Sony Pictures / Aardman Animation Studios have just sent over the first poster for their new movie, with the most bizarre title ever, ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’. The movie stars Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven and is based on the book ‘Pirates: in an Adventure with Scientists’ by Gideon Defoe who has also written the screenplay for the movie.

In The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas.  With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award.  It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.  Along the way they do battle with the pirate-hating Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a young Charles Darwin (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

Previously we’ve only seen an image for the movie, now that we get the poster, I wonder if a trailer is imminent. Peter Lord directs and it hits UK cinemas next Spring.

Click the poster to enlarge.