Yeah, EW confirmed it themselves. Witherspoon’s gone and Kelly Macdonald’s taking over due to “scheduling issues”
the information was oficially given today, it didn’t give IMDB enough time to update the new voice cast, however sometimes they are wrong on their information
All very interesting.
Y’know, it’d be pretty funny if they kept Witherspoon - then Pixar’s first female lead would have the same voice as Dreamwork’s first female lead!
I’m glad that they’re having a Scottish actress voice Merida.
yeah, when they first announced that Reese was going to voice Merieda I thought it was kinda strange. I’ve never seen Kelly MacDonald in anything, but at least she’s scottish, right? 
This kind of makes me sad. Authenticity is great, but part of me wanted Reese in a Disney or Pixar movie. I have no interest in this Scottish whatsername other than the fact that she’s in a Pixar movie.
Exactly! Why would they have Reese voice this ancient Scottish princess when they’re perfectly good Scottish actresses out there? I’m sorry, but if I’m going to a film about let’s say a Mexican in Mexico, I’d rather hear a Mexican accent then an Irish one. Same concept!
A Disney princess with a Scottish accent…that’s different.
But it sort of makes sense, since she’s from Scotland.
Its a pretty obvious decision, and it will make the character more distinctive.
I agree. I just thought that was a weird complaint. It’s natural for her to have a Scottish accent, since she’s Scottish. 
Pixar is usually better about matching accents than Disney(but we haven’t had many chances to decide that, have we?).
No no, I hear it’s Emma Thompson currently.
So brave is a Scottish movie? or at least slightly celtic in some way? I saw the logo-- twisty knots mean Celtic guys
Yes, it’s Celtic.
It’s set on medieval Scotland.
I just hope they don’t ‘Americanise’ the protagonists like they did with Kung Fu Panda and Rio. 
I’m also wondering whether Craig Ferguson would be lending his voice after his stellar role in HTTYD.
Well, now that they changed the voice actress, there’s less danger of americanise her.
I’m familiar with Kelly MacDonald, from Trainspotting and No Country for Old Men. She also was announced like a year ago as Helena Ravenclaw in the last Harry Potter movie (and I don’t like her for that specific role). Nevertheless, she shall be a good Merida.
Well whoop-de-doo! Finally celtic lore gets its big break! And pixar did it:))
I doubt they’ll Americanise too many of the characters. In animated movies, or American ones at least, there are always some American actors it seems. That probably won’t stop. But at least they got a Scottish lady for Merida. 
So far all of the cast we know of is Scottish or British, so I think they are trying to not cast any americans in the lead roles. Though I expect all of the extras, plus John Ratzenberger, to be American.
I don’t know why all of you are happy Reese is gone. Reese Witherspoon has a Disney princess voice. I know that ya’ll want Pixar to use realism, and Pixar IS known for their realism, that’s how Cars and Toy Story are so successful…but Merida shouldn’t be counted as a Disney princess if they can’t even bother to give her a Disney princess voice.
Does Belle sound French? Do Snow-White and Aurora sound German? Does Rapunzel sound Danish? Cinderella’s voice isn’t representative of her nationality. And there is NO WAY you can argue that Jasmine sounds Arabic with her voice.
What do all these princesses have in common? They have uber-sweet voices like Reese Witherspoon. I would have LOVED for Reese to do a Disney princess voice. Even Ariel has that uber-sweetness in her voice.
I guess Merida isn’t supposed to be anything like other Disney princesses. She’s not beautiful, and I’m sure that’s purposeful. Hey, if Pixar is going to make a female lead for the first time, they might as well make it an unattractive lass instead of a Barbie. And Pixar certainly wants to differentiate themselves from Disney, which is why I’m already against Brave, though I guess it doesn’t matter since I’m sure any movie Pixar does with huamns as the focus will be unappealing to me. (The Incredibles was good, but it’s not something I’d see again for a long, long time…and I still have only seen in once. Then Up was terrible. And although Ratatouille had a lot of human characcters, the rats were more important.)
Anyway, I hope Reese Witherspoon does do a Disney princess voice again, when Disney gets off their high horse and desire to only have a young male audience and returns to fairy tales.
“Disney gets off their high horse and returns to fairy tales”? Sorry, but the last two Disney movies were fairy tales.
About the rest of the statement, I can’t agree either, cause it’s just about pairing this Pixar film in tone with the Disney Princesses franchise, just because.
I don’t think they’re neither trying to fit in the Princesses franchise nor want to purposely differentiate themselves. I just think they’re making their original film and Disney is already thinking in marketing it in the franchise.