Sir Sean Connery is The Guardian of Scotland In SIR BILLI

Sir Sean Connery lends his voice to the title character in SIR BILLI, a family friendly, CGI-animated film. It’s also Sir Sean’s first feature film since 2003’s THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN. Here’s a promotional trailer for the movie.

Wasn’t that 007’s car? Directed by Sascha Hartmann and scripted by his wife Tessa Hartmann, the story follows a retired Scottish skateboarding veterinarian grandpa who sets out to rescue an illegal fugitive beaver, with the help of sidekick, Gordon the Goat (Alan Cumming.)

On what tempted Connery to come out of retirement, Tessa Hartmann said,

“We sent a DVD to Sir Sean via a mutual acquaintance and heard nothing for a few weeks when suddenly the phone rang. It was Sir Sean personally explaining that his grandchildren had taken the DVD from his home and kept it. They loved it that much. ‘If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!’ he said, and with that, we met a few weeks later when he came to Scotland. We’ve been working closely with him ever since.”

In this video, Sir Sean talks on how he recorded his voice-overs for Glasgow Animation down in the Bahamas (hey, its Bond) and how he told Disney to get lost when they offered him a “pittance” for a part in one of their films. (Nice, Disney.) SIR BILLI is scheduled for a 2011 release date.

Source: Vulture/NY Mag