If we can get through this weekend and collectively forget the atrocity that is Cars 2, then Pixar’s future is looking pretty bright. Their next feature film, the folktale Brave, seems to have a beautiful style and we got the first look at the poster yesterday. We now have a hi-res version of the poster, as well as an introduction to the main set of characters (via Bleeding Cool).
Below you can see Princess Merida (Kelly MacDonald), Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), The Wise Woman (Julie Walters) and Lord MacIntosh (Craig Ferguson).
The hi-res version of the poster is also below, which you can click to see even complete resolution. See if you can spot a fifth character. Hint: it is a nod to the original title, The Bear and the Bow.
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Merida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Merida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Merida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman (Julie Walters) and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Merida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), the surly Lord Macintosh (Craig Ferguson), and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane).
Brave hits theaters June 2012 and a teaser is attached to Cars 2.
What do you think of our first look at the characters?