The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

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Another wonderful fantasy from Aardman Animations, in which the Hugh Grant-voiced Pirate Captain sets sail to beat rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the pirate of the year award. When he happens on Charles Darwin (David Tennant), all sorts of landlubberly machinations threaten to sink his plan. A witty stop-motion adventure.

Aardman's Pirates! risks choppy waters in the US

The plot of the latest Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists is, perhaps, a uniquely British storyline so how well is the movie likely to fare with the tricky American audiences?

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It's a class above Flushed Away and Arthur Christmas. And, because of the dazzling wealth of background detail, it will probably bear seeing twice.

Pirates ahoy! Phill Jupitus visits Aardman Animations

The comedian meets the people who've spent five years making The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists!

Aardman threatens overseas move

Wallace and Gromit maker Aardman's head of TV has said the company may have to halt UK production of its famed stop-frame animations because it has become too expensive.

Hugh Grant takes pirate role in new Aardman adventure

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.