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Yahoo Movies has debuted the first trailer for Wes Anderson‘s upcoming stop-motion animated children’s book adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox. And even though it is stop-motion, it is still very much a Wes Anderson film — color tones, quirky dialogue, Jason Schwartzman stealing the entire trailer with only a few lines of dialog — it’s all right down the middle, Wes Anderson stuff. Check out the official synopsis for the film below.

Mr. and Mrs. Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers — Boggis, Bunce and Bean — who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost.

The trailer gives the inclination that the movie could be a bit of fun, in the way that I find all of Wes Anderson’s films to be fun. The stop-motion animation has moments of cool and moments of choppiness, but who’s to say that isn’t intentional. Overall, I’m still jazzed for this flick — I always give Wes Anderson a chance.

The voice cast includes Michael Gambon, Meryl Streep, Willem Dafoe, George Clooney, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Brian Cox, Adrien Brody and Anjelica Huston. You know, a bunch of people who’ve never worked with Wes Anderson before. Fantastic Mr. Fox is in theaters November 13, 2009. And yes, it is still on our list of The 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009.