Nein!

I've been obsessed with 9 since I first saw the trailer.

I even tried to pitch a feature on it, since the story behind the movie is fascinating. I mean, think about it: This nobody director (Shane Acker--no offense intended) makes a CGI short film called 9 back in 2005--it actually premiered four years ago today, at the Indianapolis International Film Festival. It gets nominated for an Oscar. Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (two Tims, no waiting!) scoop it up and have Acker turn it into a feature-length cinematic experience with lots of famous people doing the characters' voices. How often does something like that happen?

The short is definitely worth watching; haunting and ever-so-slightly uplifting at the same time:


And now MTV's got its hands on two minutes of footage from the movie. Is it September yet?