While seeking refuge, 9 finds a groups of other beings like himself who are trying to stave off extinction.  The small community is in hiding but 9 convinces them that the only way to truly survive is to rise up, face the adversity and find out why they are being targeted.  Naturally, the answers make them realize that the future depends on what they are able to accomplish.

Tim Burton is a genius when it comes to these strange, often dark films.  He doesn’t make a lot of movies but the ones that he does produce are usually memorable.  Some of my favorites include Edward Scissorhands, Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas.  He’s also producing the upcoming remake of Alice in Wonderland.

The pictures are pretty creepy but you’ll get a better idea if you check out the trailer:

images: Focus Features

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9 is an animated fantasy adventure from the talents of Shane Acker, a first-time director whose credits include animation work for The Lord of the Rings. It’s a “stitch punk” tale about nine little robotic creatures who are imbued with the spark of life by their human creator — just before the human race becomes extinct, thanks to malevolent robots who wipe them out. These nine robots, each named after their sequential number in order of their creation, become caught up in a wild adventure when the same machines that destroyed the humans set their sights on them. The entrance of the last robot, 9, complicates matters because he is very, very special.

On hand at the panel were creator/director Acker, producer Timur Bekmambetov (best known as the director of Night Watch and Wanted), producer and geek god Tim Burton, and voice talents Elijah Wood and Jennifer Connelly.

We were shown an extended clip from the film which was not at all what you usually see in animation. 9 is definitely a “grown up” animated movie, with a PG-13 rating, full of intense action and endless thrills. Personally, I can’t wait to see this one if for no other reason than that it’s something genuinely creative — a world, characters, and a story we have never seen before. It’s coming from Focus Features on September 9, 2009.

Below are some pictures from the panel.

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9 film stills: Copyright 2009 ©Focus Features.

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Comic-Con ‘09: 9 movie panel

From the press release:

• PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system trophies
• Realistic graphics and sounds that make you feel like you’re on the actual game show set
• Nearly 9,000 puzzles to challenge your mind!
• Customizable characters
• Single-player, multiplayer and network/multiplayer modes
• Eleven different playable cities across America (Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, New Orleans, Charleston, Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale)
• Studio sets and sound effects straight from the TV show!

Image|Sony Online Entertainment

Now, I’m not a big Wheel of Fortune fan, but there must be some out there for Sony to sock the $ into making this game and then releasing it. Then again, if you think about it, Sony doesn’t have to worry about packaging costs since they’re releasing it on the PSN.

Whatever.

Just because it’s not my cup of tea doesn’t mean that you won’t love it.

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