The Tale of Despereaux

Post by **Daniel** » June 28th, 2008, 2:23 pm

Ohhh. Ha-ha.

According to Wiki, Christopher Lloyd will have a role in this, as the voice of Hovis. Interesting, if its true.

American_dog_2008 · Post by **American_dog_2008** » June 29th, 2008, 10:12 am

Looks interesting!

Post by **Whippet Angel** » June 30th, 2008, 4:03 pm

I just read the book, and I must say, the trailer is very...... different.

The book touched on some pretty dark themes, though it didn't go too deeply into them (which makes sense, considering it's a children's novel). But this trailer makes the film look like an extremely different and watered down version of the story. I find this rather sad, since they seem to be using the book's popularity to hype this film. The teaser attached to WALL-E actually began with "Based on Kate DiCamillo's critically acclaimed, best-selling, Newberry award winning book."

Yeah, and I don't really buy into Matthew Broderick as Despereaux's voice either.

July 2nd, 2008, 1:36 am

I saw the trailer, and it looks interesting, although I really thought Despereaux should have sounded more like a kid, since that's how I envisioned it when I read the book. And the princess just looks weird. But the voice cast looks very good.

Post by **Ben** » July 2nd, 2008, 5:41 am

Yes, I agree. Broderick not only sounds too "old", but also too "nerdy".

Post by **Foxtale** » July 2nd, 2008, 10:43 pm

I never heard of the story before which is weird because I know a lot of children's books. How old is the story?

I saw the Wall-E teaser, I think it looks promising. At least the characters themselves.

July 3rd, 2008, 8:50 am

Foxtale wrote:I never heard of the story before which is weird because I know a lot of children's books. How old is the story?

According to Wikipedia, the book came out in 2003.

Post by **Wolf** » August 31st, 2008, 11:40 pm

The Behind-the-scenes video is online at the official site:
http://www.thetaleofdespereauxmovie.com/

Heres the same video on youtube:

Post by **Wolf** » November 6th, 2008, 3:19 pm

The theatrical trailer is online at Yahoo! movies:

http://movies.yahoo.com/holiday-movies/ ... ailers/164

Post by **Foxtale** » November 10th, 2008, 6:24 pm

I saw that hd trailer that talked about the thing with the soup and this movie looks like it would be interesting to watch and visually pleasing. I agree with you guys about the voice, he does sound a bit too old for Despeaux but seems like something a viewer can get used to if the voice acting is good ^.^

Post by **James** » December 19th, 2008, 4:51 pm

Just out today. Bumping this before anyone starts a new thread!

Post by **Darkblade** » December 19th, 2008, 8:03 pm

I saw this just today...I enjoyed it.

Post by **James** » December 22nd, 2008, 12:03 am

Animated Views review is up: http://animated-views.com/2008/the-tale ... eaux-film/

Post by **Neal** » December 22nd, 2008, 11:35 pm

One word: daaaamn!

Post by **Darkblade** » December 23rd, 2008, 2:00 pm

Well everyone is a film critic in their own point of view...