9 Comic Con 2009 Panel

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During the Comic Con 2009 panel for 9, the director Shane Acker, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Elijah Wood, and Jennifer Connelly were all there to talk a little bit about this new animation movie.

We got to see the trailer again, which had already been released previously, but I think I actually enjoyed it more than the first time around. And we also got to see a clip from the movie, which actually got me interested in seeing more.

Here are some of the highlights from the panel:

- The director Shane West used the term “Stitchpunk” to define sort of retro futuristic world that 9 takes place in.

- In the movie, in order for characters to find out who they are and why they are here they need to find out about the humans and what happened to them.

- 9 is based on the Shane West’s short film.

- Elijah Wood & Jennifer Connelly both got interested in the movie after receiving a package explaining what it was all about and seeing the short.

- Elijah Wood on his process to get into a character said: “I can’t even talk technique, I don’t even know what it means.”

- Timur Bekmambetov gave us an update of Wanted 2. The good news is: it’s happening and James McAvoy will be back. Timur Bekmambetov also teased that they are trying to revive Fox (played by Angelina Jolie in the first one).

- Unfortunately, Timur Bekmambetov doesn’t think the “Day Watch” film trilogy will happen.

9 comes out to theaters on September 9, 2009 (9/9/09 – how perfect is that?!). In the meantime, check out more pictures from the 9 Comic Con 2009 panel below.