What is Australia, if not a hellish island desert of gorgeous people and insane deadly creatures, or oddball ones, most of which could kill you in a second? Australia and its colorful wildlife appear to be the focus of “Back To The Outback,” a new animated adventure comedy starring a who’s who of famous Aussie actors including Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, and Jacki Weaver.
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Directed by Clare Knight and Harry Cripps, Netflix is releasing the film on December 10. One supposes the film could have some kind of animal rights, conservation, environmental, anti-zoo message as the animated movie centers on a group of deadly Aussie creatures, sick of being entertainment for humans, who decide to escape their zoom confines and get back to the wild and nature.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they’re monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged for their scales and fangs. Leading the group is Maddie (Isla Fisher), a poisonous snake with a heart of gold, who bands together with a self-assured Thorny Devil lizard Zoe (Miranda Tapsell), a lovelorn hairy spider Frank (Guy Pearce), and a sensitive scorpion Nigel (Angus Imrie). But when their nemesis — Pretty Boy (Tim Minchin), a cute but obnoxious koala — unexpectedly joins their escape, Maddie and the gang have no choice but to take him with them. So begins a hair-raising and hilarious road trip across Australia, as they are pursued by a zookeeper Chaz (Eric Bana) and his adventure-seeking mini-me (Diesel La Torraca). Directed by Clare Knight and Harry Cripps, and also featuring the voices of Rachel House, Keith Urban, Celeste Barber, Wayne Knight, Lachlan Power, and Jacki Weaver, BACK TO THE OUTBACK is an animated adventure that proves just because something’s different, doesn’t mean it isn’t beautiful.
A delight for the whole family, right? Watch the debut trailer below.