The title character, voiced by the always-outstanding John C. Reilly, is the bad guy in an 8-bit game, a figure whose knack for destruction is offset by good guy Fix-It Felix, whom Ralph longs to be like.  Facing an existential crisis after decades of mindless destruction, Ralph sets out through other, more modern videogames in an attempt to become a hero. 

The images debuted at USA Today, and Reilly explained Ralph's confusion by comparing it to Michael Jordan's attempt to play major league baseball in the 1990s, saying, ""We all thought, 'Michael, what are you doing? You have to come back.' The same thing happens with Ralph. He is the greatest guy at destroying things ever, but then he heads off to be a soldier in a first-person shooter game."

Below you'll see the red-headed Ralph, along with Vanellope von Schweetz, a character from the fictitious, Mario Kart-inspired racing game Sugar Rush, as well as Sergeant Calhoun, from the Halo-style first person shooter Hero's Duty.  The third image shows what looks like an ordinary power strip loaded up to the point it represents a fire hazard, but as you can see in the fourth image, that strip's interior is a sort of train terminal to get from videogame to videgame.

Disney has promised that this movie will include many a nod to popular videogames of every era, and there are actually a few familiar characters above.  Recognizable videogame figures will pop up in a variety of scenes, it seems, including a support group for villains that Ralph attends early in the story.

With the inimitable Reilly as Ralph, the voice cast also includes 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer as Felix, comedienne Sarah Silverman as von Schweetz, and Party Down's Jane Lynch as Calhoun.

All those voice actors are working for director Rich Moore, a man whose name you may not be familiar with, but who has done truly wonderful work over his career as an animation director.  Not only did Moore direct no fewer than 71 episodes of the popular but somehow still vastly underrated Futurama from 1999 to 2003, but he also directed many an episode of The Simpsons during its prime, including the classics, "Flaming Moe's," "Marge vs. the Monorail," and "Cape Fear."  Oh, and also a few episodes of the lamentably short-lived The Critic.

So yeah, Wreck-It Ralph could really be something special.  Stay tuned for the trailer this Friday and mark your calendars for November 2nd.