Two more months until Shane Acker’s CG film 9 hits theaters, and today we’re treated to the international trailer. The film, which was animated by Starz Animation in Canada, is due in theaters on 09/09/09. It’s a Focus Features release.

Aside from the main website, there’s also a mysterious film website at 9experiment.com.

I wasn’t salivating after the original 9 trailer, but this one worked. I have a feeling this PG-13, post-apocalyptic fantasy film will scare the crap out of kids who felt emboldened by their poopless screening of Coraline, which was also produced by Tim Burton (or at least people assumed he did). This CG feature, which is being animated at Starz Animation in Canada, is based on Shane Acker’s award-winning short of the same name, and it hits theaters on 09/09/09.

MTV got their hands on a 2-minute clip from the upcoming feature film 9, which is based on Shane Acker’s award-winning short of the same name. The film is being produced by Tim Burton, and animated at Starz Animation in Canada. 9 hits theaters on 09/09/2009.

Shane Acker’s post-apocalyptic short 9 took home an armful of awards in 2006 (Best in Show at SIGGRAPH, a Gold Award at the Student Academy Awards and then a nomination at the Academy Awards), but I’m sure no prize will supplant his next accomplishment – getting a greenlight for the feature version. With Tim Burton producing, the film is underway at Starz Animation in Canada, and below we get a taste for what to expect. It’s the first full trailer, in which we see that dialog is now in the mix (the short was all pantomime) and the “what happened to the humans” storyline is revealed. The film, which is being released by Focus Features (Coraline), is due in theaters on the all-too-appropriate date of 09/09/09.