1 from "9"

The AWN Showcase has some artwork of the old leader of the tribe of ragdoll creatures from 9: 1, voiced by Christopher Plummer.

High-Res "9" Concept Art

Some very high-resolution pieces of concept art for 9 have made it online:

More "9" Character Posters

Here are all of the character posters promoting 9:

Two "9" Character Posters

Two character posters promoting 9 are online, along with a few words from producer Tim Burton, courtesy of bscreview.com.

The first is of 7, voiced by Jennifer Connelly:



"A brave and self-sufficient warrior, 7 is the group’s sole female. A fiercely independent adventuress, she has been out patrolling the wasteland. To survive, she has adapted, finding the bones of a deceased bird and crafting her signature skull helmet.

"Producer Tim Burton explains why he loves 7: '7 is my favorite in terms of poses struck. Growing up on martial arts movies, 7’s got that real Bruce Lee kind of quality that is just really strong."


And 8, played by Fred Tatasciore:



"Armed with a giant kitchen cleaver and half a scissor blade, the none-too-bright muscle and enforcer of the group, 8, is created to help the others physically survive the dangerous, post-apocalyptic world."

More "9" Concept Art

More 9 concept art has surfaced on Buzznet. Here are two pieces on the Cat Beast. The Cat Beast was in the original short film, but in the feature will be joined by more mechanical monsters.

Another "9" Website Revealed

Another website promoting the film 9 has been uncovered: http://www.9experiment.com/

In the website, you can explore more of the scientist's designs, inventions, and plans, the world of 9, play games, watch a video introduction by Elijah Wood (who provides the voice of the title character), discover hidden content, and more. There is much to explore...

New "9" Poster

Click on the image below to see a larger, higher resolution version.

Check it out:

New "9" Illustrations, Prequel Story

Plenty of information and artwork on the film 9 are available online.

MTV.com and io9.com each have some exclusive artwork, featuring the anatomy of the ragdoll characters of the movie and the extremely detailed world they inhabit, respectively. It looks like an immense amount of precision is being used in constructing the stark, ominous post-apocalyptic work of this sci-fi epic.






Also, the scientist character from 9 has his very own Facebook account. He will be providing tidbits on his scientific progress, providing a developing prequel story for the film.



Friend him, before it's too late...

9 will be released in theaters on September 9th, 2009. It is directed by Shane Acker, who made the award-winning short film that this new feature is based upon.

Russian "9" Poster

Here it is.

2nd "9" Trailer Online

A second trailer for the animated film 9 is online. It offers a lot of details to the origin story, and we get to hear some of the voiceover work, which includes Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, and Christopher Plummer. Oh, and it has that epic Coheed and Cambria song, too.

Video Games - E3 2009 - Attack of the Show

"9" Rated PG-13

The MPAA has given 9 a PG-13 rating in the U.S. Looks like the film will be able to stick to its dark vision after all.

9 will be released in theaters on September 9th, 2009.

"9" Preview Clip

There's a preview clip of the upcoming animated feature 9, directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton, online now. Check it out! (You can watch it in HD in this link.)

"9" Score Update

Collaborators Danny Elfman and Deborah Lurie
during a recording session for Deep Sea 3D IMAX (2006)

Previously, it was announced by Apple that Danny Elfman would do the score for the upcoming post-apocalyptic, Tim Burton-produced animated feature 9 on his own. It turns out that that information was partly accurate.

Deborah Lurie, a frequent collaborator of Elfman, just finished scoring and recording the music for the upcoming animated film. Elfman supplied some main themes for Lurie to expand upon.

Lurie and Elfman both composed the music for the nature documentary Deep Sea 3D IMAX in 2006. She also supplied additional music for 2008's Wanted, which was directed by 9-producer Timur Bekmambatov. Lurie has also worked on Elfman's orchestrations for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlotte's Web, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Elfman is currently working on the scores for Terminator IV, The Wolfman, and, in the near future, Alice in Wonderland.

9, directed by Shane Acker, will be released on September 9th, 2009.

"9" Teaser Trailer Released

The teaser trailer for the upcoming computer-animated film 9 (based on the Academy Award-nominated short of the same name) has been released (view it in HD on Apple's website).

Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambatov (Nightwatch, Wanted) are producing the film, which will be directed by Shane Acker (who directed the original 2005 short).

The official plot synopsis included Elijah Wood as the character 9, Jennifer Connelly as the warrior 7, Martin Landau (who was in Burton's Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow) playing the role of the aged inventor 2, Crispin Glover playing the visionary artist 6 (who will be in Burton's Alice in Wonderland), Christopher Plummer as war veteran 1, and John C. Reilly as 5, the mechanic.

Danny Elfman will also be composing music for the film, according to the official synopsis on Apple's trailer website. Pamela Pettler (co-writer of Corpse Bride) co-wrote the screenplay.

The epic science-fiction action-adventure was originally intended to be released at the end of this year. Instead, Focus Features has pushed it back to September 9th, 2009 (9-9-09, get it?).

You can also watch a (slightly) lower quality version of the HD teaser trailer on YouTube:

Elijah Wood Confirms Voice for "9"

Actor Elijah Wood recently confirmed that he has lent his voice for an upcoming computer animated feature film, entitled 9. Here's what Wood said:

[T]here's a movie called 9. It's an animated film directed by Shane Acker and executive produced by Tim Burton. That is actually a fully fleshed-out version of the 9 short film that won Best Animated Short at the Oscars, I believe, a couple of years ago. It's about a post-apocalyptic world, essentially, a world where humanity has been destroyed by the machinery it has created. There are these rag dolls, these mechanized rag dolls, that are the only living thing left and they are trying to figure out who they are, and what they are and why humanity was destroyed. It's sort of (laughs) it's relatively dark fare, but the animation style is extraordinary and the story is quite an adventurous one and quite unique in regards to the animated films that have been released in the past couple of years.



The film is based on a 10 1/2 minute long short of the same name, which was directed by Shane Acker. The short took 4 1/2 years to make. It differs from its upcoming feature adaptation in that the original short did not feature any voices. Instead, an unusual semblance of unique sound effects and music moved the story along. The film was nominated for an Oscar in 2005.

Though it will be made in CGI, the computer animation is said to mimic the movement of stop-motion animation, which Tim Burton is so fond of.

Poster for the original short 9 (2004)

Other actors who have lent their voices for the upcoming project include Martin Landau (who was in Tim Burton's Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow), Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, and Christopher Plummer. Along with Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Dana Ginsburg, Jim Lemley, and Marci Levine will produce the movie.

9 is set for a U.S. theatrical release of December 26th, 2008.