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Brad bird of prey
The latest in the unstoppably successful Pixar canon of animated films is Ratatouille, a story of a rat named Remy.
Remy, who lives within the confines of a Paris bistro has ambitions of becoming a star chef.
Following the slight critical disappointment of John Lasseter’s Cars, the boys have called in the talents of ace animation supremo Brad Bird, director of the brilliant The Iron Giant and The Incredibles (in my opinion, Pixar’s greatest achievement to date).
He should hopefully bring a maturity and edge to the proceedings that was sadly lacking in the more child-friendly likes of Cars.
Ratatouille is out in October.
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