Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I've been following Shane Acker for a couple years now, since his animated short film, 9, premiered at Sundance. I heard he had worked with Weta and the sci-fi animation looked fantastic. Don't know if its available anywhere online, but its a post-apocalyptic story starring these kind of rag dolls. They looked like they were made of this burlap sack material.
Tim Burton loved it and is producing a feature version now, with Acker directing.
They just got some great voice talent. Elijah Wood has signed to voice the main character. He is joined by Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover (!!), Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly and Martin Landau.
If the final film is half as cool as the short film, then we're all in for a treat.
