Character Posters: 9

We ran character poster #8 from Shane Acker’s 9 the other day and now the ever-enterprising Alex Billington at First Showing has tracked down the others:

To Protect Us: Voiced by Christopher Plummer, 1 is the scientist’s first and eldest creation and as such, he is the self-proclaimed leader of the group. Clever and sly, but also domineering and quick-tempered, 1 is threatened by the arrival of the newest member, 9, whose higher intellect leads him to question 1’s authority. Buzznet

To Inspire Us: Voiced by Academy Award Winner Martin Landau, 2 is a kind but now frail inventor and explorer who embodies the Scientist’s strong creative spirit. An inquisitive personality, 2 is fearless. Director Shane Acker affectionately describes him as a “salty old dog.” The Anime Blog

To Define Us and To Teach Us: Communicating visually, not verbally, 3 and 4 are the scholarly twins who voraciously catalogue everything they can see and find, recording and building a massive database for the group of the world that surrounds them and the history that led up to their creation. The SciencePunk Blog

To Guide Us: Voiced by Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly, 5 is a caring, nurturing engineer – the loyal, big-hearted “common man” who always tries to play the peacemaker. He is also an apprentice of 2, with whom he shares a special bond. Brass Goggles

To Lead Us: 6, the group’s visionary is voiced by Crispin Glover. Although reclusive and eccentric, his bursts of artistic inspiration through drawings made from his pen nib hands may be keys to help his fellow stitchpunk beings navigate their darkest hours. AWN Showcase

To Defend Us: A brave and self-sufficient warrior, 7 (Jennifer Connelly) is the group’s sole female. A fiercely independent adventuress, she has been out patrolling the wasteland. To survive, she has adapted, finding the bones of a deceased bird and crafting her signature skull helmet. Dread Central

To Guard Us: Armed with a giant kitchen cleaver and half a scissor blade, the none-too-bright muscle and enforcer of the group, 8, is created to help the others physically survive the dangerous, post-apocalyptic world. io9

To Save Us: To voice the lead role of the newly born – and aborning hero — 9, Acker couldn’t help but have in mind an actor who was so central to the film set he had worked on years earlier in New Zealand – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King star Elijah Wood. MTV Movies Blog

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