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Action-adventure feature stars Luke MacFarlane and D.J. “Shangela” Pierce.

Altitude Film Sales has boarded upcoming action-adventure film Lone Star Bull, which marks the feature debut of UK director David Stoddart and stars Luke MacFarlane and D.J. “Shangela” Pierce.

The London-based sales agent will handle worldwide rights to the film and is expected to launch sales later this year at the American Film Market (AFM).

A two-month shoot wraps in Savannah, Georgia today (July 9) on the feature, which is produced by Maggie Monteith through her US banner Southern Stories alongside Christopher Simon for the UK’s New Sparta Films and Seth Michaels.

More WWE Superstars than ever before come together for the non-stop action adventure, The Marine 5: Battleground, debuting on digital March 28 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD April 25 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and WWE Studios. The fifth installment of the Marine franchise stars WWE Superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin as Jake Carter, a marine who is now back stateside working as an Emt. After responding to a distress call, he must protect a man from a biker gang out for the ultimate revenge. The Marine 5: Battleground also stars WWE Superstars Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas, Maryse, Naomi, and Heath Slater, and actress Anna Van Hooft (Warcraft).

The Marine 5: Battleground comes with two behind-the-scenes featurettes that bring fans to action ground zero. In “Evening the Odds,” fans discover that an amusement park isn’t all fun and games when the cast and Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin walk through how his...

Stars: Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin, Maryse Mizanin, Heath Slater, Naomi, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel, Anna Van Hooft, Nathan Mitchell, Sandy Robson, Tony Skinner, Brad Kelly | Written by Scott Wiper, Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry | Directed by James Nunn

Fresh off the success of Scott Adkins action flick Eliminators, British director James Nunn stays with the action for the latest in the WWE Studios-produced Marine franchise, which once again stars WWE Superstar The Miz as former Marine Jake Carter. Although this time round things are a little different as the titular Marine has finally put that life behind him and returned to the Us and civilised society…

Now working as an Emt, Carter (Mike “The Miz” Mizanin) finds himself holed-up in the parking garage of a fairground with his Emt partner and an injured, marked man he’s sworn to save. You see Carter’s ward is responsible forn the death of...

Title: Jackboots on Whitehall Director: Edward & Rory McHenry Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard Griffiths, Alan Cumming, Tom Wilkinson, Richard O’Brien, Timothy Spall, Dominic West and Richard E. Grant Running time: 91 minutes, Unrated A British satirical take on what if the Nazi’s invaded England during World War II and the English have to band together with the help of Scottish highlanders, a Frenchman and an American pilot who thinks he’s battling Russia….and the actors are all puppets. Like most people, I loved Team America; however this was not even in the same league. It looked like a long…long episode of Robot Chicken, but with a bigger budget. All...

The hilarious World War 2 satire, ‘Jackboots on Whitehall’ is making its way to DVD on July 26th, as well as VOD! The feature, that uses a new hybrid of both puppeteering and visual effects, stars an impressive cast line up of voices from Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Stephen Merchant, Tom Wilkinson, to actor Timothy Spall. Jackboots comes from brothers Edward and Rory McHenry and let’s just say you haven’t seen dolls doing this kind of stuff before! Here’s the official synopsis for Jackboots: “What if Nazis seized London and all of England had to band together? When scarily campy Nazi leaders invade by drilling under the English Channel and...

On July 26, New Video’s Flatiron Film Company will boldly release this World War II farce, Jackboots on Whitehall, for the first time in the U.S. across cable VOD, digital platforms and DVD.

The world’s future is in their tiny plastic hands.

World War II: What if Nazis seized London and all of England had to band together? When scarily campy Nazi leaders invade by drilling under the English Channel and up through the cobblestones on Whitehall, Churchill leaves his quiet retirement with a cat that looks like Hitler to issue a call to arms from his bunker under Downing Street. Chris, a young farm worker with large hands, rallies the village to fight the good fight — including an alcoholic Vicar, the oldest man in the town, several idiots, a random Frenchman and Bobby Fiske, a swearing American who believes he’s battling Russia.

This comedic feature film...

Jackboots on Whitehall isn’t exactly news. Released in the United Kingdom on October, 2010, it was the first film of its kind to feature animatronic puppets and the voices of well-known British actors including Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Richard O’Brien and Richard Griffiths. The satirical film took place in an alternate history of the Second World War, in which Nazi Germany have seized London, causing the British to band together at Hadrian’s Wall to tey and thwart the German invasion. Produced by Karl Richards of U.K. production outfit, Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-Motion), the film boasts pioneering techniques in animation, fusing innovative puppeteering animatronics developed by Rory McHenry and visual effects by Mfx London. Executive Producers are Nigel Thomas and Charlotte Walls of Matador Pictures.

Well not the film is set to make is North American debut on July 26th,...

The Town; Devil; The Other Guys; Mary and Max; Jackboots on Whitehall

This year opened on a sad note indeed with the death of Pete Postlethwaite, star of The Usual Suspects, The Lost World and the underrated 90s British gem Brassed Off, whom Spielberg once called "the best actor in the world". A stalwart and often admirably brusque presence, Postlethwaite always brought something special to the screen, even when the films in which he appeared (such generic remakes as Dark Water, The Omen and Clash of the Titans) were unremarkable.

In the Boston-set thriller The Town (2010, Warner, 15), Postlethwaite plays a comparatively small role as sinister florist-cum-crime boss Fergie, whose malign influence seeps through the crime-breeding neighbourhood of Charlestown. Director Ben Affleck, who proved his mettle behind the camera with Gone Baby Gone, stars as disenchanted bank robber Doug MacRay, whose attempts to discover how much a witness (Rebecca Hall) knows...

And a drum roll, please, because here are the winners from the 2010 Sitges Festival.

Oficial FANTÀSTIC COMPETICIÓ Sitges 43

Jurat / Jurado / Jury

Francesco Barilli, Jaume Collet-Serra, Colin Geddes, Jan Harlan & Elena Manrique

Millor Curtmetratge / Mejor Cortometraje / Best Short Film

The Legend Of Beaver Damm de Jérôme Sable

Menció Especial pel seu original homenatge a una indiscutible obra mestra del cinema fantàstic / Mención Especial por su original homenaje a una indiscutible obra maestra del cine fantástico / Special Mention for its original tribute to one of the undisputed masterworks of the fantastic cinema

Vicenta de Sam Millor

Disseny de Producció / Mejor Diseño de Producción / Best Production Design

Yuji Hayashida per Thirteen Assassins

Millors Efectes de Maquillatge / Mejores Efectos de Maquillaje / Best Make Up FX

Vitaya Deerattakul & Andrew Lin per Dream Home

Millors Efectes Especials / Mejores Efectos Especiales / Best Special Effects

Gareth Edwards per Monsters

Millor Banda Sonora Original / Mejor Banda Sonora Original / Best Original Soundtrack

Seppuku Paradigm,...

Restrepo (15)

(Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger, 2010, Us) 94 mins

This powerful frontline Afghanistan doc has been compared to a real-life Hurt Locker but here, war is all difficulty and very little glory. Closely observing a Us company in the hostile Korengal Valley, it's a mix of tense combat, bunker downtime and tricky "hearts and minds" local engagement efforts, interspersed with moving post-combat reflection. It all leaves you with a great deal of respect for the soldiers, and very little for the people who put them there.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (12A)

(Oliver Stone, 2010, Us) Michael Douglas, Shia Labeouf, Carey Mulligan. 133 mins

Nice timing for the return of Gordon Gekko, but has the lizard changed his spots? He's now preaching that greed isn't good, and taking in young buck Labeouf for dubious reasons, in a flawed but fun sequel.

Mr Nice (18)

(Bernard Rose, 2010, UK) Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis. 121 mins

Ifans...

This labour of love animation about an alternative second world war outcome has a top-notch cast, but needed a better script, writes Peter Bradshaw

Amiably intentioned but desperately weak in terms of script, Jackboots on Whitehall is a Thunderbirds-style puppet spoof on the old-fashioned second world war action movie. It creates an alternative/fantasy scenario: the Germans succeed in invading Britain, and a gallant few, led by a grumpy Churchill, retreat to Scotland where they must make their last stand against the evil Hun. There is an impressive all-star vocal cast, including Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming and Rosamund Pike, but the film has nothing like the wit of Nick Park or the razor-sharp comedy and satire of Team America: World Police. Writer-directors Edward and Rory McHenry have poured an enormous amount of effort into the animatronic creations and models, but long, long minutes go by without anything resembling a good joke or a funny idea,...

Jerry arrives in Blightey, in this comic take on what might have been...

Effectively the bastard child of Team America and an Adam and Joe pastiche short, Jackboots on Whitehall has enough heart and humour to overcome its weak points.

The directorial debut of co-directors/writers and brothers Ed ad Rory McHenry, this animated comedy reimagines the second world war and throws in a heap of national stereotypes, in-jokes and swearing for good measure.

The Vertigo Films production follows the epic quest of a group of Kent villagers to survive the Nazi invasion of Britain – yes, you read that right – and keep Britain free.

Led by big-handed farm boy Chris (with Ewan McGregor using ‘why employ English, when you can get me?’ vocal stylings), the villagers are joined by the irascible Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall), cocky Us pilot Fiske (Dominic West) and the remaining ranks of the Punjabi Guard (led...

Dev Patel is set to star opposite Pamela Anderson in a short film, The Commuter.The 20-year-old actor - who is dating his Slumdog Millionaire co-star Freida Pinto - takes on the lead role in the film.The short film also features Ed Westwick in the cast.The film will be shot entirely in mobile HD on the Nokia N8 smartphone and will be shown online after receiving a London premiere, reports the Mirror.Dev won`t be filming scenes with ex-Baywatch star Pam, who is seen lying in bed in the film.Two film fans have won the chance to appear alongside the Hollywood stars in the production.Brothers Edward and Rory McHenry, who have just finished work on their first feature film, Jackboots On Whitehall, starring Ewan McGregor and Rosamund Pike, are directing the flick.

Here are the trailer and two posters for puppets/stop-motion animation film Jackboots on Whitehall which featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Timothy Spall and Dominic West.

Set in World War II, the film is a satirical version of the war that sees the Scottish defeat the Germans and save England from invasion – even “with their tiny plastic hands”.

From the McHenry Brothers (Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry) comes a satirical version of World War II in which the Scottish defeat the German invasion of England. Chris (Ewan McGregor) dreams of the chance to join the army and fight in exciting new lands rather than be stuck in the slow paced village life he has grown up in. His chance comes when the three top Nazis hatch a plan to invade England by drilling under the English Channel and into the heart of London. With the entire British...

So, I know not many people really liked the official trailer for Jackboots on Whitehall, the wacky puppet alternate-history WWII movie, but I think this poster is pretty damn cool and I wanted to feature it anyway (why the heck not?). Empire has debuted the official UK quad poster for the McHenry Brothers' Jackboots on Whitehall which features a cigar-chompin' Churchill (voiced by Timothy Spall) with a rifle. It has a kind of old school propaganda feeling (take that you Nazi scum!), mixed with funky puppets, and I really like the design. Although I'm still hesitant about the film itself, it's a very good poster, so check it out full-size below. Jackboots on Whitehall was both co-written and co-directed by British brothers and first-time filmmakers Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry. The film was produced in the UK by E-Motion Pictures and Media 8, but is an independent production so it...

Empire have premiered a new UK poster for the animated war comedy, Jackbooks On Whitehall.

Directed by Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry, Jackbooks On Whitehall is a satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

Featuring an impressive voice cast, including Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Timothy Spall, Alan Cumming, Stephen Merchant and Richard E. Grant, Jackbooks On Whitehall gained impressive reviews following it’s premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, therefore is more than worth a watch.

Check out the new poster below:

Jackboots On Whitehall will be released nationwide on October 8.

London – This year's Raindance Film Festival in the British capital will come alive to the sound of "Jackboots On Whitehall," as Edward and Rory McHenry's puppet satire opens the shindig.

The McHenry's movie, whose voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Alan Cumming, Richard Griffiths, Stephen Merchant and Richard O'Brien opens the festival which aims to focus on discoveries, innovation and indie filmmaking.

This year's festival also sees the return of its American indie sidebar with Habib Azar's "Armless," starring Daniel London and Janel Moloney scheduled alongside Zach Clark's "Vacation!" and "When The World Breaks," directed by Jans Fjellestad also locked and loaded.

The festival will close with Mohamed Al Daradji's Iraqi movie "Son Of Babylon," which has been submitted for the race to secure a foreign Oscar nomination slot and has already won two awards at Berlin International...

Jackboots On Whitehall

Stars (the voices of): Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Alan Cumming, Stephen Merchant, Sanjeev Bhaskar | Written and Directed by Edward & Rory McHenry

The simplest way to describe Jackboots on Whitehall is as a World War 2 Team America. Set in an alternate history where the English soldiers have not been rescued at Dunkirk and taking its cues from the comic book heroes of the era, Jackboots is an anarchic comedy that proves very hard to dislike.

After losing their land and air forces, England is invaded by the Nazis, led by the high camp trio of Goebbels, Himmler and Goering, when they tunnel under the channel and emerge in Trafalgar Square, with an aim to capture Winston Churchill and put him in a cage. Clearly realism, sensitivity and political correctness were far from the top of the priority list. It’s left to simple farm boy Christopher,...

London -- Nick Whitfield's "Skeletons" walked away with this year's Michael Powell Award for best new British feature at a ceremony held Saturday evening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival ahead of Sunday night's closing ceremony and gala screening.

At an awards ceremony prior to the closing gala for "Third Star," organizers also dished out the best performance in a British feature to David Thewlis for his turn in "Mr Nice."

Best international feature nod went to "The Dry Land" directed by Ryan Piers Willians while Gareth Edwards picked up this year's new directors award. Laura Poitras secured the best documentary nod for "The Oath."

The awards were presented by Eiff Artistic Director Hannah McGill and festival patrons Tilda Swinton and Seamus McGarvey.

The Michael Powell jury, under president Patrick Stewart, with director Mike Hodges, film curator Laurence Kardish, director Rafi Pitts and actress Britt Ekland, also gave a...

Year: 2010

Directors: Edward McHenry & Rory McHenry

Writers: Edward McHenry & Rory McHenry

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: projectcyclops

Rating: 9 out of 10

Edward and Rory McHenry’s deliriously entertaining WW2 historical fiction, puppet animation begins with a desperate battle for Britain over the skies of Dover, as Spitfires and Messerschmitt blast bursts of machine gun fire and explode mid-flight. Soon the Nazi war machine reaches the shores of England and the good people of God’s own green and fertile land will have to mount a resistance to the menacing Hun, who have tunnelled under London for a blitzkrieg attack!

Brought to us in “Glorious Panzervision”, Jackboots On Whitehall is possibly the best film at the Eiff this year for sheer entertainment value. It’s a real gem with a dozen jokes a minute and a sense of fun and knockabout silliness that’s rare and immensely enjoyable, and as a debut feature from animation enthusiasts,...

London -- Former Bond girl Britt Ekland, director Mike Hodges, New York's Museum of Modern Art's senior film curator Laurence Kardish and Iranian director Rafi Pitts have all been called to jury duty as the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is due to kick off June 16.

The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.

Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).

The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."

The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...

If there’s one thing this world is sorely lacking, it’s war movies populated with puppets. Directors Edward and Rory McHenry attempt to rectify this glaring cinematic problem with “Jackboots on Whitehall”, a World War II fantasy flick which finds a group of ordinary freedom-fighting farmers battling an evil Nazi battalion that’s attempting to invade London by drilling under the English Channel. The entire action-packed adventure is packed to the rafters with state-of-the-art puppetry, and is voiced by the likes of Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson, Alan Cumming, Richard E. Grant, and Timothy Spall. Those lucky sons of guns who are attending the Edinburgh International Film Festival this year should definitely consider show up for film’s debut, especially if the feature is as entertaining as the trailer embedded below. Super huge high-fives to Twitch for bringing the trailer to the masses.

Two highly-anticipated second feature films from U.S. underground filmmakers will be making their World Premieres all the way over at the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will run for twelve days on June 16-27. The films are Rona Mark’s The Crab and Zach Clark’s Vacation!.

The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.

Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...

  A new trailer for Jackboots On Whitehall, featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Timothy Spall and Dominic West has appeared online. The film, directed by brothers Edward and Rory McHenry, is naturally going to be greatly compared to Team America considering its miniaturised sets and its swings at politics. Set in World War II, Jackboots is a satirical version of the war that sees the Scottish defeat the Germans and save England from invasion - even "with their tiny plastic hands". Check out the...

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What if Team America: World Police were British, took place during World War II, and was totally serious? Well...more serious. Ok, fine, what if Team America was British and set in WWII? You might have something like Jackboots on Whitehall, which tells the story of an alternate WWII in which Goering, Goebbels and Himmler plan to tunnel under the English Channel and into the heart of London in order to capture Britain while the country's army is elsewhere. A small group of villagers represent the last line of defense against the Nazis. Who says Inglorious Basterds has a lock on revisionist war history? The voice cast seems to be great: Ewan McGregor leads the pack, with Timothy Spall, Rosamund Pike, Tom Wilkinson, and Dominic West. Who plays Hitler? Alan Cumming! Of course. The trailer looks great; can't wait to see what writer / director / siblings Edward and Rory McHenry have...

What do you get when you cross Inglourious Basterds with Team America: World Police? Ewan McGregor, apparently. At least, the makers of Jackboots on Whitehall were able to convince the very pretty actor — as well as Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Richard E. Grant, and Tom Wilkinson — to comprise the voice cast for their puppet-laden satire of World War II. I don’t know how funny the trailer actually is beyond the inherent absurdity, but if you like the idea of an effete Hitler voiced by Alan Cumming, it’s probably worth a look. Check it out alongside a plot synopsis after the jump.

Here’s the official synopsis:

From the McHenry Brothers comes a satirical version of World War II in which the Scottish defeat the German invasion of England. Chris (Ewan McGregor) dreams of the chance to join the army and fight in exciting new lands rather than be...

Nazi puppets! Twitch has debuted the first trailer for the new puppets/claymation/stop-motion animation film Jackboots on Whitehall. The film presents a satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion. We featured some spiffy photos of the film earlier this year, but haven't heard or seen much about it since then. That said, this looks totally awesome, in a crazy absurd Team America kind of way. Remarkably, it features the voices of Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Tom Wilkinson, Alan Cumming (as Hitler!) and Timothy Spall. Check it out! Watch the first trailer for Edward & Rory McHenry's Jackboots on Whitehall: Jackboots on Whitehall was both co-written and co-directed by British brothers and first-time filmmakers Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry. The film was produced in the UK by E-Motion Pictures and Media 8, but is...

I would like to begin by stating clearly that when I refer to 'puppet Nazis' I do not refer to Nazi collaborators who simply bend to the will of their distant overlords. Those are Nazi puppets. No, I mean puppets - actual, literal puppets - who are Nazis. And in the case of the McHenry Brothers' Jackboots On Whitehall, those evil puppet Nazis have successfully invaded Britain and it is up to a small band of farmers to save the day.

With a voice cast that includes Ewan McGregor in the lead and the likes of Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Richard E Grant and Tom Wilkinson in the support parts and some truly stellar work on the technical end and all of that combined to a truly daft premise, this could easily be a cult hit in the making. The folks at the Edinburgh International Film Festival are certainly...

London -- This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of "Third Star," a British tragicomedy from newcomer Hattie Dalton starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke, Jj Feild and Adam Robertson.

The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.

British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.

Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...

What's this?  A new World War II film featuring the likes of Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Richard E Grant and Tom Wilkinson?  You would be forgiven if, on reading that cast list, you were bracing yourself for another piece of WWII Oscar bait or, perhaps, another trip down exploitation lane a la Inglourious Basterds.  But, no, a trip farther down the cast list gives a hint that this may not be the case ... after all, what would Stephen Merchant and Richard O'Brien - you know his face from Dark City, but his most enduring work is as the writer of Rocky Horror - be doing in one of those films?

No, writing and directing duo Edward and Rory McHenry have a little something else planned.  Something small but epic.  Something animated.  With toys.  Welcome to Jackboots on Whitehall, a revisionist history of World War II in which Goering,...

By now you’ve probably noticed that Steve got an ungodly amount of material from this year’s American Film Market (Afm). The place where buyers and sellers do business to bring you the films you’ll hopefully be seeing in the near future, Afm has tons of artwork and synopses which are used to promote films but which we will use to bring you news on these films. We have reached the last piece of our Afm coverage. It’s been a long and fruitful journey and you can follow it by reading parts Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7 by click on their respective links.

Below you’ll find posters for Conan and The Promised Land (The Wettest County in the World), images and synopses for animated film Dorothy of Oz and Jackboots on Whitehall plus images and synopses for the live-action movies Singularity, The Last Dragon,...

What if the nazis won the second world war? Then we might get a vision like Philadelphia Experiment II (which I loved), but this takes it much further: they use action figures and models! Written and directed by brothers Edward and Rory McHenry and voiced by Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall and Rosamund Pike, Jackboots on Whitehall follows a group of heroic villagers as they fight against the Nazi invasion of England and rescue Churchill.

Kent, 1940. Our heroes, a group of villagers from a quiet part of the English South Coast, seem blissfully unaware of the impending doom that sits across the Channel. But Chris, a young farm worker, dreams of the chance to join the army and fight in exciting new lands rather than be stuck in the slow paced village life he has grown up in. His chance comes when the three top Nazis, the enormous Goering,...

Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall and Rosamund Pike will voice characters in upcoming animated comedy Jackboots On Whitehall. The World War II-set adventure movie, written and to be directed by newcomers Edward and Rory McHenry, centres on villager Chris (McGregor) and his girlfriend Daisy (Pike) leading a mission to rescue Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Spall) and fight off a Nazi invasion of England. The all-star voice cast (more)...

Imagine a world where Germany defeated England in World War II. Once you've stopped screaming, imagine your country's saviours in the form of a band of Scottish villagers coming down to London to stomp on the Führer's face and kick him and the rest of the Bosch back over the Channel. Well, that's the story of Jackboots on Whitehall, a new animated film that's started shooting today.Voiced by the likes of Ewan MacGregor, Richard Griffiths, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall and Rosamund Pike, this has been described as "the British version of Team America" directed by newcomers Edward and Rory McHenry, and it's shooting in the capital.A project that's been on ice for a few years now, this stop-motion-cum-puppeteering-animatronics-fest is set for release sometime in 2010. Let's hope it looks as barmily interesting as it sounds.