Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant will lead the voice cast of Aardman Studios’ “Robin Robin,” the celebrated British stop motion animated company’s first collaboration with Netflix along with being their first musical.
The company behind such acclaimed hits as “Chicken Run,” “Wallace & Gromit,” “Shaun the Sheep Movie” and “Flushed Away” will here tell the story of a robin who is adopted by a family of mice after its egg rolls into a rubbish dump.
Anderson will voice the villain of the piece – Cat – while Grant will play Robin’s mentor, Magpie. Both will also sing their character’s songs.
Writer/director Dan Ojari tells The Guardian: “Very few people have the ability to authentically purr like a cat. Fantastically, Gillian is one of those blessed few. Having Gillian purr and snarl at us was one of the most thrilling experiences of our lives thus far.”
The pair are joined by Adeel Akhtar (“Utopia”) as the mouse family patriarch, and Bronte Carmichael (“Christopher Robin”) in the lead role. The film is targeting a Christmas 2021 release.
Source: The Guardian