WETA’s Wind In The Willows: First Concept Images And Promo Teaser Trailer
Back in June, it wasannouncedthat Peter Jackson’s WETA (Lord of the Rings, District 9) was developing a live-action and animatronics adaptation ofKenneth Grahame’s classic bookThe Wind in the Willows. The story follows four anthropomorphized characters in a classic pastoral English countryside, an yes, it has been adapted to the screen many times before. But this time around they are using WETA to provide a suite of animatronic effects to bring the animal characters to life.
WETA’sRichard Tayloris overseeing the effects. Taylor should be familiar to many as the man behind a lot of the effects inThe Lord of the Rings, as well as many other films. Directed byRay Griggsand written byBill Marsili(Lightspeed), the $30m production is scheduled to shoot this fall. But there is already some concept art and a promo teaser trailer online. Hit the jump!
Marsili’s script supposedly keeps some elements of the original story “while changing the emphasis on others to provide a more streamlined conflict.” The animals join forces " to save their land from a sinister plot that threatens to destroy the uneasy truce between the peaceful animals of the Willows and what remains of Mankind. Story begins when Mole ventures out of his lonely home for the first time and finds a world of new friendships, wonders and adventure waiting for him in the land of the Willows."
The url on the promo flyer (found viaBleedingCool),thewindinthewillowsthemovie.net, actually presents us with a promotional teaser trailer for the film. It isn’t much, but if you wait until the end, you will see Toad of Toad Hill for a few seconds.Click here to watch the traileron the official site or watch the trailer embedded below:
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