These days, when movie marketing manages to overexpose even the most appealing of projects, it’s kind of refreshing (and confusing) when you hear about something for the first time. If you read film blogs with any regularity, you’re probably familiar with every Disney/Pixar production up through 2011 at the very least. And as cute as WALL*E looks, with the teasers and the images and all the hype, I’m getting a little sick of the movie before I’ve even seen it.

Meet Igor. Igor is a Weinstein Brothers production - yes, it’s animated, and no, it’s not Pixar or Dreamworks. I know. It’s hard to imagine, but such things do exist. It also sounds like a delightful little tale. Cinematical recently premiered the teaser poster. According to AOL Movies, Igor is:

A playfully irreverent comedy with a new twist to the classic monster genre, ‘Igor’ is the story of a mad scientist’s hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of becoming a scientist in his own right and winning the coveted first place award at the annual Evil Science Fair.

Featuring the voice talents of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Coolidge, Molly Shannon, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, and James Lipton (as himself!), Igor is sure to be a hit with all ages. So when will this charming number waltz into your local theater? 2009? 2010, perhaps? No - September 19th, 2008.

I know, I know! It’s not much of a wait, but if you just can’t stand it, then play some animation trivia on Kwanzoo.

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