Bill Murray Joins Wes Anderson’s Stop-Motion Animated Dog Movie
We’ve already learned that Wes Anderson’s next film will be a stop-motion animated film based around dogs. This will be his second stop-motion film; the first one he made was Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I loved.
The Playlist is reporting that Bill Murray has joined the cast, which isn’t really a surprise because Murray seems to jump on board every Wes Anderson project that he can. The actor will join the previously cast Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, and Bryan Cranston. Murray had this to say about the film:
"I'm playing a dog. He's doing another, like a stop-motion animated kind of comedy sort of like 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.’ And it's a Japanese story and I'm playing a dog. I'm very excited."
It was previously revealed that the story would be “Japanese-inspired,” and that’s the most curious thing about it. I’m not sure what exactly that means. There are still no details on what that story will entail, or when we’ll see it, but the production seems to be coming together fairly quickly.
As a longtime fan of Anderson’s work, I’m excited to see how this film turns out.