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Isle of Dogs (2018, D: Wes Anderson) stop-motion animated film

Wes Anderson may not hate dogs as much as we originally thought. Though the delightfully twee filmmaker has a history of punishing pooches on screen, his next project has been confirmed to be a stop-motion animated feature film centering on a dog. Though we have known about this for a little while now, Indiewire first broke the news on Friday, and it has been spreading across the internet like wildfire. However, we have learned even more details about the forthcoming film from Jeff Goldblum, of all people.

As many Los Angeles residents know, America’s sweetheart Jeff Goldblum performs a weekly jazz show with his band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. During these shows, Goldblum hams it up with the crowd, answering questions and joking around with the audience in between playing classic jazz standards. During a recent performance attended by members of the Nerdist editorial staff, Goldblum was asked when he would next be collaborating with Wes Anderson.

In his signature cadence, Goldblum happily revealed to the crowd of one hundred-plus people that he would, in fact, be starring in Anderson’s stop-motion animated dog flick. What’s more, he will be starring alongside Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, and Bryan Cranston, and they will be playing a pack of dogs.

Goldblum also mentioned that the film would be “Japanese-inspired,” but did not give any further details as to what that might entail. The film is still in pre-production so some things may still be subject to change, but this Page Six report of Cranston, Norton, Anderson, and Bill Murray dining together at Cookshop in New York adds further credence to Goldblum’s words.

At last year’s Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival, Anderson revealed that he was working on a film influenced by Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica’s The Gold of Naples. The film, which Anderson presented at the festival, is divided into a series of narrative vignettes. According to Indiewire’s report, though, this project is entirely separate from the stop-motion animated dog film and is still in development.

Though he has filmed several animated commercials in the interceding years, this marks Anderson’s first return to stop-motion animated feature films since 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. As Slashfilm reports, during a 2009 interview with Nashville Scene, Anderson expressed doubts over whether or not he would return to the world of animation:

“With live action, you have an immediacy. With an animated film, you can’t predict accidents and surprises. With a movie like this, when it’s actually being animated, as carefully as you prepare the shot and all the details, frame by frame, every animator comes up with a different interpretation. Their personalities, interests and strengths come through. You never quite know what it’s going to be. The feeling of being in control but nervous and excited about the unknown is the same.“
http://nerdist.com/wes-anderson-stop...ryan-cranston/
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Finally, one step closer to that inevitable Wes Anderson reboot of Capitol Critters!

I loved Fantastic Mr Fox so I'll be in for this.
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Plague Dogs!


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There's a contest going on for to win the chance to voice a character in the film: https://www.crowdrise.com/wesanderso...m_campaign=Wes

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I saw something about this on another site and came here to make a Plague Dogs joke and I already did it a year ago....

Still, looking forward to this. Fantastic Mr. Fox is quickly becoming one of my most re-watched movies.
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ISLE OF DOGS opens in theaters March 23, 2018.

ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of ATARI KOBAYASHI, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
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Re: Isle of Dogs (2018, D: Wes Anderson) stop-motion animated film

Damn that looks good. Yoko Ono, eh?
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Re: Isle of Dogs (2018, D: Wes Anderson) stop-motion animated film

Looks good.
Nice to hear a West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band song in the trailer. Brought back memories for me personally but still.
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Re: Isle of Dogs (2018, D: Wes Anderson) stop-motion animated film

Yeah, that looks fun.

My daughter loves Wes Anderson and dogs. I have a feeling she will be up for this.
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Re: Isle of Dogs (2018, D: Wes Anderson) stop-motion animated film

Looks good! Seems a bit more of a crude animation style than Mr. Fox but it seems to work. I am getting a little tired of Anderson framing every camera shot in the center frame. But it's a minor complaint.
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Looks great! I can't say no to more Wes Anderson stop motion.
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What a bizarre looking movie.
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Just found out about this the other day. Not particularly a Wes Anderson fan. I love stop motion films in general and Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my favorites. Like Fox, it appears to have a quirky appeal.

And the cast!
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Is it about a bunch of dogs that hang out in a thrift store listening to vinyl?
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Is it about a bunch of dogs that hang out in a thrift store listening to vinyl?
I moved out of Brooklyn 15 years ago so I have to
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Fantastic Mr Fox is probably my favorite animated move of the past decade so I'm excited for this one. I think Anderson's film making quirks are better suited to animation. I haven't really thought much of his live action work of late.
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i saw the trailer before a movie i saw in theater. looks so good. and all those voices. this will be a gem...
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I’ve seen maybe 40 films with MoviePass in the past few months, and this trailer has played before EVERY SINGLE ONE of them.
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For anyone in the NYC area who may be interested:

Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman and Kunichi Nomura
Interviewed by Logan Hill of The New York Times
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 7:00PM

The New School: John L. Tishman auditorium
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at 13th Street
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Join us for an evening of spirited conversation with director and screenwriter Wes Anderson and actors and storywriters Jason Schwartzman and Kunichi Nomura. Teaming up once again for Anderson's latest directorial feat "Isle of Dogs", the trio will discuss their creative process, what it's like to collaborate for over a decade, and their upcoming film - a stop motion animation about an outbreak of canine flu that leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to spend an evening with three of Hollywood's most beloved enigmatic and engaging talents.

Presented in collaboration with The New School.

Tickets: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/10255929/prm/Facebook
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Isle of Dogs | Cast Interviews

The cast is interviewed about their characters, and their responses animated:
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The Jeff Goldblum bit is pretty fantastic.
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Looks pretty awesome. My kids' favorite genre of movies appears to be the Talking Dogs category. Glad there is another option that isn't another one of Disney's Buddies movies.
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Re: Isle of Dogs (2018, D: Wes Anderson) stop-motion animated film

Isle of Dogs = I love dogs.

Nice pun.

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