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Exotic Island
‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’ Trailer #2 – Claymation Hugh Grant Has My Vote for the Pirate of the Year Award (slashfilm)
[1] You'd be forgiven for suffering from pirate fatigue after this year's
lackluster fourth entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, but these
delightful trailers for Aardman Animation's The Pirates! Band of Misfits prove
there's still plenty of fun to be found on the high seas. Directed by Peter
Lord and Jeff Newitt, the stop motion adventure follows an eager but misguided
Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) as he competes for the Pirate of the Year Award --
because, as he explains, "Every time I've entered, I've failed to win. So, I
must have a really good chance this time." Along the way, he and his similarly
off-kilter crew (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, Ashley
Jensen, and a fish with a hat on it) encounter all manner of strange
characters including lepers, stuffy scientists, an evil queen (Imelda
Staunton), and at least one monkey butler. Watch the trailer after the jump.
[via Cartoon Brew [2]] It's not my favorite trailer I've seen for the film
(that'd be the first US trailer [3], which dropped over the summer) but I've
enjoyed the hell out of all [4] of these [5] so far. And the fact that ...
Peter Holmgren (Jack Black Jr) - "Exotic Island EP" promo video