Hey folks, Harry here... The web-slinger of inside info, Spider-Man has seen 15 minutes of that... the greatest of all films... WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT! This will be a film of stunning and undeniable brilliance. I say this without the slightest bit of hesitation. For... it is borne of AARDMAN and AARDMAN means GENIUS in a rare sub-dialect of Cockney. True Fact That. Anyway - webhead here has the scoop... I just wish Peter Parker had snapped some shots for us!
Harry,
I've sent scoops to you in the past (you even used a couple of them). In order to preserve my identity, I won't lay out the circumstances, but I've seen two scenes from Curse of the Were Rabbit. They were unfinished and still had storyboard frames in them, but they were pretty impressive nonetheless.
The first clip was where a harried woman calls Wallace & Grommit's rabbit/rodent trapping hotline. Before they can answer her emergency call, the woman is called on by a gentleman suitor and competing trapper. He's all bluster and talk. While he attempts to impress the woman with his trapping skills (she appears to be some sort of wealthy heiress), Wallace & Grommit show up in the front of the estate. They immediately are struck by the size of her rabbit problem: dozens of little varmits are destroying her front yard, which is massive.
No problem. they unveil their rabbit trapping device: a large rabbit-sucking vacuum. They turn it on and suddenly, rabbits are being sucked out of their holes and into this giant machine; think of that giant glass trap that the baddie had in the old Sonic videogame. The rabbits not only get sucked through the tunnels, but also back into holes, through the tunnels and back out of holes.
All the while, the big talk suitor and heiress don't even notice the rabbits getting sucked away around them... until the guy's toupee get sucked off his head.
The woman is astounded at how well the vacuum works. The now-bald suitor is upset: "you've only done half the job!" The vacuum keeps each rabbit alive and floating around it's suction chamber.
(JOKE SPOILER)
The suitor steps forward and whispers, " I want toupee."
Wallace replies, "Oh, well we accept cash or check."
"No... I want my TOUPEE!"
To release the toupee, wallace has to switch the vacuum from "suck" to blow."
(END SPOILER)
That concluded the first clip. The second clip takes place in a church where the townfolk have gather to discuss a new rabbit threat; one huge rabbit that can defeat home security systems and steal produce: THE WERE RABBIT. An old man rolls up ominously to tell of the legend of this giant beast rabbit. His story is so important, he rises out of his chair. The audience trembles with fear while we see a montage of the Were Rabbit wrecking havoc. We don't get to see the creature, it's all shadows in the cover of night. The look of the Were Rabbit is the one secret that Aaardsman is keeping under wraps until the film's release.
Anyway, this movie looks really funny. I did notice that they will be using CGI to augment the stop-motion, but Aardsman has perfect the computerwork to perfectly match the clay work.
My one worry is that they feel exactly like the Wallace & Grommit shorts. While I think this is WONDERFUL, I worry that today's Shrek-loving American audience won't appreciate the slow and deliberate pacing (think Ricky Gervais's Office).
If you use this scoop, call me, once again, Spider-man.
