The Pirates! Band of Misfits Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

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 battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

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Action Adventure Comedy Animation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

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  Hugh Grant

  ... Pirate Captain (voice)

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, The Gentlemen

• 
  Jeremy Piven

  ... Black Bellamy (voice)

  The Performance, Edge of Tomorrow

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  Salma Hayek

  ... Cutlass Liz (voice)

  Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Some Kind Of Beautiful

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  David Tennant

  ... Young Scientist (voice)

  Ferdinand, The Amazing Maurice

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  Imelda Staunton

  ... Queen (voice)

  Paddington in Peru, Maleficent

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  Martin Freeman

  ... Pirate (voice)

  Miller’s Girl , Queen of Bones

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  Brendan Gleeson

  ... Pirate (voice)

  Joker: Folie à Deux, Beowulf

• R
  Russell Tovey

  ... Pirate (voice)

  Love Again, The Good Liar

• A
  Ashley Jensen

  ... Pirate (voice)

  Hysteria, Arthur Christmas

Crew Behind the Film

The The Pirates! Band of Misfits behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Andy Riley last wrote Sherlock Gnomes and Gnomeo and Juliet.

Director

Peter Lord
Jeff Newitt

Screenwriters

Andy Riley
Kevin Cecil
Gideon Defoe

Producers

Julie Lockhart
Peter Lord
David Sproxton

Production Details

What we know about the The Pirates! Band of Misfits movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on the series of books by Gideon Defoe. This will be a CG stop-motion film (similar to Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run).

Production Updates for The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Feb 2012

Completed

Changed The Pirates! Band of Misfits movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

May 2011

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. Voice work by cast is being completed.

Nov 2009

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

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