Poster And Animation Test For Renner, Aubier and Patar's ERNEST AND CELESTINE

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Poster And Animation Test For Renner, Aubier and Patar's ERNEST AND CELESTINE
Earlier today Mack posted up what we believed to be the first image released from Ernest & Celestine, the feature film adaptation of the popular children's books by Gabrielle Vincent being directed by Benjamin Renner with A Town Called Panic duo Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar. But now our friends at the Dutch Animatie Blog have pointed us to the first official poster for the film, additional imagery and an early animation test.

The friendship between a little mouse who didn't want to become a dentist and a big bear who didn't want to become a notary.

Ernest, a big marginal bear, with a cold and starving, is looking through garbage to find something to eat. Just when he's ready to put the first thing he finds into his mouth, a piercing cry rings out! "Stooooppp!". The little mouse he was going to swallow pleads: "if you don't eat me, I will give you whatever you want most in the world! And it will be better for your health than all this crap." And this is how CĂ©lestine, while trying to save her own life, turns that of Ernest upside down. From these unfortunate circumstances a friendship grows, fought by the world of mice (the upper world) and the world of bears (the underworld) but in vain: Ernest and CĂ©lestine will conquer all prejudices.
While the animation test below is obviously from very early in the production it promises very good things. For one, there's no question that this is going to be done with traditional, hand drawn cel animation. For another, the animation is very strong and very evocative while maintaining a very simple style. I really hope this is the feel they're ultimately going for because it's charming to the nth degree. Take a look below.


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