Animated 3D Pic The Nut Job follows the adventures of a mischievous squirrel named Surly and his rat friend buddy as they plan a nut store heist. Voice cast includes Will Arnett as Surly, along with Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon and Jeff Dunham. The film is directed by Peter Lepeniotis and scripted by Lorne Cameron and Lepeniotis, and based on the latter's 2005 short film Surly Squirrel.
This Teaser trailer for the 3D animated film 'The Nut Job,' which is set for a January 17th, 2014 release date. Featuring the voice talents of Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon and Jeff Dunham, 'The Nut Job' is described as "an action-packed comedy in fictional Oakton that follows the travails of Surly, a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nutstore heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure.
The free 3D animation kids' movie trailers go, The Nut Job isn't the most grating one we've seen. Heck, it's not even the most grating one we've seen that centers around a bunch of anthropomorphized rodents. But, it's not a particularly promising one, either. The movie as a whole looks blander than a bowl full of dry, unsalted peanuts. It's really too bad we don't get more of Neeson here. The novelty of hearing his formidable voice come out of a cartoon raccoon could've been good for a laugh. And it would've been a great way to kick off what could be the year of the tough, anthropomorphized raccoon. Between Neeson's Nut Job villain and Rocket Raccoon , these bandit-masked critters have never been hotter.