I know most people love the stop motion animated movies from Laika, but I find them rather cold and emotionless. I don’t know, different strokes, but one thing I will say is the films are, at the very least, quite lovely to look at and I expect their upcoming film The BoxTrolls to be just as lovely and today a new trailer for the film arrived.
Set for release on September 26, the film tells the tale of the titular Boxtrolls, monsters who live underneath the charming streets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out of the sewers at night to steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. At least, that’s the legend the townspeople have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are a community of lovable oddballs who are raising as one of their own an abandoned and orphaned human boy named Eggs. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous exterminator who is bent on eradicating them, Eggs must venture aboveground to save them, where he teams with an adventurous young girl to save not only the Boxtrolls but the soul of Cheesebridge.
The voice cast is packed, including Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan and Simon Pegg. Hell, that cast alone is enough for me to bump my excitement level up a notch and I don’t particularly get excited over celebrity voice casts.
Give the trailer a watch below and let me know what you think in the comments.
