On behalf of Fox Searchlight, we’re excited to share the first official clip for Wes Anderson’s ISLE OF DOGS! We recently learned the film will be making it’s world premiere at SXSW Film Festival 2018!
ISLE OF DOGS takes place in dystopian future version of Japan, dogs have been quarantined to the remote ‘Trash Island’ due to a dog flu. Featuring an all star cast of voices such as Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Edward Norton, Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton, this journey of a young boy in search of this bodyguard-dog hits theaters Friday March 23rd!
SYNOPSIS:
ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of ATARI KOBAYASHI, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.