Here’s the new US one-sheet poster for The Pirates! Band of Misfits, or as it is titled here in the UK, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, the latest stop-motion, 3D, animated film from Aardman Animations which stars (the voices of) Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed, Brendan Gleeson, and Ashley Jensen.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they do battle with the pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
Co-directed by Peter Lord (Chicken Run) and Jeff Newitt from a screenplay is by Gideon Defoe, based upon his books. The Pirates! will be released in the UK on March 28th and, as you can see by the poster above, the US on April 27th 2012.
