First Trailer for Animated Comedy ‘The Superb Maurice’ A couple of Cat
by Alex Billington
December 8, 2022
Supply: Apple
“Smells like a…” “a thriller.” Viva Photos within the US has revealed a brand new 30-sec trailer, which we will additionally characteristic with the full-length Sky Cinema UK trailer, for this animated film arriving quickly. The Superb Maurice was simply introduced as a premiere on the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant within the “Children” part, and it first premiered on the Manchester Animation Pageant within the UK simply final month. This story follows Maurice, a goofy streetwise cat, who has the proper money-making rip-off involving a gaggle of speaking rats that he has befriended. When Maurice and the rodents attain the city of Dangerous Blintz, they encounter Malicia and their con runs into another hassle. That includes the voices of Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, David Thewlis, Joe Sugg, Ariyon Bakare, Rob Brydon, plus Hugh Bonneville. As a Sundance premiere, this needs to be a lot better than it appears at first look. It could be value a watch.
Here is the official trailers (+ poster) for Genkel & Westermann’s The Superb Maurice, from YouTube:
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making rip-off by befriending a gaggle of speaking rats. When Maurice and the rodents attain the stricken city of Dangerous Blintz, they meet a bookworm named Malicia and their little con quickly goes down the drain. The Superb Maurice, often known as Der Erstaunliche Maurice or Maurice der Kater in German, is co-directed by German animation filmmakers Toby Genkel (director of Kommando Störtebeker, Two Occasions Lotte, Thor: Legend of Magical Hammer, Ooops! Noah Is Gone, Little Hen’s Massive Journey, Yakari, The Ogglies) & Florian Westermann (making his directorial debut after work as a compositing supervisor / visible results artist), making their first movie collectively. The screenplay is written by Terry Rossio, tailored from the e book by Terry Pratchett. The movie is ready to open in early 2023 in most of Europe, and it’ll display screen on the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant. Viva Photos will debut The Superb Maurice in theaters on February third, 2023 this winter. Look any good?
