News from AWN! Chungy was mentioned an upcoming movie from Aardman (the gang that did "Wallace and Grommit" and "Chicken Run" and such), so I was curious.

Kate Winslet has joined the voice cast of Aardman Animations’ FLUSHED AWAY. Winslet will be Rita, the female sewer rat who helps pampered rat Roddy (Hugh Jackson) survive in Ratropolis after he is accidentally flush down the toilet. The cast also includes Sir Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy and Andy Serkis.

The film will be Aardman’s first 3D CG feature and will be produced in L.A. instead of its regular studios in Bristol, England. The film will be directed by Henry Anderson, David Bowers and Sam Fell from a script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The film is set to hit theaters in November 2006.

Also, Aardman's Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were Rabbit is slated for Oct. 7, 2005.

And because what would a CG-rich movie be without a clone coming out at almost the same time, Pixar, is currently in pre-production on Ratatouille, its first solo effort, about a rat that inhabits an upscale Parisian restaurant, directed by Jan Pinkava (Geri's Game).

Brian Cox will provide the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia. Fox has comissioned a script for a possible Magneto X-Men spinoff. Phobos Ent. has obtained media rights to Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. Disney is planning on remaking Swiss Family Robinson and adding Jungle Cruise to their list of "movies inspired by theme park rides", even after saying there wouldn't be any more after the PotC sequels. The description is pure gold:

As for CRUISE, Hoberman described the movie as "an adventure film with comedic elements, but its core is almost a family version of Joseph Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS, about a group that travels upriver, in search of a significant cure.” Josh Goldstein and John Norville (TIN CUP) have been hired to write the screenplay.

"A family version of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness"? Yeah, that's going to be a success! *snorks*

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