I LIKED RATS BEFORE THEY WERE COOL, GOD

Lookit, it's official: Brad Bird is on the Pixar rat movie. I maintain that Steve Purcell is involved, but it's possible that he's doing something else over there and everyone is a big idiot for not letting him have a hand in the rats.
Also there's the cg (!) Aardman rat movie for Dreamworks (I think that one has Jean Reno doing a voice). Oh, rats, and your amazing cross-generational box office appeal. Will you never disappoint audiences hungry for gnawing, scuttling, and drinking milk in the rat temple?