In the film’s full-length trailer, out Tuesday, Merida’s father tells of the 12-foot-tall beast with razor-sharp claws, a face scarred with a dead eye and “hide littered with the weapons of fallen warriors,” that chomped off his leg while the rebellious Merida transverses a lush forest, ascends a mountain and lands a bull’s eye at a tournament. Despite being the first Pixar film to focus on a female heroine, Andrews said “Brave” will be less about girl power and more about the oppositional relationship between mother Elinor and daughter Merida, likening the defiant red-haired princess to a scrutinized teenager who is forced to attend the same high school where her mother serves as the principal. She wants to get out in the outdoors of the Highlands, escaping from castle life and exploring the woods.” “Brave,” scheduled for release June 22, 2012, is set in medieval Scotland and features the voices of “Boardwalk Empire” actress Kelly Macdonald as Princess Merida, Emma Thompson as Queen Elinor, Billy Connolly as her one-legged father, King Fergus, as well as Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd and Robbie Coltrane as the kingdom’s noblemen. She’s an active and action-oriented person. She doesn’t wear nice clothes except in a couple of scenes when her strict mom, Queen Elinor, makes her do it for special functions. “She’s your anti-princess,” said “Brave” co-director Mark Andrews. Merida, the spunky curly-haired Scottish heroine from the upcoming Pixar Animation Studios adventure “Brave,” is breaking new ground as the archery-loving protagonist of the Oscar-winning studio’s first fairytale. is more interested in shooting arrows and hunting bears than attending balls and finding Prince Charming. LOS ANGELES - The newest princess from The Walt Disney Co.
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