The first trailer for Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story Fantastic Mr. Fox has just been released. You can see it at Yahoo! Movies by clicking here.

Personally, I’m incredibly excited for this. The Projectorheads’ opinion on Wes Anderson is split – some of us think he can do no wrong, others don’t quite get the hype. I count myself in the former category, and this trailer seems to show me that he can go out of his comfort zone and still make a great film. As much as the voiceover tries to make the trailer look like a typical kid’s movie, the voice acting and animation style shine through to show this is gonna be something special.

IMDb tells me the UK release date for this is October 23rd (November 13th for Americans, and not until January 10th for Australians). I can’t wait.