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TargetmasterJoe Since: May, 2013
#1: Sep 21st 2017 at 2:26:25 PM

First trailer dropped just now:

As per usual for a Wes Anderson movie, we have an All-Star Cast, featuring:

What's it about?

Set in a dystopian future Japan where dogs have been outlawed due to a "dog flu", Isle of Dogs follows a boy named Atari Kobayashi who ventures to the titular island to search for his dog, Spots. Atari receives help from five local dogs named Rex, King, Duke, Boss and Chief who are fed up with their isolated existence and must protect the boy from the Japanese authorities who have come to retrieve him.

Looks like good fun!

edited 21st Sep '17 5:32:39 PM by TargetmasterJoe

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#2: Sep 21st 2017 at 2:38:00 PM

Oh gosh, this is so awesome. I wonder if it's going to be a more mature animated movie.

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#3: Sep 21st 2017 at 6:13:40 PM

I've never seen a Wes Anderson Movie before, but this does look very interesting. I think my only complaint is that a couple of the Human figures look off to me (particularly the girl with the freckles).

I might go see it.

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#4: Sep 21st 2017 at 6:17:43 PM

[up][up] That's basically what the Fantastic Mr Fox (Wes Anderson's previous animated film) was. It was very much a film targeted more towards adults, and it was honestly pretty damn good so I have high hopes for this one too.

firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#6: Sep 21st 2017 at 7:08:44 PM

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Given it's premise and mature feel, I wonder if it's going to get a cult classic when it comes out.

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#7: Sep 21st 2017 at 8:03:40 PM

Looks interesting, though I'm a complete sucker for anything stop motion.

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#8: Sep 21st 2017 at 10:33:02 PM

Is it really that hard for Japan to just spay every dog in the shelters and make sure that adopted ones also have to be spayed?

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jameygamer Since: May, 2014
#9: Sep 21st 2017 at 11:26:30 PM

[up][up][up][up] As it's a stop motion film, it should go in the Western Animation namespace.

TargetmasterJoe Since: May, 2013
#10: Sep 22nd 2017 at 5:27:50 AM

[up]

Got it taken care of.

Also, I could've sworn I remember reading that Wes Anderson actually dislikes dogs, but I don't know where...

EDIT: Is it possible to snuff out the earlier page or is it stuck there?

edited 22nd Sep '17 5:35:09 AM by TargetmasterJoe

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#11: Sep 22nd 2017 at 1:20:23 PM

[up] Is it related to that dog death scene from his movie Moonrise Kingdom?

Either way this film is definitely going to be interesting. Really like the call back to Fantastic Mr. Fox in having all the animal characters (at least from what I gather in the trailer) be voiced by American actors and all the human characters (who are all Japanese) be played by Japanese actors to invoke the language barrier between humans and dogs.

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#12: Sep 22nd 2017 at 5:02:30 PM

[up][up] The Film prototype page has been cut.

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#13: Sep 22nd 2017 at 8:14:44 PM

I eagerly snarf down anything Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest is my current overall favorite movie, even) so yeah, I'm excited.

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#14: Sep 22nd 2017 at 8:24:12 PM

I have not seen Budapest, but I really like Mr. Fox and The Royal Tenenbaums. He has a really unique voice.

ElSquibbonator Since: Oct, 2014
#15: Feb 8th 2018 at 3:27:24 PM

Some more news about this movie!

-It's going to be rated PG-13, which is very rare for a Western animated film.

-It will be released on March 23rd, 2018. Fox Searchlight Pictures will handle theatrical distribution.

edited 8th Feb '18 3:32:35 PM by ElSquibbonator

ElSquibbonator Since: Oct, 2014
#17: Feb 8th 2018 at 4:45:53 PM

You know, I wonder what the budget for this thing is. Fantastic Mr. Fox cost $40 million—should we expect this to be similar?

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#18: Feb 8th 2018 at 5:25:11 PM

Yeah, that's definitely Fantastic Mr Fox writing. Rapid-fire and witty.

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#19: Feb 8th 2018 at 5:40:43 PM

[up][up][up][up] Rare for wide-release theatrical Western animated films. There are plenty of PG-13 rated Western animated films (namely WBA's DCAU films), but the majority of them are direct-to-video or are very limited runs.

Other than that, you can count the number of PG-13 wide-release theatrical animated films on two hands...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (live-action/animation mix) (WFRR is actually PG)

Cool World (live-action/animation mix)

Beavis And Butthead Do America

Eight Crazy Nights

The Simpsons Movie

9

Only half of those films were successful...and they were adaptations of existing properties, rather than original stories (though 9 was based on an Academy Award-nominated short...and it still was a flop). :/

edited 11th Feb '18 5:42:24 PM by Yeow95

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#20: Feb 8th 2018 at 5:56:12 PM

9 probably would've been successful if it had been made one decade earlier.

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#21: Feb 8th 2018 at 7:29:15 PM

[up][up]Isle of Dogs is based on a successful existing property:

Wes Anderson.

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#22: Feb 8th 2018 at 8:14:37 PM

[up] And yet that didn't save Fantastic Mr Fox...oh and that one was a Roald Dahl adaptation. Hmmmm

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#24: Feb 9th 2018 at 12:07:25 AM

[up][up]I am sure Fun-tastic Mister Focks did ALRIGHT and sold well after the theatrical release.

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ElSquibbonator Since: Oct, 2014
#25: Feb 9th 2018 at 8:58:49 AM

Yeah, it sold well. . . on DVD. Theaters were another story.


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