Sir Paul has announced that he is scoring a new children's film based on a book written by himself, Geoff Dunbar, and Philip Ardagh. The book and future animated feature, High in the Clouds, follows a group of lovably misfit and furry woodland creatures as they save the animal world through song. The original concept was born out of a song, "Tropical Island Hum," penned by the ex-Beatle and Linda, his charming, beautiful, dead wife who was born the voice of a flat-pitched child. Geoff Dunbar and McCartney have worked together in the past, with Dunbar directing and McCartney scoring the 1984 animated short Rupert and The Frog Song, most famous for The Frog Song itself, "We All Stand Together," which made it to #3 in the U.K. charts.
One quick disclaimer: if you are thinking that this is going to be a psychedelic trip into the second dimension, like that movie about a bright, underwater boat, think again. Despite the name of the film, the animals are not high (stoned) in the clouds, but rather high (up) in the clouds. In a hot air balloon. Children will look at you funny and parents will give you a death stare if you come into the theatre reeking of Northern Lights, Strawberry Cough, or whatever else your dealer sold you on, eyes all ablaze, laughing every time the little frog asks the little squirrel if he wants to get any higher.
The movie's set to be released on ex-New Line Cinema mogul Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne's new production company, Unique Features, and will be directed by The Lion King's Rob Minkoff, with script penned by Caroline Thompson of Edward Scissorhands fame.
