9 is an upcoming animation movie by the Focus Feature, adapted from the best Short Animation nominated in the 2005 Academy Awards. Besides Shane Acker holding the responsible to direct the original as well as this one, the visionary production of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton also make this animation feature something to look for.
www.chud.com previews the character posters from the movie 9 – nine in total. These characters are created by someone called Scientist whom is so popular that he is even got his own Facebook page.
1, TO PROTECT US…Voiced by the legendary Christopher Plummer, 1 is the elder, whom lead the group of ragdoll. He is clever and sly, but also domineering, quick-tempered, and threatened by the new arrival of 9, whose higher intellect leads him to question authority.
2, TO INSPIRE US…Voiced by Martin Landau, 2 is the inventor and explorer with an inquisitive personality.
3, TO DEFINE US… and 4, TO TEACH US…They are the scholarly twins who voraciously catalogue everything they can see and find, recording and building a massive database for the group of the world that surrounds them and the history that led up to their creation.
5, TO GUIDE US…Voiced by John C. Riley, 5 is a caring, nurturing engineer. He is also an apprentice of 2, with whom he shares a special bond.
6, TO LEAD US…Voiced by Crispin Glover, 6 is a reclusive and eccentric, yet captivates many with his inspiration through drawings made from his pen nib hands and may be keys to help his fellow ragdolls beings navigate their darkest hours.
7, TO DEFEND US…Voiced by Jennifer Connelly, 7 is the sole female in the group, a fiercely independent adventuress she has been out patrolling the wasteland. To survive, she has adapted, finding the bones of a deceased bird and crafting her signature skull helmet.
8, TO GUARD US…Voiced by Fred Tatasciore, armed with a giant kitchen cleaver and half a scissor blade, the none-too-bright muscle and enforcer of the group, 8, is created to help the others physically survive the dangerous post-apocalyptic world.
9, TO SAVE US…Voiced by Elijah Wood, 9 is the newly born lead role of the movie.