Wes Anderson film Isle of Dogs gets release date and extremely Wes Anderson-y poster

It marks the director's first feature since The Grand Budapest Hotel in 2014

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A release date has finally been set for new Wes Anderson film Isle of Dogs - and, frustratingly, fans are going to have to wait another year to see it.

The Japan-set stop-motion animated film, which follows a boy searching for his missing dog, will be released on 20 April 2018.

It is the director's first feature since The Grand Budapest Hotel which was released in 2014.

Isle of Dogs will see Anderson reunite with his usual ensemble - Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton - as well as an array of new recruits: Bryan Cranston, Scarlett Johansson, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Courtney B. Vance and Yoko Ono (yep, that Yoko Ono).

You can see the film's typically beautiful poster below.

Anderson - who directed last year's H&M Christmas advert - announced the project in a brief vlog where he discussed a collaborative competition with The Film Foundation - which is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the planet's shared movie heritage - which sees a prize winner visiting the film's London set.

The filmmaker's last experience directing stop-motion animation was with Roald Dahl adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox which was released in 2009.

His previous credits include Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Moonrise Kingdom (2009).