After consulting a witch for help, Merida accidentally curses her mother and is forced to undo the spell herself before it is too late. In the film, set in the Scottish Highlands during the Middle Ages, a skilled archer named Merida defies an age-old custom, causing chaos in her kingdom and angering her mother, Elinor. This was the 10th film to not use a sequel or prequel since Up. It is the first film to use the Dolby Atmos sound format. To make the most complex visuals possible, Pixar completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years. The film's voice cast features Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, and Robbie Coltrane. It is Pixar's 13th animated feature film. It was written by Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, and Irene Mecchi, and directed by Andrews and Chapman and co-directed by Purcell. Surviving Joes, such as Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson) and Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki), join forces with the original Joe Colton (Bruce Willis) in order to stop Cobra's diabolical plan for world domination.Brave (also known as ' Merida and the Forest' in some countries), is a 2012 American 3D CGI computer-animated adventure fantasy film Pixar Animation Studios produced, which was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Joe live-action franchise sees the eponymous fighting squad in shambles after Cobra Commander's spy Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) conspires to have them all assassinated and take control of the U.S. Brave was scripted by Disney/Pixar writing vets such as Brenda Chapman ( Beauty and the Beast, Cars) and Irene Mecchi ( The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame), which strongly suggests the film's narrative should be up to scratch.īrave hits 2D and 3D theaters around the U.S.

The animation in Brave looks as stellar as anything Pixar has produced to date, though some moviegoers are not yet convinced this film is anything but a visually-beautiful, yet thematically-conventional 'girl power' tale.

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