This is just too cool not to draw some attention to. Below is the teaser trailer for The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers, a Grimm Brothers-esque fairytale starring Rupert Friend (Cheri, The Young Victoria), Tom Mison and Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go).
Over at the short’s Web site is an interesting “Making Of” in which the filmmakers talk about the film, it’s origins (on the set of the Johnny Depp-starrer The Libertine) and the production design, which looks all sorts of strange and wonderful. The script is credited to Mison and Friend. On the site you’ll find a brief synopsis of the short, including setting (“a dark forest in a fairytale Bavaria”) and character motivation of two brothers who try to kill themselves every day, with failure. But why would you want to know too much more about this?
First, enjoy the teaser [courtesy of The Playlist]:
The film, directed by the Brownlee Brothers, will be available on iTunes for $1.99 it looks likes on September 21st.
Will you buy the short on iTunes? What do you think of the teaser?