Today Disney/Pixar released the theatrical trailer for their new CGI animated feature 'Brave'. Set in the 10th century mystical Scottish Highlands, the story tells of Princess Merida, a brave archer who defies all traditions and has to fight off a beastly curse to restore peace in the land. With the voices of Scottish actress Kelly MacDonald and Kevin McKidd, who also voiced Captain John 'Soap' MacTavish for Infinity Ward's 'Modern Warfare III' video game (which was released last week and has officially now broken all sales records: 1.5 million people bought their copy on the night of November 8/9, 6.4 million copies were sold that day generating $ 400 million within the first 24 hours).
'Brave', originally titled 'The Bear and the Bow', is directed by Marc Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Also responsible for story development on Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' in 1991, Chapman wrote the screenplay for 'Brave' with Irene Mecci, writer of Disney's 'The Lion King'. Director Marc Andrews has worked as a storyboard artist on Cartoon Network's 'Samurai Jack' and 'Star Wars: Clone Wars', but also directed Pixar's short 'One Man Band', which was nominated for an Academy Award in the category 'Best Animated Short Film' in 2006. Andrews also co-wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Disney feature 'John Carter' based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
HBO meets Pixar: Kevin McKidd played 'Lucius Vorenus' for two seasons in 'Rome' while Kelly MacDonald now stars as 'Ms. Margaret Schroeder' in the second season of Terence Winter's critically acclaimed 'Boardwalk Empire'.
Animation has been carefully placed into the professional hands of many digital artists, including Jude Brownbill (BBC's 'Kerwhizz' and Blue-Zoo Production's 'Those Scurvy Rascals'), Robb Denovan (Peter Jacksons' 'King Kong') and Rich McKain (who did excellent graphics on EA's video game 'Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath'). 'Brave' will be released on June 22, 2012 in the US, European releases have been set for July/August. The theatrical trailer has just now been released today so check it out above. The concept artwork is very high res, so you may want to click to enlarge.
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