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Peter Rabbit
Teaser poster
Directed by	Will Gluck
Starring	Rose Byrne Domhnall Gleeson Sam Neill Daisy Ridley Elizabeth Debicki Sia Margot Robbie James Corden
Cinematography	Peter Menzies Jr.
Music by	Dominic Lewis
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Olive Bridge Entertainment Sony Pictures Animation Animal Logic 2.0 Entertainment Screen Australia Screen NSW Frederick Warne & Co
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09) (US)
Countries	Australia United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million

Peter Rabbit is an upcoming 2018 3D live-action/CGI animated adventure comedy film written, directed and produced by Will Gluck and co-written by Rob Lieber, based on the stories of the character of the same name created by Beatrix Potter. However, it is not based or related to the recent British/American CGI-animated TV series of the same name.

The film features voice roles played by James Corden, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki and Sia, and live-action roles played by Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne and Sam Neill. The film is scheduled to be released on February 9, 2018.

Plot

Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor reaches new heights as both compete for the affections of a kind animal lover who lives next door.

Cast

• Domhnall Gleeson as Thomas McGregor
  • Sam Neill as an older Thomas McGregor
• Rose Byrne as Bea

Voice cast

• James Corden as Peter Rabbit
• Daisy Ridley as Cottontail
• Margot Robbie as Flopsy
• Elizabeth Debicki as Mopsy
• Sia as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

Production

The film was first revealed in April 2015 through email leaks as a result of the Sony Pictures hack. The official announcement of the film came that December.

On August 4, 2016, it was reported that Will Gluck would be directing the live-action/animated film from a script by Gluck and Rob Lieber, with James Corden cast to voice Peter Rabbit and Rose Byrne to play one of the live-action roles. Gluck will also be producing the film along with Zareh Nalbandian of Animal Logic, which will be providing the visual effects and animation for the film. On September 26, 2016, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki had joined the cast, with the live-action production scheduled to commence in Sydney, Australia in January 2017. On October 18, Domhnall Gleeson was cast as Mr McGregor, known for chasing rabbits out of his vegetable garden, and on October 24, Margot Robbie joined the cast, expected to voice a bunny. On November 7, Sia was casted to join the film.

Filming

On December 18, 2016, a first image of the title character, along with the movie's logo, had been revealed. Production began in December 2016. Live-action scenes were filmed at Centennial Park in Sydney. In March 2017, filming took place at Central railway station, Sydney which was depicted as London Paddington station.

In April 2017, a film crew were seen in Ambleside and Windermere in the Lake District. A local toy shop on Compston Road, Ambleside, was adapted to be Mr McGregors'.

Release

Peter Rabbit was originally scheduled to be released on March 23, 2018, but it was moved up to February 9, 2018.

Reception

Pre-release

The official trailer for Peter Rabbit was met with negative reception from critics and fans of the character, many of whom labelled the film as being too modern and insulting to Beatrix Potter's works. Collider slammed the trailer as "garbage" and a "low-brow "comedy" cringe-fest". Stuart Heritage from The Guardian stated that "the Peter Rabbit film looks like the result of some blisteringly inept manhandling there’s something genuinely harrowing about the sight of Peter Rabbit – gentle, Edwardian Peter Rabbit – thoughtlessly injuring some birds, or grabbing a pile of lettuce leaves and making it rain like a banker in a stripclub, or literally twerking." and argued "there is no way on Earth that she'd have ever given the green light to a slow-motion car crash like this." Metro writer James Baldock found that the trailer was "so gut-wrenchingly bad" and that "if the movie lives up to its two-minute preview – is set to be the greatest abomination to grace the big screen since The Emoji Movie." He finished by writing "Listen carefully, and you can just about hear the sound of Beatrix Potter, turning furiously in her grave." On November 7, a new UK trailer was released to a more positive reception. The first trailer was shown during screenings of The Star.

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External links

• Peter Rabbit at IMDb

• 2018 films
• American films
• American adventure comedy films
• American children's animated adventure films
• American children's animated fantasy films
• Columbia Pictures animated films
• Columbia Pictures films
• Films about animals
• Films about rabbits and hares
• Films directed by Will Gluck
• Film scores by Dominic Lewis
• Films with live action and animation
• Sony Pictures Animation films