Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animation film Isle of Dogs is to receive its world premiere at the Berlin film festival on 15 February 2018, it has been announced.
Isle of Dogs is due for release on 23 March in the US, 29 March in Australia, and 30 March in the UK.
However, it has since been revealed that Canadian-Japanese actor Koyu Rankin will voice the key role of Atari. Anderson’s previous film The Grand Budapest Hotel also secured the opening gala spot at the Berlin film festival in 2014, and though early in the year gained considerable momentum during awards season.
The film found itself embroiled in a “whitewashing” controversy when its trailer was released, over its casting of primarily white American actors in a Japanese setting.