Hugh Grant, looking better than ever...
Arrrggghhh… nothing gets our timbers shivered and jollies rogered like a good pirate movie (no, we’re not counting Pirates of the Caribbean 4). And the good folks at Aardman Animation (the geniuses behind Wallace & Gromit) have one ready to set sail. Just lay your eyes on the trailer below.
Like most of their animated productions, The Pirates! is being produced using Aardman’s signature claymation technique. In addition, it will be their first foray into 3D. The last film to combine stop-motion in 3D was Henry Selick’s Coraline.
The plot follows the adventures of The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) and his crew of swashbuckling pirates as they attempt to beat his rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) in the Pirate of the Year Award. On their quest they battle Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and meet a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant).
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits is set to plunder and pillage audiences March 30, 2012.
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