Are you ready to face your nightmares in Shane Acker’s stunning feature length post-apocalyptic animated nightmare produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov and starring Elijah Wood? Well get ready, because it’s finally 9-9-09, which means that 9 is in theaters now!
Shane Acker‘s 9 starring Elijah Wood hits theaters tomorrow on 9-9-09! The film is probably the most original and inspired films to hit theaters this year. The film is about 9 puppet like creators in a post-apocalyptic world who have to fight against the machines for survival. That is until 9 comes along with his fearless inquisitiveness and stirs up trouble and possible answers.
We spoke to Wood a little while ago about the dark tone of the movie, which in the US is odd and yet refreshing to see in an animation, as well as what NEVER to do while recording voice overs, Spyro the movie (or lack there of), his random appearance in the Puppet Master and a whole lot more…
It’s almost time for the release of Shane Acker‘s first animated feature film, 9, produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, and starring Elijah Wood. For those of you who have yet to hear about Acker, his story is a Hollywood dream come true, but that’s not to say that he hasn’t dedicated his life to making this film. To make a long story short extremely short, it took Acker ten years to get 9 to the big screen.
Much like how District 9 director Neill Blomkamp got his film off the ground with help from Peter Jackson, 9 began with Burton and Bekmambetov seeing something great in Acker’s short film which took him 6 years and his own time and money to create. The feature film, though much longer and with more characters, only took him about 4 years to put together, thanks to his producers support and added budget.
A little while ago we got to sit down and talk to Acker one on one about creating his dementedly gorgeous film, ripping off his producers and even the possibility of a sequel. Check out what he had to say below…
I’ll be honest, this press conference for 9 has been waiting to be posted since last week. It wasn’t intentionally put aside, in fact it’s probably one of the most interesting press conferences to come out of Comic-Con with three of the most creative minds in the film industry Tim Burton, Shane Acker, and Timur Bekmambetov.
Much like how District 9 director Neill Blomkamp got his jump start from Peter Jackson, 9 started by two film giants Burton and Bekmambetov seeing something great in Acker and creating an environment and budget for him to make this movie.
Check out the interview below…
This Thursday will mark the first official day of San Diego Comic Con 2009. Leading up to this event has been the massive promotion of any and everything in the genres of sci-fi, horror, and of course comic books. Entertainment Weekly really took the reigns this year and put out an entire issue dedicated to the convention, and released several exclusive photos from the films.
More after the jump.
3:44: We just saw another trailer and that’s all folks!
3:41: Burton says that even though a lot of his films have Gothic themes, he doesn’t consider himself a dark storyteller. He got involved with 9, because he wanted to see the film on the big screen.
3:35: Timur said he doesn’t think there will be any other films in the Day Watch series. The crowd let out a be sigh. I guess those films mean a lot to people here.
Who would have thought that someone who caters to the unconventional, comic book reading, art inspired viewing audience has never made an appearance inside the sacred halls of San Diego’s annual Comic Convention? Tim Burton, a man who has been in the business for a couple of decades is nearly a Comic Con virgin. According to an exclusive interview he gave to MTV, the director will finally make an appearance this year to promote his much anticipated film, 9.
Posters galore! Thanks to /Film, we have a bunch of new posters for your viewing pleasure. From the one sheet teaser for Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland starring Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray and the combo image for the 3-D re-release of Toy Story 1 & 2′s which starts on October 2 of this year. The most interesting poster of the bunch if for the movie 9 where you don’t know exactly what you are looking, but for some reason, you know it will have greater meaning soon enough. Then finally there is the poster for Taxidermia, which is Gyorgy Palfi’s sick twisted story of three three men, which after being released in 2006 will finally be hitting US theaters in 2009.
View poster gallery below:
Number 8′s character poster for Shane Acker’s movie 9 has just debuted. The character, voiced by Fred Tatasciore, is seen armed with a giant kitchen cleaver and half a scissor blade. Although he is not the brightest tool in the shed, he can do some damage with it. Number 8 was created to help the others physically survive the dangerous, post-apocalyptic world for which 9 takes place in.
Acker is the writer and director of the film. He previously did animated shorts The Hangnail and The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade. The movie also includes voices by Jennifer Connelly, Elijah Wood, and John C. Reilly.
Check out the poster in its entirety below!
