While Sean Connery announced his retirement almost a decade ago, it turns out The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen will not be his final swan song.
In 2010 Connery lent his voice to the animated feature Sir Billi, which after three years in development, finally has a release date. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately for the States) at this time it will only be overseas. Fans of your favorite Scot will be able to see (or in this case hear) Connery when Sir Billi releases September 13th. The film hits home video a few days afterwards but there's no news as to whether this film will ever be seen in America.
Here's a brief plot description:
An aging, skateboarding vet, Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive - Bessie Boo the beaver! A heart warming and action packed family movie where thrilling car chases, heroic skydiving and daring stunts from this octogenarian, fueled with encounters with a hostile submarine, will keep you at the edge of your seat!
I'll take "Sounds like a Shit Sandwich for $1000 Alex."
Seriously this sounds like an awful, awful movie. Now granted it is the first animated feature film made completely in Scotland, which is commendable, but dear God this sounds like 90 minutes of rip your eyes out dreck.
I for one am extremely disappointed that Connery* would be involved in something like this. I wish he would come out of retirement. I still believe he has a lot to offer even though he's in his eighties. Oh well. Nobody ever said an actor's final film had to be great. Not everyone can go out like Peter Finch or Henry Fonda.
*Connery turned down the role of Morpheus in The Matrix and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the scripts. But he did this film? Guh??
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