The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists Nominated For Animation Award

The British Animation Awards finalists have been revealed and the 2012 Aardman feature The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists has been shortlisted in the Best Long Form Category.

The stop-motion comedy from Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation was directed by British filmmaking legend and Aardman co-founder Peter Lord and based on Gideon Defoe’s cult novel series. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (also known as The Pirates! Band Of Misfits in some territories) is a delirious high-seas romp featuring the vocal talents of Hugh Grant as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain, who navigates his salty crew on a perilous mission to Victorian London to aid a young Charles Darwin voiced by David Tennant.

At the time of release David said that it was an easy decision to become involved with the film. "You just want to be associated with what Aardman do,” he told Digital Spy. “It's never less than excellent. When I did read the script I thought, 'This is just a joy!'"

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will contend against the Oscar-nominated Magic Lights Pictures' Room on the Broom and Lupus Films' The Snowman and the Snowdog.

The British Animation Awards are held every two years and celebrate the best of British animation across an number of categories. Other nominations include Bill Nighy and Morwenna Banks for Best Voice Performance and children's favourites Peppa Pig and Shaun The Sheep. The 2014 Awards will be announced on Friday 7th March at the BFI on London's Southbank.

Click here for a full list of finalists

Find out more about the film on our website

RTS West Awards Announced Tonight - The Pirates! Is Nominated

The Royal Television Society Awards, West of England are announced tonight, The ceremony takes place at the Old Vic in Bristol this evening from 7pm and is hosted by Naomi Wilkinson of CBBC. The awards celebrate the best in drama and film, network television, craft, talent, digital media and regional television news coming out of the west region of the UK.

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is nominated in the Best Film category. This award honours the best film originated in the region, with a theatrical release and can include Drama, Animation or Documentary. The full shortlist for the category is:

BEST FILM                                                    

Nominees:

In The Dark Half

Bard Entertainments/iFeatures

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists.

Aardman Animations

8 Minutes Idle

Arthur Cox/iFeatures

Flying Blind

Ignition Films/iFeatures

Click here for the full list of nominees

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists features the voices of David Tennant, Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and Russell Tovey. The Pirate Captain sets his sights on winning the coveted Pirate Of The Year award. On his quest for glory he encounters a young Charles Darwin and the pirate-hating Queen Victoria. The film was produced by Aardman Animations of Bristol and directed by Peter Lord.

Oscar Night For The Pirates!

The 85th Academy Awards are announced in Los Angeles later tonight, and among the movies in contention for one of the much coveted awards is the 2012 claymation feature The Pirates! Band Of Misfits (aka The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists), which is nominated in the Animated Feature Film category.

Directed by British animation legend and Aardman co-founder Peter Lord and based on Gideon Defoe’s cult novel series, The Pirates! Band Of Misfits is a delirious high-seas romp starring Hugh Grant as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain, who navigates his salty crew on a perilous mission to Victorian London to aid a young Charles Darwin voiced by David Tennant. Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, Brian Blessed and Salma Hayek also lend their voices to the film.

The Animated feature Film category is as follows:

• "Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• "Frankenweenie" Tim Burton
• "ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord
• "Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore

The Oscars ceremony will be hosted by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Guests will start to arrive from 4pm PST (7pm EST / midnight GMT) and the three hour show begins at 5.30pm PST (8.30pm EST / 1.30am GMT). The show will also pay tribute to the 50th anniversary in 2012 of the James Bond franchise. 

Watch the ceremony live on the ABC network starting from 8.30pm EST, or for UK viewers red carpet coverage begins on Sky Living from 11.30pm GMT and the Awards Cermony follows on Sky Movies Oscars from 1.30am GMT. 

Watch The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists On Sky Movies Premiere From Today

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists featuring the voices of Hugh Grant and David Tennant has its channel premiere on Sky Movies in the UK today. The first showing is at 4pm this afternoon on Sky Movies Premiere HD, and it can also be seen on Sky 3D at 9.30am

Sky say:
Avast ye, as the crew behind Wallace & Gromit set a course for skulduggery and animated anarchy with author Gideon Defoe’s underachieving Pirate Captain (here voiced by Hugh Grant). Determined - if unlikely - to win the coveted Pirate of the Year award, the hapless buccaneer's fortunes change when he runs into the young Charles Darwin (David Tennant). But while Lady Luck may be with him, pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) most certainly is not. A bounty of cutlass-sharp observation and yo-ho-ho for young lubbers and old sea-dogs alike

Check out the Sky Movies website for details of other listings for the film

If you don't subscribe to Sky Movies, don't forget you can always grab a copy of the film on DVD: click here to order

Oscar Nomination For The Pirates!

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (also known as The Pirates! Band Of Misfits) has received an nomination for Best Animated Feature in the 2013 Oscars. The nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards were announced in Hollywood today by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone.

David Tennant provides the voice of Charles Darwin in the animated feature film by Aardman and Sony Pictures. The film also stars Hugh Grant as the Pirate Captain and Martin Freeman as the Pirate With Scarf. The director was Peter Lord, who has previously been nominated for animated shorts Wat's Pig and Adam.

All five nominees in the category are as follows:

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Brave - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• Frankenweenie - Tim Burton
• ParaNorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Peter Lord
• Wreck-It Ralph - Rich Moore

About the film:

The Pirate Captain leads a band of buccaneers who remain fiercely loyal to him despite his shortcomings as a raider and pillager.  Facing stiff competition from more successful high seas brigands, the Captain is nevertheless determined to capture the prestigious Pirate of the Year award. 

Click here for the full list of 2013 nominees

The winners will be announced on February 24th in a ceremony hosted by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will also include a special tribute to fifty years of James Bond movies.

Australian DVD And Blu-ray Release For The Pirates! Band Of Misfits

The fantastic 2012 Aardman animated movie The Pirates! band Of Misfits (known also as The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists) is released on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia today.

In The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists 3D, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas.

With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.

Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

The film was adapted from the novel by Gideon Defoe and directed for Aardman and Sony Pictures by Peter Lord. It is available in four formats: DVD, standard Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and triple play DVD, Blu-ray and digital pack. It is available now from all major retailers.

To find out more about The Pirates! Band Of Misfits click here.

Win A Copy Of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!

We're very excited to be able to bring you an exclusive competition to win one of 5 copies of David Tennant's fabulous new movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists on DVD!

To be in with a chance of winning this swashbuckling spectacular all you need to do is answer the following question:

What is the name of the character that David Tennant voices in The Pirates! In An Adveture With Scientists?
A. John Muir
B. Charles Darwin
C. Georges Cuvier

Send your answer along with your name and address to Sarah@David-Tennant.com
Please mark you e-mail Pirates! DVD Competition.
Please note that unfortunately this competition is only open to residents in the UK & Ireland.
The closing date for the competition is Monday 17th September 2012, all winners will be contacted by email.
Thanks to Sony Pictures.
Visit the film's Official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/jointhepiratecaptain

If you're not lucky enough to be a winner fear not as we have some great deals on the film:
3D Blu-ray £17.00
Blu-ray £15.00
DVD £9.99 
Visit our Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists section here to view, photos, video and find out more!

“another Aardman triumph” ****

Empire

“bursting with fun and packed with gags” ****

The Guardian

“Great piratical fun for all the family” ****

Sunday Mirror

Featuring the Voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tenant, Imelda Staunton and Brendan Gleeson

The Pirates! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS

On Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download on September 10

Special Features Include Games, Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes and More! Blu-ray™ and DVD Include UltraViolet™

It’s going to feel like a ‘plunderful life’ when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment debuts THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download on September 10. From the Academy Award®-winning Aardman (Chicken Run) and Sony Pictures Animation (The Smurfs), comes the all-new, swashbuckling stop-motion animated film that’s sure to entertain families from beginning to end. This critically acclaimed action-packed comedy adventure follows the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain, voiced by Hugh Grant

(About A Boy), and his band of misfits (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey and Ashley Jensen) as they frolic on the high seas in a madcap quest to win the coveted “Pirate of the Year” award. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure! The film also stars Brian Blessed (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) as The Pirate King, Salma Hayek (Puss In Boots) as Cutlass Liz and Jeremy Piven (TV’s “Entourage”) as Black Bellamy.

THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS, Aardman’s most ambitious stop-motion film to date, is directed by Peter Lord, a founding partner of Aardman, director of Chicken Run (with Nick Park), and a two-time Academy Award^® nominee for his short films made with the company. The film is co-directed by Jeff Newitt. The screenplay is by Gideon Defoe, based upon his books. Production Designer is Norman Garwood. Producers are Peter Lord, David Sproxton, and Julie Lockhart. Executive Producer is Carla Shelley.

The Blu-ray and DVD boast hours of kid-friendly extras, including Filmmakers’ Commentary and two behind-the-scenes featurettes: “From Stop to Motion,” taking fans on a journey through the making of the film, and “Creating the Bath Chase Sequence,” a look at the various stages involved with shooting the bath tub scene. Exclusive to the Blu-ray is the “Pirate Disguise Dress-Up” game, in which fans can help our swashbuckling pals get past Queen Victoria by disguising them in various silly get-ups. Additionally, two short films with optional commentary from Director Peter Lord are exclusive to the Blu-ray.

Owners of the Blu-ray and DVD will be able to add THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTSto their free cloud-based UltraViolet account, enabling them to access their film through any UltraViolet-compatible service or device – from PCs and tablets to TVs and smart phones.

Synopsis:

Set sail for a fun-filled voyage and hilarious pirate antics with the biggest Band of Misfits on the seven seas! When the infamous Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) is shunned once again by his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz, he sets his sights to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award. With his trusted dodo, Polly and rag-tag crew at his side, the Pirate Captain will need to battle a diabolical queen, save a young scientist and never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: Adventure!

DVD Bonus Features Include:

•        Filmmakers’ Commentary

•        Exclusive to DVD: MR. BOBO’S FLASH CARD CHALLENGE

•        “From Stop to Motion” featurette

•        

“Creating the Bath Chase Sequence” featurette

•        DVD-ROM link to more fun online

Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray Exclusives Include:

•        Added value included on the DVD

•        Pirate Disguise Dress-Up Game

·       Peter Lord Short Films:

 § Wats Pig with optional commentary intro

 § War Story with optional commentary intro

THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS has a running time of approximately 88 minutes on Blu-ray and 84 minutes on DVD and is rated U

UK TV Debut For The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

The hit Aardman animated movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists will have its first showing on UK TV in September when it comes to Sky Box Office. The film, which features the voices of David Tennant and Hugh Grant, will begin showings on Monday 10th September.

From the Sky website:

Avast ye, as the crew behind Wallace & Gromit set a course for skulduggery and animated anarchy with author Gideon Defoe’s underachieving Pirate Captain (here voiced by Hugh Grant). Determined - if unlikely - to win the coveted Pirate of the Year award, the hapless buccaneer’s fortunes change when he runs into the young Charles Darwin (David Tennant). But while Lady Luck may be with him, pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) most certainly is not. A bounty of cutlass-sharp observation and yo-ho-ho for young lubbers and old sea-dogs alike.

The first showing will be at 6am on Monday 10th September on Sky Movies Box office..

For more information visit the Sky website

The same day also sees the region 2 DVD and Blu-ray release of the film in the UK and Europe.

Exclusive Pirates! Special Feature From Sky Movies

Sky Movies have posted an exclusive special video clip featuring the characters from The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. Featuring the voices of Hugh Grant as The Pirate Captain, David Tennant as Charles Darwin and Martin Freeman as The Pirate with a Scarf, the feature 'The Pirate Captain's Chat Show' is new material not seen in the movie.

Watch the clip here

The Pirates! is produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures, and was directed by Peter Lord. It opened in the UK on Wednesday 28th March and is screening at cinemas nationwide. It is released in the USA as The Pirates! Band Of Misfits on 27th April.

Watch David Talking To Total Film About The Pirates!

Total Film has an exclusive interview with David Tennant about his new film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!
The film is released in UK cinemas today.
Watch the video below:

David Tennant On Movie Juice

STV's Movie Juice ran a feature on David Tennant's new film, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, earlier this evening. The piece included interviews with David and his co star Hugh Grant as well as Aardman's Peter Lord.
The film is released in UK cinemas on 28th March 2012.

David Tennant Interviewed On STV Movie Juice Tonight

Moviejuice on STV (ITV Scotland) will be showing an interview with David Tennant and Hugh Grant about their latest movie, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, on the show tonight at 8.00pm.

This Morning Interview

This Morning on ITV1 had a very brief interview with David Tennant and Hugh Grant on the red carpet of the premiere of their latest film, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!
You can watch a video of it below:

Hugh Grant admits he is a 'grumpy pirate' and his director and David Tennant agrees!

ITN speak to David Tennant and Hugh Grant on the red carpet of their new movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists! where Hugh Grant says he is a grumpy pirate but David says Hugh is more of an annoyingly handsome pirate!


David also spoke to ITN about his thoughts on the announcement that Jenna-Louise Coleman would be taking over from Karen Gillan as the new companion on Doctor Who:

New Pirates! Trailer

The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists is out in UK cinemas on March 28th! For a full list of international releases, visit: http://thepirates-movie.net/

In The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain -- a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they do battle with the pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

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Pre-screening review of The Pirates! Band Of Misfits

Thanks to Tiffany, aka @tkmcquay on Twitter, we can bring you a review of a second preview screening of David Tennant's new animated feature film The Pirates! Band Of Misfits / In An Adventure With Scientists. Tiffany has been lucky enough to attend two early screenings of the film. Her thoughts on the latest version of the film are here:

It's Almost Ham Night or The Pirates 2nd Pre-Screening

For comparison you can see what Tiffany thought of the film back in September on her blog here.

The Pirates! is an Aardman Animation and Sony Pictures production, based on the books by Gideon Defoe and directed by Peter Lord. David Tennant voices Charles Darwin, with Hugh Grant as the Pirate captain. It also features the voices of Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman, Russell Tovey and Brian Blessed. It reaches cinemas in the UK on 28th March and in the USA on 27th April. Other worldwide release dates are listed on the Sony Pictures website.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

David has won a role in a new 3D animated adventure film from Aardman Animations.

BBC News confirms:

Actor Hugh Grant will voice a bumbling pirate captain in a 3D animated adventure from the team behind the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists will use the same stop-motion techiques of previous Aardman films, such as Chicken Run.
Salma Hayek will co-star as his arch-rival Cutlass Liz, with David Tennant as a young Charles Darwin.
Martin Freeman, Brian Blessed and Imelda Staunton will also feature.
"I'm so grateful to the entire cast for their talent and energy," said Aardman's Peter Lord, director of the film.
"Only Hugh could anchor this story of love, loyalty, greed and nautical high-jinks."
Lord, a founding partner of British-based Aardman Animations, also co-directed Chicken Run, with Nick Park.
The film, to be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released on 30 March 2012.