9 Movie – New Images And Fun Diversions

If you aren’t at least a little excited for the upcoming release of Shane Acker’s 9, I have to believe your just mostly dead inside.  The animated short expansion with Tim Buron’s name on it has been flooding the online campaign approach with more goodies and fun stuff than any movie in recent memory, and here comes a round-up of a bit more.

In case you’re completely out of the loop, here’s the official film synopsis -

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman. When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place.

As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

Here are some new semi-exclusive (read everyone will have it in a couple hours, if they don’t already) images, and other goodies.  Click any of the images to enlarge.

The Cat Beast surprises the “stitchpunk” creations in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy 9, which Focus Features releases nationwide on 9/9/09.

The Cat Beast attacks #2 (voiced by Martin Landau) in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy 9, which Focus Features releases nationwide on 9/9/09.

#9 (at left, voiced by Elijah Wood) and #1 (at right, voiced by Christopher Plummer) in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy 9, which Focus Features releases nationwide on 9/9/09.

One of the many fascinating landscapes in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy 9, which Focus Features releases nationwide on 9/9/09.

Check out the new 9 Cognitive Circuit Minigame here (an addicting  little brainteaser invented by the 9 Scientist to help train the Brain as it was being created)

You can also get your own 9 Talisman here to preserve your memories just like the Scientist.

Finally, Elijah Wood has a special promo of the odd variety through G4.

Hope you enjoy.

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