The film 9 from Tim Burton and Universal pictures is coming out in a matter of days, with the help of Microsoft you can get a sneaky preview in HD. The film follows an animated sock puppet as he joins with his steampunk brethren to save the world. Kind of like Terminator meets Sooty and Sweep. If you don’t know who Sooty and Sweep are then check here.

Universal are distributing the video through viral specialists Unruly media amongst others and using the Silverlight player. Who knows if Silverlight has a future since even MSN’s video site uses a flash player but the quality is excellent in this clip.