A fox who had promised to give up chicken coops is back to his old habits: Fantastic Mr. Fox is airing on France 4 Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 9 p.m.. Wes Anderson adapts Roald Dahl’s book with stop‑motion puppets.
Mr. Fox now has a family and works for the local newspaper. But his latest raids on three farmers trigger retaliation that reaches the other animals as well. The conflict spills out beyond the Foxes' own home: the community must figure out how to survive the farmers’ onslaught.
Released in France on February 17, 2010, the film reimagines the book’s animal characters in miniature sets. This technique, known as stop-motion, involves moving the puppets between each frame to create the motion. George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray are among the voices in the original version.
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