dahl story of the same name, Mr. Fox will be done utilizing a stop-motion style similar to the one utilized briefly in his previous film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. He recently told MTV Movies Blog, “The settings will be very natural. We want to use real trees and real sand, but it’s all miniature.”
George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Angelica Houston have all been confirmed for voice work. Speaking of the recording process, Anderson told Rotten Tomatoes, "Well for this film we recorded all the voices on locations. We went out in a forest, we went in an attic, we went in a stable. We went underground for some things. There was a great spontaneity in the recordings because of that, I think."
Sounds like another strange adventure in the making. Many will probably feel their worst fears of Anderson's mental condition validated with this one, but count me in a cautiously optimistic for now.
This will mark Murray's fifth straight collaboration with Anderson
