Pixar's BRAVE to Close 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival

According to the UK Telegraph, Pixar's new film BRAVE will close the 66th Annual Edinburgh Film Festival this year. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond announced today that the film will make its European premiere at the 2012 festival.  

At a news conference in Perth, Salmond commented, “Brave will be the most high-profile film ever set in, and themed around, Scotland, featuring Scottish stars. This will present us with an immense opportunity when Scotland will be centre stage in the film with all the tourism and business opportunities this will bring. I fully expect that as the film launches across the world, so will awareness of Scotland increase."

BRAVE will open in U.S. theaters on June 22, 2012. The animated adventure film includes the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson and Robbie Coltrane. Check out the newest clip from the upcoming film below!

Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. In "Brave," a new tale joins the lore when the courageous Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.

Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane). Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Witch (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.