If Pixar can make a movie about a bunch of lame looking cars fantastic, they should have no problem getting something great out of a script about a bunch of rats living in a restaurant. That's the plot of Pixar's next movie after Cars: Ratatouille.

Ratatouille, for those keeping score, was the movie Incredibles and Iron Giant Brad Bird jumped on board in mid-stream to get back on track and properly tweak out. Anything Brad Bird is involved in is worth your attention, superheroes, rats, talking tennis balls. Brad's your man.

It's still a long way off, in fact it won't be out till June 29, 2007, but the first footage from the film has leaked out on the web courtesy of a French version of the trailer. The drawback here is that the trailer is in France and not subtitled, so we American swine can only guess at what's being said. Visually though, it looks good. Or perhaps I should say of course it looks good. This is Pixar after all. The main character is their most intentionally cartoony to date, but as it is with Cars, some of the background stuff looks positively photorealistic. Are we sure they're still using CGI?

To see the French trailer for Ratatouille, just click here to get it courtesy of the French site Cinoche.com.