In a world where Pixar have stumbled somewhat in their last few outings and Aardman have never managed to replicate their small screen success on the big screen, is it fair to say that stop motion animation house Laika have emerged as the most consistent players in the world of big screen animation? It may just be, given that the just released full trailer for
The Boxtrolls looks to build upon the high standards of
Coraline and
ParaNorman.
Cheesebridge is a posh Victorian-era town obsessed with wealth, class
and the stinkiest of fine cheeses. Beneath its charming cobblestone
streets dwell the Boxtrolls, foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers
at night and steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children
and their cheeses. At least, that's the legend residents have always
believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are an underground cavern-dwelling
community of quirky and lovable oddballs who wear recycled cardboard
boxes the way turtles wear their shells. The Boxtrolls have raised an
orphaned human boy, Eggs, since infancy as one of their dumpster-diving
and mechanical junk-collecting own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by
villainous pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher, who is bent on
eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kindhearted
band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and adventurous rich
girl Winnie to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change - and
cheese.
Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Elle Fanning, Toni Collette and Isaac Hempstead-Wright provide the voices. Check out the fantastic new trailer below.