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Director Wes Anderson has worked on a lot of film projects, but with his latest picture, Fantastic Mr.

George Clooney, who supplies the voice of Mr. Fox, was initially not keen to do an animated movie.

Wes Anderson is 'absolutely, totally convinced' that if he and co-writer Noah Baumbach had not been given the opportunity to live and work at author Roald Dahl's famous 'Gipsy House' in the English countryside - 'a lot of the essence of Dahl might be missing from 'Fantastic Mr.

Jason Schwartzman knows a thing or two about being misunderstood - he made his film debut 10 years ago in Rushmore , a misunderstood high school misfit classic.

Add to your holiday to-do list: See loads of movies. Hollywood is packing the next six weeks with Oscar hopefuls, animated fun, sci-fi trickery, naughty ninjas, and a fresh take on the world's greatest sleuth.

If we were back in Wes Anderson 's native Texas, the plate of food he's showing little mercy might be called the Morning Roundup or the Wildcatter's Special.

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" - With George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray leading the top-notch voice cast, director Wes Anderson has found an ideal story and medium - stop-motion animation - to bring his cockeyed vision to the cartoon world.

Do actors ever feel truly secure in their chosen profession? In the past year, Olivia Williams has spent six months filming the Joss Whedon sci-fi TV series Dollhouse, shot a movie in Berlin with Roman Polanski, played Ian Dury's wife in the upcoming biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and taken a supporting role in Nick Hornby's adaptation of Lynn ...

It may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn " Fantastic Mr.

In director Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox , 29-year-old actor Jason Schwartzmana 'who began his screen career working with Anderson as the overambitious teen hero of Rushmore , then co-starred and co-wrote The Darjeeling Limited a 'lends his voice to the role of Ash.

Does money actually inhibit creativity? I pondered that as I watched Fantastic Mr.

Reporting from London - A self-described "total novice" in stop-motion animation, Wes Anderson severely tested the patience of his crew of stop-motion top guns by forgoing many of the most modern animation methods and new innovations in the genre to give his family thriller "Fantastic Mr.

It may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn "Fantastic Mr.

The best thing about Fantastic Mr. Fox? Director Wes Anderson liberates commercial animated cinema from the limits of children's movies.

A beret-sporting prep-school playwright vying for the attention of an out-of-his-league teacher; a desperately heartbroken short- story author with a faltering sense of reality; an incredibly lost environmentalist amidst an existential crisis within a cooperate American setting's an actor apt to playing the lovable loner with flawless conviction, ...

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" - With George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray leading the top-notch voice cast, director Wes Anderson has found an ideal story and medium - stop-motion animation - to bring his cockeyed vision to the cartoon world.

Actor Jason Schwartzman is a member of an exclusive club and no ... I'm not talking about the Coppola family.

With 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' Wes Anderson F... Wes Anderson is famous for his quirky sense of absurdist humor.

With George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray leading the top-notch voice cast, director Wes Anderson has found an ideal story and medium - stop-motion animation - to bring his cockeyed vision to the cartoon world.

Jason Schwartzman couldn't take his eyes off George Clooney while filming 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. The 'Rushmore' actor said working with George Clooney on animated film 'Fantastic Mr Fox' was a bizarre and amazing experience.