Claymation legends Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham will offer stop-motion fans a sneak peek at their upcoming Wallace & Gromit film at this year’s Annecy animation festival.
The still-untitled feature will see inveterate, cheese-loving inventor Wallace designing a “smart gnome” for the family garden who begins to develop a mind of its own. As events spiral out of control, it is up to faithful dog Gromit to put things right. Park and Crossingham co-directed the film, based on a story by Park and a screenplay from Shaun the Sheep and Gnomeo & Juliet writer Mark Burton.
The film, which will premiere on Netflix worldwide outside the U.K., where it will have a first-release window on the BBC, is the second feature from Aardman Animations based on the beloved characters, following the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and the series of award-winning shorts, including Oscar-winners The Wrong...
The still-untitled feature will see inveterate, cheese-loving inventor Wallace designing a “smart gnome” for the family garden who begins to develop a mind of its own. As events spiral out of control, it is up to faithful dog Gromit to put things right. Park and Crossingham co-directed the film, based on a story by Park and a screenplay from Shaun the Sheep and Gnomeo & Juliet writer Mark Burton.
The film, which will premiere on Netflix worldwide outside the U.K., where it will have a first-release window on the BBC, is the second feature from Aardman Animations based on the beloved characters, following the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and the series of award-winning shorts, including Oscar-winners The Wrong...
- 4/22/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The episode of The Best of the Worst focusing on Freddy Krueger was written, narrated, and edited by Mike Holtz.
You wanna know what makes Freddy Krueger so scary? I mean, other than his obvious need to moisturize? He’s unavoidable. As unavoidable as death, taxes and Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce news stories. All he needs to be able to heinously take you out is for you to eventually sleep… and everyone sleeps. Everyone also poops but they haven’t made that movie yet. Just a really well marketed children’s book. See, you can physically escape Michael Myers. Hell, the guy can’t even run! He power walks. Like your grandparents in the mall before the shops open in the morning. You can escape Jason Voorhees by simply wearing his dead mom’s clothing and bossing him around. Some people would just call that a nice Friday night in.
You wanna know what makes Freddy Krueger so scary? I mean, other than his obvious need to moisturize? He’s unavoidable. As unavoidable as death, taxes and Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce news stories. All he needs to be able to heinously take you out is for you to eventually sleep… and everyone sleeps. Everyone also poops but they haven’t made that movie yet. Just a really well marketed children’s book. See, you can physically escape Michael Myers. Hell, the guy can’t even run! He power walks. Like your grandparents in the mall before the shops open in the morning. You can escape Jason Voorhees by simply wearing his dead mom’s clothing and bossing him around. Some people would just call that a nice Friday night in.
- 2/29/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Producers Guild got a jump on its 2024 PGA Awards tonight in Manhattan, revealing winners in its Sports and Children’s categories.
Season 1 of Netflix’s docuseries Beckham took the Outstanding Sports Program prize, and Season 53 of HBO’s Sesame Street won for Outstanding Children’s Program.
The PGA will announce the winners for Outstanding Short Form Program and PGA Innovation Award on Thursday during its nominees celebration in Los Angeles, and the Producers Guild Awards is set for Sunday at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.
The 2023 juggernaut duo of Barbie and Oppenheimer will face off against American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The Zanuck Award long has been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar, with...
Season 1 of Netflix’s docuseries Beckham took the Outstanding Sports Program prize, and Season 53 of HBO’s Sesame Street won for Outstanding Children’s Program.
The PGA will announce the winners for Outstanding Short Form Program and PGA Innovation Award on Thursday during its nominees celebration in Los Angeles, and the Producers Guild Awards is set for Sunday at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.
The 2023 juggernaut duo of Barbie and Oppenheimer will face off against American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The Zanuck Award long has been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar, with...
- 2/21/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with Innovation Award nominees, 9:09 Am: The Producers Guild has set the motion picture, television and Innovation Award nominees for its 35th annual PGA Awards, with 10 awards-season favorites vying in the marquee movie category. See the full list of nominees below.
The 2023 juggernaut duo of Barbie and Oppenheimer will face off against American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award long has been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar, with 15 of the past 20 going on to triumph at the Academy Awards. Last year followed the trend as the PGA honored Everything Everywhere All at Once, which took the Oscar two weeks later.
Related: Charles D. King To Receive 2024 PGA Milestone Award
Up for...
The 2023 juggernaut duo of Barbie and Oppenheimer will face off against American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award long has been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar, with 15 of the past 20 going on to triumph at the Academy Awards. Last year followed the trend as the PGA honored Everything Everywhere All at Once, which took the Oscar two weeks later.
Related: Charles D. King To Receive 2024 PGA Milestone Award
Up for...
- 2/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has everything you could ask for from an animated Oscar contender, including sterling reviews, stellar box office and a proven awards track record. There’s one potential hitch, though: it’s a sequel. In the history of Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, only two sequels have ever won, and they were both from the “Toy Story” franchise: “Toy Story 3” (2010) and “Toy Story 4” (2019). Can “Across the Spider-Verse” achieve the same rare feat?
SEEWhat just missed making Oscar’s Best Picture line-up: ‘The Color Purple,’ ‘Air,’ ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ … ? [Poll]
The following 12 sequels have been nominated for Best Animated Feature, with the only two winners highlighted in gold:
2004: “Shrek 2”
2010: “Toy Story 3”
2011: “Kung Fu Panda 2”
2011: “Puss in Boots”
2013: “Despicable Me 2”
2014: “How to Train Your Dragon 2”
2018: “Incredibles 2”
2018: “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
2019: “Toy Story 4...
SEEWhat just missed making Oscar’s Best Picture line-up: ‘The Color Purple,’ ‘Air,’ ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ … ? [Poll]
The following 12 sequels have been nominated for Best Animated Feature, with the only two winners highlighted in gold:
2004: “Shrek 2”
2010: “Toy Story 3”
2011: “Kung Fu Panda 2”
2011: “Puss in Boots”
2013: “Despicable Me 2”
2014: “How to Train Your Dragon 2”
2018: “Incredibles 2”
2018: “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
2019: “Toy Story 4...
- 1/31/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Picture: Aardman Animations
Wallace and Gromit are returning to the big screen. Almost 20 years after their 2005 feature film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Netflix and the BBC will release a brand new entry in 2024.
This will mark Aardman Animation’s seventh major project with Netflix, following Robin Robin and the sequel to Chicken Run. Netflix also distributed the 2019 movie A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and two Shaun the Sheep series. The studio is also very much involved in the upcoming mobile Netflix game called Chicken Run: Eggstraction.
The project was first announced in January 2022, with the BBC and Netflix boarding the project.
We should note at this point that the movie has yet to get an official name. The majority of places referring to the movie refer to is as “Wallace & Gromit Feature Film” or “Untitled Wallace & Gromit”.
According to several people attached to the project,...
Wallace and Gromit are returning to the big screen. Almost 20 years after their 2005 feature film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Netflix and the BBC will release a brand new entry in 2024.
This will mark Aardman Animation’s seventh major project with Netflix, following Robin Robin and the sequel to Chicken Run. Netflix also distributed the 2019 movie A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and two Shaun the Sheep series. The studio is also very much involved in the upcoming mobile Netflix game called Chicken Run: Eggstraction.
The project was first announced in January 2022, with the BBC and Netflix boarding the project.
We should note at this point that the movie has yet to get an official name. The majority of places referring to the movie refer to is as “Wallace & Gromit Feature Film” or “Untitled Wallace & Gromit”.
According to several people attached to the project,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
Pictures: Netflix – Illustration by What’s on Netflix
A new year is just around the corner and if you’re wondering what new British productions Netflix has coming up for 2024 and beyond, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll break down all the currently announced new British movies, series and documentaries in the works.
Please remember that this doesn’t represent every movie and series currently in development at Netflix. There are a few that we’re not allowed to mention just yet, including a hotly anticipated new series from a writer who has produced some excellent titles for Netflix so far.
There are also plenty of shows and movies that should probably be listed here but won’t be. That’s because of how entwined US and UK projects tend to be, with some more US-produced series like The Witcher also falling into the UK camp...
A new year is just around the corner and if you’re wondering what new British productions Netflix has coming up for 2024 and beyond, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll break down all the currently announced new British movies, series and documentaries in the works.
Please remember that this doesn’t represent every movie and series currently in development at Netflix. There are a few that we’re not allowed to mention just yet, including a hotly anticipated new series from a writer who has produced some excellent titles for Netflix so far.
There are also plenty of shows and movies that should probably be listed here but won’t be. That’s because of how entwined US and UK projects tend to be, with some more US-produced series like The Witcher also falling into the UK camp...
- 12/30/2023
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
Picture: Netflix / Aardman Animations
Arriving 23 years after its predecessor’s release, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is the long-awaited sequel to the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all-time, Chicken Run, which scored a Golden Globe nomination & Critics’ Choice win for Best Animated Feature back in 2001.
Created by the legendary team at Aardman Animations, Dawn of the Nugget continues the studio’s strong Netflix production output, including recent Oscar nominees Robin Robin and A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.
This new sequel catches up with the lead characters from the first film, Ginger & Rocky, several years after their daring escape from Tweedy Farms. Living in a peaceful island sanctuary created by Ginger, Rocky, & their fellow escapees, our leads have created their happy ending together including their smart & curious daughter Molly.
While life seems serene & complete for her parents, Molly yearns for more than her small island surroundings. But when the...
Arriving 23 years after its predecessor’s release, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is the long-awaited sequel to the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all-time, Chicken Run, which scored a Golden Globe nomination & Critics’ Choice win for Best Animated Feature back in 2001.
Created by the legendary team at Aardman Animations, Dawn of the Nugget continues the studio’s strong Netflix production output, including recent Oscar nominees Robin Robin and A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.
This new sequel catches up with the lead characters from the first film, Ginger & Rocky, several years after their daring escape from Tweedy Farms. Living in a peaceful island sanctuary created by Ginger, Rocky, & their fellow escapees, our leads have created their happy ending together including their smart & curious daughter Molly.
While life seems serene & complete for her parents, Molly yearns for more than her small island surroundings. But when the...
- 12/17/2023
- by Andrew Morgan
- Whats-on-Netflix
Screenshot: A24/YouTube, Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube, Photo: A24, Hector Vivas (Getty Images), Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix, Aardman / Netflix, Claire Folger/Orion Releasing, Laurie Sparham / MGM, A24, Graphic: The A.V. ClubWhat the heck is going on in Alex Garland’s Civil War trailer?Nick Offerman in Civil WarScreenshot: A...
- 12/16/2023
- avclub.com
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The NuggetPhoto: Aardman / Netflix
On paper, the original Chicken Run sounded more like the sort of film a character in a comedy movie might pitch: “It’s The Great Escape ... starring chickens!” For better or worse, Chicken Run committed to the bit, and as a result...
On paper, the original Chicken Run sounded more like the sort of film a character in a comedy movie might pitch: “It’s The Great Escape ... starring chickens!” For better or worse, Chicken Run committed to the bit, and as a result...
- 12/13/2023
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- avclub.com
We’re big fans of Aardman Animation here at Film Stories Towers. With the new Chicken Run sequel out soon, this week’s film quiz covers their cracking canon to date…
Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, since Netflix has cracked down on password-sharing, it’s might go and watch Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget at a mate’s house when the long-awaited sequel drops next week. It’s also in selected cinemas throughout the UK today, but whenever you’re watching it, we’ve got some Aardman-themed quiz questions to keep you going.
Once you’ve completed all three rounds, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, since Netflix has cracked down on password-sharing, it’s might go and watch Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget at a mate’s house when the long-awaited sequel drops next week. It’s also in selected cinemas throughout the UK today, but whenever you’re watching it, we’ve got some Aardman-themed quiz questions to keep you going.
Once you’ve completed all three rounds, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback.
- 12/8/2023
- by Mark Harrison
- Film Stories
The actor answers your questions on working with Mike Leigh, starring in a New Order video and dressing as a giant Snoopy at Harrods
Each year I convince myself that you’re beneath one of the costumes on The Masked Singer, but I’m proved hopelessly wrong! Has your drama school holiday job – wearing a Snoopy costume in Harrods’ linen department – put you off? VerulamiumParkRanger
I have been offered The Masked Singer, but it’s not something I want to do. It’s not because of Snoopy, although that wasn’t a great experience. The associate director at Rada [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art] was asked whether any of the students would be prepared to get into a Snoopy costume in the linen department during the Easter holidays. I don’t know why, but they asked me and I got the gig. I was at Rada with Imogen Stubbs, so...
Each year I convince myself that you’re beneath one of the costumes on The Masked Singer, but I’m proved hopelessly wrong! Has your drama school holiday job – wearing a Snoopy costume in Harrods’ linen department – put you off? VerulamiumParkRanger
I have been offered The Masked Singer, but it’s not something I want to do. It’s not because of Snoopy, although that wasn’t a great experience. The associate director at Rada [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art] was asked whether any of the students would be prepared to get into a Snoopy costume in the linen department during the Easter holidays. I don’t know why, but they asked me and I got the gig. I was at Rada with Imogen Stubbs, so...
- 11/30/2023
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
And you thought the poultry in Chicken Run was in trouble! Following word that Aardman Animations – the studio behind Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit and more – was in serious trouble after reportedly running out of clay from its supplier, the famed studio has come forward with news that they will be able to press forward much longer than expected.
In a statement issued on social media, Aardman Animations wrote, “We are touched about recent concern over the future of our beloved clay creations, but wanted to reassure fans that there is absolutely no need to worry. We have high levels of existing stocks of modelling clay to service current and future productions and, much like Wallace in his workshop, we have been tinkering away behind the scenes for quite some time with plans in place to ensure a smooth transition to new stocks to continue to make our iconic productions.
In a statement issued on social media, Aardman Animations wrote, “We are touched about recent concern over the future of our beloved clay creations, but wanted to reassure fans that there is absolutely no need to worry. We have high levels of existing stocks of modelling clay to service current and future productions and, much like Wallace in his workshop, we have been tinkering away behind the scenes for quite some time with plans in place to ensure a smooth transition to new stocks to continue to make our iconic productions.
- 11/21/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
If the news out of the Telegraph today about Aardman Animations facing a critical shortage of the specialised clay they use to make their stop-motion films has you feeling ready to :a[lose your head in panic like the hens of Chicken Run]{href='https://youtu.be/2eU6rN8AeXo?si=8KGe8PEXO8KTbZUC' }, then we're suggesting everyone calm down. Yes, the factory that makes the Lewis Newplast clay that works under hot studio lights and stands up to the rigors of the animation process has shut down after Aardman bought out the remaining supply. Which meant it might only have enough of the material to make one more film. But that's not the end of the story.
Following up on the new piece, the Aardman team hit social media to assuage fears that the clay shortage is impacting the company…
So, yes –– no need to run around in a desperate panic over the future of Aardman Animations. The...
Following up on the new piece, the Aardman team hit social media to assuage fears that the clay shortage is impacting the company…
So, yes –– no need to run around in a desperate panic over the future of Aardman Animations. The...
- 11/20/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Aardman has sought to reassure a traumatised populace after rumour spreads that their only clay supplier has shut up shop.
Where would we be as a nation without Aardman? Ever since A Grand Day Out shot a thumby, pun-filled rocket into our hearts in 1989, the stop-motion studio has remained as integral to the British psyche as Branston Pickle on a Wensleydale paving slab.
For a few terrifying hours this morning, however, the public were forced to imagine a country without our brightest stars when The Telegraph claimed the studio’s only clay supplier had shut up shop.
The consequences of such a disaster are hardly worth contemplating. Families huddled around a TV playing nothing but computer-animated static. A thousand Wallace And Gromit alarm clocks falling silent all at once. Legions of dust-stained workers glumly treading to the clay pits, desperately digging for the moldable gold they knew they would never again be able to find.
Where would we be as a nation without Aardman? Ever since A Grand Day Out shot a thumby, pun-filled rocket into our hearts in 1989, the stop-motion studio has remained as integral to the British psyche as Branston Pickle on a Wensleydale paving slab.
For a few terrifying hours this morning, however, the public were forced to imagine a country without our brightest stars when The Telegraph claimed the studio’s only clay supplier had shut up shop.
The consequences of such a disaster are hardly worth contemplating. Families huddled around a TV playing nothing but computer-animated static. A thousand Wallace And Gromit alarm clocks falling silent all at once. Legions of dust-stained workers glumly treading to the clay pits, desperately digging for the moldable gold they knew they would never again be able to find.
- 11/20/2023
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
Nearly a quarter-century has passed since Aardman hatched its first feature, and the generation that flipped for “Chicken Run” — tickled by the novelty of watching a pseudo-serious genre movie rendered silly by an ensemble of stop-motion poultry — has grown up to be parents. Distributed by DreamWorks, the 2000 toon reimagined “The Great Escape” with chickens, as a doomed flock schemed to fly the coop of a WWII-style concentration camp run by the intimidating Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson).
In the tasty (if young-skewing) sequel commissioned by Netflix, “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” it’s the other way around … or, as gung-ho Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) puts it in her trailer-ready motivational speech, “Last time, we broke out of a chicken farm. Well, this time, we’re breaking in!” Where the tongue-in-beak original was a sendup of war movies, “Nugget” serves as a riff on “Mission: Impossible”-style action flicks, putting Ginger in...
In the tasty (if young-skewing) sequel commissioned by Netflix, “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” it’s the other way around … or, as gung-ho Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) puts it in her trailer-ready motivational speech, “Last time, we broke out of a chicken farm. Well, this time, we’re breaking in!” Where the tongue-in-beak original was a sendup of war movies, “Nugget” serves as a riff on “Mission: Impossible”-style action flicks, putting Ginger in...
- 10/14/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Halloween is spine-chilling in general, but especially so if you’re a parent.
The amount of calories you consume while stealing your children’s hard-won candy? Gasp. Running out of sweets when there’s a minibus worth of spooky kids at your front door? Whimper. The price of Halloween costumes they’ll grow out of by Christmas? Scream.
You’d be better off extinguishing the pumpkin, barricading the door and curling up with one of these family-friendly Halloween movies instead – from animated delights to cult classics – which all fall under the ooky-spooky rather than blood-and-guts end of the scale.
(All streaming info correct as of September 2023)
For Pre-school Kids Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit (2005)
This Oscar-winning stop-motion classic was the fourth film for classic British double-act Wallace and Gromit, a cheese-loving inventor and his silent anthropomorphic dog, and like their previous short films (such as The Wrong...
The amount of calories you consume while stealing your children’s hard-won candy? Gasp. Running out of sweets when there’s a minibus worth of spooky kids at your front door? Whimper. The price of Halloween costumes they’ll grow out of by Christmas? Scream.
You’d be better off extinguishing the pumpkin, barricading the door and curling up with one of these family-friendly Halloween movies instead – from animated delights to cult classics – which all fall under the ooky-spooky rather than blood-and-guts end of the scale.
(All streaming info correct as of September 2023)
For Pre-school Kids Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit (2005)
This Oscar-winning stop-motion classic was the fourth film for classic British double-act Wallace and Gromit, a cheese-loving inventor and his silent anthropomorphic dog, and like their previous short films (such as The Wrong...
- 10/8/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
In the upcoming episode of “Only Connect,” hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, it’s all about making connections. Two teams, the Stitchers and the Gunners, will be competing to establish connections between seemingly unrelated clues. In this episode, they will be trying to find the link between the names Robin, Henry Jones Sr, Gromit, and Clarissa Dickson Wright.
You can tune in to watch this episode on Monday, October 9, 2023, at 8:00 Pm on BBC Two. “Only Connect” is a quiz show where knowledge is essential, but the real challenge lies in finding the hidden connections between various clues. It’s a fun and brain-teasing show that keeps viewers guessing and testing their own connections to solve the puzzles along with the contestants. Don’t miss it!
Release Date & Time: 8:00 Pm Monday 9 October 2023 on BBC Two
Only Connect Stitchers v Gunners Cast – Season 19 Episode 13 Main Cast...
You can tune in to watch this episode on Monday, October 9, 2023, at 8:00 Pm on BBC Two. “Only Connect” is a quiz show where knowledge is essential, but the real challenge lies in finding the hidden connections between various clues. It’s a fun and brain-teasing show that keeps viewers guessing and testing their own connections to solve the puzzles along with the contestants. Don’t miss it!
Release Date & Time: 8:00 Pm Monday 9 October 2023 on BBC Two
Only Connect Stitchers v Gunners Cast – Season 19 Episode 13 Main Cast...
- 10/3/2023
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Exclusive: Tubi has acquired Aardman Animations’ series Lloyd of the Flies.
The series, originally for Citv in the UK, will be badged as a Tubi Original in the U.S. and Canada. It will launch exclusive on the free streaming service on August 6.
The 52-episode series follows Lloyd, a young fly who is the middle child of 451, who lives in an apple with his long-suffering parents, cheeky little sister and 224 maggots. Along with his best friend, woodlouse Abacus, his faces endless endless awkward, annoying and occasionally life-threatening situations largely of his own devising, because when you’re only one centimeter high, even tiny problems can lead to massive consequences.
Tom Rosenthal plays Lloyd and Alex Lawther, who we revealed on Friday is among the leads for new FX series Alien plays Abacus. Lauren Patel (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Callum Scott Howells (It’s a Sin), Teresa Gallagher...
The series, originally for Citv in the UK, will be badged as a Tubi Original in the U.S. and Canada. It will launch exclusive on the free streaming service on August 6.
The 52-episode series follows Lloyd, a young fly who is the middle child of 451, who lives in an apple with his long-suffering parents, cheeky little sister and 224 maggots. Along with his best friend, woodlouse Abacus, his faces endless endless awkward, annoying and occasionally life-threatening situations largely of his own devising, because when you’re only one centimeter high, even tiny problems can lead to massive consequences.
Tom Rosenthal plays Lloyd and Alex Lawther, who we revealed on Friday is among the leads for new FX series Alien plays Abacus. Lauren Patel (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Callum Scott Howells (It’s a Sin), Teresa Gallagher...
- 7/25/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The 80th Venice Film Festival has revealed its selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the Xr-Extended Reality section of the festival, which runs Aug. 30 – Sept. 9. The program will include VR experience “Wallace & Gromit in the Grand Getaway” and a Fatboy Slim project.
Venice Immersive is devoted to immersive media and includes all Xr means of creative expression: 360° videos and Xr works of any length, including installations and virtual worlds. The program, which will take place on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, will present 44 projects from 25 countries, and 24 works in the Worlds Gallery section. It will comprise:
28 projects in Competition 10 projects Out of Competition – Best of Venice Immersive. International selection of the best works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice Film Festival. Six projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema – VR: One project produced thanks to the grant from the seventh edition, and...
Venice Immersive is devoted to immersive media and includes all Xr means of creative expression: 360° videos and Xr works of any length, including installations and virtual worlds. The program, which will take place on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, will present 44 projects from 25 countries, and 24 works in the Worlds Gallery section. It will comprise:
28 projects in Competition 10 projects Out of Competition – Best of Venice Immersive. International selection of the best works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice Film Festival. Six projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema – VR: One project produced thanks to the grant from the seventh edition, and...
- 7/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
As part of Netflix’s appearance this week at the Annecy International Animation Festival, the streaming service hosted a sneak peek at upcoming work and the world premiere of Nimona, the anticipated adaptation of Nd Stevenson’s graphic novel coming to the platform on June 30. Additionally, the studio announced that Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Aardman Animations’ anticipated sequel to 2000’s Chicken Run — will get a Dec. 15 release.
In a new clip from the sequel to Chicken Run — from the Oscar-winning studio behind Wallace and Gromit and Shawn the Sheep — the Annecy audience was introduced to Molly (Bella Ramsey), the daughter of Chicken Run‘s Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi). Molly is among those captured and placed in a truck carting chickens to a new fortress-like farm. After a classic Aardman chase — with Ginger, Rocky and others in hot pursuit of the truck — they begin to devise a rescue plan.
In a new clip from the sequel to Chicken Run — from the Oscar-winning studio behind Wallace and Gromit and Shawn the Sheep — the Annecy audience was introduced to Molly (Bella Ramsey), the daughter of Chicken Run‘s Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi). Molly is among those captured and placed in a truck carting chickens to a new fortress-like farm. After a classic Aardman chase — with Ginger, Rocky and others in hot pursuit of the truck — they begin to devise a rescue plan.
- 6/14/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warning: this review contains spoilers.
What was that film about the serial killer who wore their dead mum’s dress? It’ll come to me.
In ‘Love Is a Stranger’, Claire Rushbrook’s Vicky may have been a psycho but it was hard not to side with her – even after she landed that final hammer blow. Everything in the previous half hour had directed us towards sympathy, from the emotional piano music accompanying her online dating humiliations, to Rushbrook’s endearing, detailed performance that made Vicky the most recognisably human character in the half hour.
Radiating loneliness, Vicky suffered knockbacks, rudeness, deception and hurtful criticism, but soldiered on in her search for The One. The One to knock on the head with a lump hammer and keep a mutilated memento of in a jar on her kitchen shelf, to be specific. It puts a different spin on her “a few...
What was that film about the serial killer who wore their dead mum’s dress? It’ll come to me.
In ‘Love Is a Stranger’, Claire Rushbrook’s Vicky may have been a psycho but it was hard not to side with her – even after she landed that final hammer blow. Everything in the previous half hour had directed us towards sympathy, from the emotional piano music accompanying her online dating humiliations, to Rushbrook’s endearing, detailed performance that made Vicky the most recognisably human character in the half hour.
Radiating loneliness, Vicky suffered knockbacks, rudeness, deception and hurtful criticism, but soldiered on in her search for The One. The One to knock on the head with a lump hammer and keep a mutilated memento of in a jar on her kitchen shelf, to be specific. It puts a different spin on her “a few...
- 5/11/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Contains spoilers for "Star Wars: Visions, Volume 2"
For the subset of "Star Wars" fans who had grown weary of the Skywalker Saga, the first volume of "Star Wars: Visions" shorts provided a much-needed respite. The nine-episode anthology re-envisioned "a galaxy far, far away" through the lens of anime storytelling, recruiting nine of the genre's most accomplished studios to put their own spin on George Lucas' original creation. Permitted to disregard canon, each episode felt like a wholly singular story within the "Star Wars" universe, still imbued with the franchise's central themes: forging one's own identity, good versus evil, and the importance of family, whether found or by blood.
In its second volume of vignettes, "Star Wars: Visions" has expanded to include a wider variety of animation styles from studios all over the world, including juggernauts like Aardman ("Wallace and Gromit") and Cartoon Saloon ("Wolfwalkers"). Fans will be excited to see...
For the subset of "Star Wars" fans who had grown weary of the Skywalker Saga, the first volume of "Star Wars: Visions" shorts provided a much-needed respite. The nine-episode anthology re-envisioned "a galaxy far, far away" through the lens of anime storytelling, recruiting nine of the genre's most accomplished studios to put their own spin on George Lucas' original creation. Permitted to disregard canon, each episode felt like a wholly singular story within the "Star Wars" universe, still imbued with the franchise's central themes: forging one's own identity, good versus evil, and the importance of family, whether found or by blood.
In its second volume of vignettes, "Star Wars: Visions" has expanded to include a wider variety of animation styles from studios all over the world, including juggernauts like Aardman ("Wallace and Gromit") and Cartoon Saloon ("Wolfwalkers"). Fans will be excited to see...
- 5/4/2023
- by Larry Fried
- Slash Film
With a long and successful career spanning genres, Mia Farrow may not be considered a horror icon, but she’s certainly deserving of the title in terms of quality over quantity. The two genre efforts in which she starred are exemplary horror movies of their respective eras; while Rosemary’s Baby has been widely lauded since its release in 1968 (Roman Polanski’s personal life controversies notwithstanding), The Haunting of Julia – known internationally as Full Circle – is a hidden gem ripe for rediscovery.
Based on Peter Straub’s 1975 novel Julia, the 1977 British film is directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia), with Xtro filmmaker Harry Bromley Davenport receiving a “based on an adaptation by” credit. Although ostensibly a haunted house tale, its ambiguity also allows it to be viewed as a dramatic character study. Scream Factory shines a well-needed light on the atmospheric chiller with a new 4K Uhd + Blu-ray edition.
Based on Peter Straub’s 1975 novel Julia, the 1977 British film is directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia), with Xtro filmmaker Harry Bromley Davenport receiving a “based on an adaptation by” credit. Although ostensibly a haunted house tale, its ambiguity also allows it to be viewed as a dramatic character study. Scream Factory shines a well-needed light on the atmospheric chiller with a new 4K Uhd + Blu-ray edition.
- 4/27/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix announced two new animated features coming to the platform in 2024: A new SpongeBob SquarePants-themed movie titled Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie; and In Your Dreams, a comedy adventure about a pair of siblings who magically travel into the world of dreams.
As part of an overview of its 2023-2024 slate, Netflix Animation revealed additional cast members for its summer release Nimona, based on the graphic novel by Nd Stevenson, and released first-look images and new art for its upcoming titles.
In Nickelodeon’s Liza Johnson-helmed Bikini Bottom, all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, and Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot. The ensemble voice cast includes Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy Cheeks), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Wanda Sykes and Johnny Knoxville.
‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’
Produced by Kuku Studios, In Your Dreams...
As part of an overview of its 2023-2024 slate, Netflix Animation revealed additional cast members for its summer release Nimona, based on the graphic novel by Nd Stevenson, and released first-look images and new art for its upcoming titles.
In Nickelodeon’s Liza Johnson-helmed Bikini Bottom, all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, and Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot. The ensemble voice cast includes Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy Cheeks), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Wanda Sykes and Johnny Knoxville.
‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’
Produced by Kuku Studios, In Your Dreams...
- 4/25/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Part of the joy of Star Wars: Visions is, you never know quite what you’re going to get when you load up an episode. Lucasfilm’s anthology series lets animation houses present their own unique spin on the galaxy far, far away – taking any characters, any settings, any imagery from George Lucas’ sprawling space opera and doing whatever feels right or interesting with them, canon be damned. Think of it like a remix compilation, with wildly creative spins on familiar material from fascinatingly varied voices. Where Volume 1 of Visions was comprised solely of Japanese anime studios, Volume 2 is going worldwide – including a contribution from British stop-motion legends Aardman.
While there’s no Wallace and Gromit or Feathers McGraw here, Aardman’s short ‘I Am Your Mother’ (see what they did there?) is set in the aftermath of the original trilogy, and tells the story of wannabe-pilot Twi’lek tween...
While there’s no Wallace and Gromit or Feathers McGraw here, Aardman’s short ‘I Am Your Mother’ (see what they did there?) is set in the aftermath of the original trilogy, and tells the story of wannabe-pilot Twi’lek tween...
- 4/10/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - TV
“Star Wars” is getting fully animated once again. The new trailer for Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions,” the animated anthology series, has released out of London’s Star Wars Celebration convention.
Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions” will release on May 4, which is known as Star Wars Day among the fans (“May the Fourth be with you”). The nine animation studios that worked on Season 2 are El Guiri, Cartoon Saloon, Punkrobot, Aardman, Studio Mir, Studio La Cachette, 88 Pictures, D’Art Shtaijo with Lucasfilm and Triggerfish.
The contributors’ previous credits are impressive this season. Cartoon Saloon is a five-time Oscar-nominated animation studio, most recently for “Wolfwalkers” on Apple TV+; Aardman is known for the stop-motion, claymation characters from “Wallace and Gromit”; Studio Mir has worked on hit shows like “The Legend of Korra” and “Harley Quinn”; just to highlight a few of the teams’ projects.
The Season 2 episode titles are “Sith,...
Season 2 of “Star Wars: Visions” will release on May 4, which is known as Star Wars Day among the fans (“May the Fourth be with you”). The nine animation studios that worked on Season 2 are El Guiri, Cartoon Saloon, Punkrobot, Aardman, Studio Mir, Studio La Cachette, 88 Pictures, D’Art Shtaijo with Lucasfilm and Triggerfish.
The contributors’ previous credits are impressive this season. Cartoon Saloon is a five-time Oscar-nominated animation studio, most recently for “Wolfwalkers” on Apple TV+; Aardman is known for the stop-motion, claymation characters from “Wallace and Gromit”; Studio Mir has worked on hit shows like “The Legend of Korra” and “Harley Quinn”; just to highlight a few of the teams’ projects.
The Season 2 episode titles are “Sith,...
- 4/10/2023
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re both a Star Wars fanatic and an animation nerd, get ready for Lucasfilm to make your wishes come true – the animation studios handling episodes of the next batch of Visions have just been announced, and there’s plenty to look forward to. The anthology series (telling not-necessarily-canonical stories in the Star Wars universe) initially centred on studios from Japan, but Season 2 of Visions is broadening the scope to showcase animation houses from around the world – including ones from the UK and Ireland.
Now, we know that the UK studio is none other than Aardman – behind the likes of Wallace And Gromit and Chicken Run – and that the Irish studio is Cartoon Saloon, the geniuses behind Song Of The Sea, WolfWalkers and more. Let that sink in for a second: Aardman and Cartoon Saloon are doing Star Wars shorts! Aardman’s episode is titled ‘I Am Your Mother...
Now, we know that the UK studio is none other than Aardman – behind the likes of Wallace And Gromit and Chicken Run – and that the Irish studio is Cartoon Saloon, the geniuses behind Song Of The Sea, WolfWalkers and more. Let that sink in for a second: Aardman and Cartoon Saloon are doing Star Wars shorts! Aardman’s episode is titled ‘I Am Your Mother...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - TV
Lachlan Pendragon is now an Oscar-nominated filmmaker after being nominated for his animated short, titled “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Believe Him.”
The project was produced as part of Pendragon’s doctorate and took 10 months to put together in his living room during the pandemic. Pendragon, who is currently earning his doctorate in visual arts at Griffith Film School in Brisbane, already won a Student Academy Award last year and now is vying for Oscar.
The short film follows a young telemarketer named Neil who is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich who tells him that the universe is actually stop-motion animation. Neil, voiced by Pendragon, then tries to convince his colleagues about the discovery.
Below, Pendragon chats with Variety about his nomination, the journey behind the film and who he’d like to meet at the Oscars.
The nominations are announced at 5:30 a.
The project was produced as part of Pendragon’s doctorate and took 10 months to put together in his living room during the pandemic. Pendragon, who is currently earning his doctorate in visual arts at Griffith Film School in Brisbane, already won a Student Academy Award last year and now is vying for Oscar.
The short film follows a young telemarketer named Neil who is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich who tells him that the universe is actually stop-motion animation. Neil, voiced by Pendragon, then tries to convince his colleagues about the discovery.
Below, Pendragon chats with Variety about his nomination, the journey behind the film and who he’d like to meet at the Oscars.
The nominations are announced at 5:30 a.
- 1/30/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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While this year’s animated feature contenders include three films that employ stop-motion animation — Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On and Wendell & Wild — the animation technique that dates back to the mid-1800s received very little love in the category until 2005.
That’s when Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit became the first (and only) stop-motion animated film to win best animated feature (stop-motion shorts are a different story, with Were-Rabbit creator Nick Park alone garnering three Oscars, for 1989’s Creature Comforts, 1993’s The Wrong Trousers and 1995’s A Close Shave, the latter two also starring Wallace and Gromit). It’s also almost certainly the only “vegetarian horror film,” as Park described Were-Rabbit, to win any Oscars at all.
Wallace and Gromit’s adventures began in 1982 as a film-school graduation project, created with 2,200 pounds of...
While this year’s animated feature contenders include three films that employ stop-motion animation — Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On and Wendell & Wild — the animation technique that dates back to the mid-1800s received very little love in the category until 2005.
That’s when Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit became the first (and only) stop-motion animated film to win best animated feature (stop-motion shorts are a different story, with Were-Rabbit creator Nick Park alone garnering three Oscars, for 1989’s Creature Comforts, 1993’s The Wrong Trousers and 1995’s A Close Shave, the latter two also starring Wallace and Gromit). It’s also almost certainly the only “vegetarian horror film,” as Park described Were-Rabbit, to win any Oscars at all.
Wallace and Gromit’s adventures began in 1982 as a film-school graduation project, created with 2,200 pounds of...
- 12/2/2022
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark by Nikos Bogris
The Green Ranger by CarlosDattoliArt
Knives Out by Jack Gregory
Metal Gear Solid by Patrick Fowler
Namor by Rux Dardiror
Planes Trains and Automobiles...
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark by Nikos Bogris
The Green Ranger by CarlosDattoliArt
Knives Out by Jack Gregory
Metal Gear Solid by Patrick Fowler
Namor by Rux Dardiror
Planes Trains and Automobiles...
- 11/26/2022
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
NYFF Revivals concludes with restorations of Edward Yang’s A Confucian Confusion, Beirut the Encounter, Canyon Passage, and Black God, White Devil.
Film Forum
Isabelle Huppert, maybe our greatest actress, is celebrated in a retrospective with work by Godard and Chabrol; Breathless continues, while Wallace and Gromit shows on Sunday.
Japan Society
Mamoru Oshii’s legendary Angel’s Egg screens on Friday.
Roxy Cinema
Weyes Blood presents Possession, An American Werewolf in London, Virginia Woolf, and Hardcore on 35mm, as well as Funeral Parade of Roses and Rebecca; Band of Outsiders and a print of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence also screen.
Anthology Film Archives
Alexei German’s Khrustalyov, My Car! has a revival run; a retrospective of Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina continues.
IFC Center
Guy Maddin (who we spoke to here) presents a restoration of his...
Film at Lincoln Center
NYFF Revivals concludes with restorations of Edward Yang’s A Confucian Confusion, Beirut the Encounter, Canyon Passage, and Black God, White Devil.
Film Forum
Isabelle Huppert, maybe our greatest actress, is celebrated in a retrospective with work by Godard and Chabrol; Breathless continues, while Wallace and Gromit shows on Sunday.
Japan Society
Mamoru Oshii’s legendary Angel’s Egg screens on Friday.
Roxy Cinema
Weyes Blood presents Possession, An American Werewolf in London, Virginia Woolf, and Hardcore on 35mm, as well as Funeral Parade of Roses and Rebecca; Band of Outsiders and a print of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence also screen.
Anthology Film Archives
Alexei German’s Khrustalyov, My Car! has a revival run; a retrospective of Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina continues.
IFC Center
Guy Maddin (who we spoke to here) presents a restoration of his...
- 10/13/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
For those of us waiting for a sequel to the delightful Chicken Run, time to celebrate with this press release from Netflix:
Combine a world-famous, four-time Academy Award® winning animation studio with a global entertainment company and what have you got? A match made in animation heaven.
Last year, Aardman and Netflix released the first fruit of our collaboration, the acclaimed musical Robin Robin, which recently made the Oscars shortlist and BAFTA longlist for animated short films. Directed by Mikey Please and Dan Ojari, our beautiful animated short has sincerity, humour, and a warmth that you cannot fake. Born out of our shared passion for animation, compelling stories and timeless characters, this partnership laid the foundations for two upcoming projects we’re excited to share new details about.
First up is a project incredibly dear to the hearts of Aardman, and something that everyone at Netflix is excited about.
Combine a world-famous, four-time Academy Award® winning animation studio with a global entertainment company and what have you got? A match made in animation heaven.
Last year, Aardman and Netflix released the first fruit of our collaboration, the acclaimed musical Robin Robin, which recently made the Oscars shortlist and BAFTA longlist for animated short films. Directed by Mikey Please and Dan Ojari, our beautiful animated short has sincerity, humour, and a warmth that you cannot fake. Born out of our shared passion for animation, compelling stories and timeless characters, this partnership laid the foundations for two upcoming projects we’re excited to share new details about.
First up is a project incredibly dear to the hearts of Aardman, and something that everyone at Netflix is excited about.
- 1/20/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Aardman’s beloved characters Wallace and Gromit are returning in a new BBC and Netflix film and Ginger and Rocky from “Chicken Run” (2000) in a Netflix sequel.
With a box office gross of nearly $225 million, “Chicken Run” is the highest grossing stop-motion film of all time. The sequel, “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” follows Ginger, who, having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, has set up a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat.
The cast includes Thandiwe Newton (Ginger), Zachary Levi (Rocky), Bella Ramsey, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, David Bradley, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays and Nick Mohammed. Sam Fell (“Flushed Away”) directs...
With a box office gross of nearly $225 million, “Chicken Run” is the highest grossing stop-motion film of all time. The sequel, “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” follows Ginger, who, having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, has set up a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat.
The cast includes Thandiwe Newton (Ginger), Zachary Levi (Rocky), Bella Ramsey, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, David Bradley, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays and Nick Mohammed. Sam Fell (“Flushed Away”) directs...
- 1/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Wallace and Gromit are returning to screens for the first time in more than 15 years, with the BBC and Netflix snapping up Aardman’s latest animation, while Netflix has unveiled first look and cast for Aardman’s Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
The as-yet-untitled film will air in 2024, is creator Nick Park’s first Wallace and Gromit outing since 2008’s Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death and will be the sixth to feature the lovable man and dog partnership across almost 35 years.
Netflix will air in all non-uk territories and will take UK rights several months after the film premieres on the BBC.
The BBC will take UK rights and Netflix will air in all other territories.
Tapping into modern day fears over automation, the film will focus on Gromit’s concern that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions, which proves justified when Wallace invents a “smart...
The as-yet-untitled film will air in 2024, is creator Nick Park’s first Wallace and Gromit outing since 2008’s Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death and will be the sixth to feature the lovable man and dog partnership across almost 35 years.
Netflix will air in all non-uk territories and will take UK rights several months after the film premieres on the BBC.
The BBC will take UK rights and Netflix will air in all other territories.
Tapping into modern day fears over automation, the film will focus on Gromit’s concern that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions, which proves justified when Wallace invents a “smart...
- 1/20/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The two companies have augmented their creative partnership.
Netflix and UK animation studio Aardman’s creative partnership has been cemented with the unveiling of a new Wallace & Gromit feature directed by Nick Park, plus details and a first-look image of the upcoming Chicken Run sequel.
Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run creator Park will direct the new Wallace & Gromit feature, alongside Aardman’s creative director of Wallace & Gromit, Merlin Crossingham, with Mark Burton on board to write and Claire Jennings producing. In the film, Gromit is concerned that Wallace has become too dependent on his inventions, as proven when...
Netflix and UK animation studio Aardman’s creative partnership has been cemented with the unveiling of a new Wallace & Gromit feature directed by Nick Park, plus details and a first-look image of the upcoming Chicken Run sequel.
Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run creator Park will direct the new Wallace & Gromit feature, alongside Aardman’s creative director of Wallace & Gromit, Merlin Crossingham, with Mark Burton on board to write and Claire Jennings producing. In the film, Gromit is concerned that Wallace has become too dependent on his inventions, as proven when...
- 1/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The sheer range of physical material available to a stop-motion animator is part of what makes it so much more emotionally immediate than other animation. We all know what certain fabrics and items feel like to the touch, so the animator can use everything from fuzzy felt to sandpaper to tune us immediately into the feeling they want to generate - from the cutesy fun of Wallace and Gromit to the surreal adventures of the Quay brothers and Jan Švankmajer.
We're firmly at the adult Švankmajer end of the spectrum here and it's porcelain dolls' heads that do the conjuring, suggesting a toy on the one hand, something which, thanks to what a thousand films have taught us, can be benign or sinister, implacable yet, paradoxically, fragile. The expression on Hugo Covarrubias' protagonist doesn't change throughout this 15-minute short, although we meet her when she has already sustained a crack -.
We're firmly at the adult Švankmajer end of the spectrum here and it's porcelain dolls' heads that do the conjuring, suggesting a toy on the one hand, something which, thanks to what a thousand films have taught us, can be benign or sinister, implacable yet, paradoxically, fragile. The expression on Hugo Covarrubias' protagonist doesn't change throughout this 15-minute short, although we meet her when she has already sustained a crack -.
- 11/23/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
(Welcome to ...And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)
Who says you need dialogue to create a wonderful character? Not Aardman Animations, the British studio that gave the world Gromit — the silent yet highly expressive and often flustered dog who has accompanied his owner, wayward inventor Wallace, on all kinds of ridiculous adventures. The stop motion animated duo's Oscar-winning 1995 short "A Close Shave" also introduced another modern non-speaking comedic icon: Shaun, a mischievous sheep who proved so popular that he went on...
The post Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas: Release Date, Plot, and More appeared first on /Film.
Who says you need dialogue to create a wonderful character? Not Aardman Animations, the British studio that gave the world Gromit — the silent yet highly expressive and often flustered dog who has accompanied his owner, wayward inventor Wallace, on all kinds of ridiculous adventures. The stop motion animated duo's Oscar-winning 1995 short "A Close Shave" also introduced another modern non-speaking comedic icon: Shaun, a mischievous sheep who proved so popular that he went on...
The post Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas: Release Date, Plot, and More appeared first on /Film.
- 11/6/2021
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
While it’s unusually candid about death, this Czech kids’ animation resorts to tedious quests and life lessons in lieu of a plot
Movies aimed at very small children tend to be a bit squeamish about death. So this afterlife-for-kids animation gets points for recognising that thoughts about dying do rattle around in the four-year-old brain. The film begins with a show-offy young mouse called Whizzy being chased by timid fox Whitebelly; after a dazzling flash of headlights Whizzy and Whitebelly wake up in animal heaven. There’s a nice moment when Whizzy realises she’s dead. “That fox did get me,” she says with wonder.
The animation – like Fantastic Mr Fox and Wallace and Gromit – is old-fashioned stop-motion puppetry (with a bit of assistance from CGI). It has that same deeply pleasing homemade aesthetic, as if you could reach in and touch every tuft of scruffy fur or knobbly twig.
Movies aimed at very small children tend to be a bit squeamish about death. So this afterlife-for-kids animation gets points for recognising that thoughts about dying do rattle around in the four-year-old brain. The film begins with a show-offy young mouse called Whizzy being chased by timid fox Whitebelly; after a dazzling flash of headlights Whizzy and Whitebelly wake up in animal heaven. There’s a nice moment when Whizzy realises she’s dead. “That fox did get me,” she says with wonder.
The animation – like Fantastic Mr Fox and Wallace and Gromit – is old-fashioned stop-motion puppetry (with a bit of assistance from CGI). It has that same deeply pleasing homemade aesthetic, as if you could reach in and touch every tuft of scruffy fur or knobbly twig.
- 9/27/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Netflix and Aardman Animations, the U.K.’s best-known stop-motion studio, have released a new image and teaser from their upcoming musical holiday special “Robin Robin” during a panel at Annecy Animation Festival.
The charming half-hour short, which features the voices of Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant, tells the story of a baby robin (called Robin) who is adopted by a family of thieving mice. Although she thinks of herself as a mouse, as Robin grows she begins to notice that she can’t sneak around quite as effectively as her adopted siblings, which leads her on a journey of self-discovery.
“It’s a story of her figuring out her difference,” Dan Ojari, who co-directs the special alongside Mikey Please, said during the session. “The story is based around her kind of realising that actually her abilities are different to the mice.”
“Robin Robin” marks a departure from Aardman’s traditional fare.
The charming half-hour short, which features the voices of Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant, tells the story of a baby robin (called Robin) who is adopted by a family of thieving mice. Although she thinks of herself as a mouse, as Robin grows she begins to notice that she can’t sneak around quite as effectively as her adopted siblings, which leads her on a journey of self-discovery.
“It’s a story of her figuring out her difference,” Dan Ojari, who co-directs the special alongside Mikey Please, said during the session. “The story is based around her kind of realising that actually her abilities are different to the mice.”
“Robin Robin” marks a departure from Aardman’s traditional fare.
- 6/17/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
For creative technologist and screenwriter Jessie Hughes, female-driven animated television wasn’t easy to find growing up.
Aside from the odd exception, she found that most of the shows she preferred featured male leads crafted by male writers.
“All my favourite animated shows that I used to watch, such as Family Guy, American Dad, and South Park, had male leads,” she told If.
“Even Spongebob Squarepants has a male main character.
“When I realised that, I thought, ‘Oh, isn’t this odd?'”
It’s an imbalance Hughes hopes to address with her show Head Above Water, a subversive animated comedy series featuring feminist mermaids and exhausted sirens, being brought to life with the help of Brisbane-based motion studio Breeder.
Set in an underwater metropolis centred around the Department of Justice, the sirens go about their days devouring society’s bad apples, such as misogynists and mansplainers.
The 27-year-old crafted...
Aside from the odd exception, she found that most of the shows she preferred featured male leads crafted by male writers.
“All my favourite animated shows that I used to watch, such as Family Guy, American Dad, and South Park, had male leads,” she told If.
“Even Spongebob Squarepants has a male main character.
“When I realised that, I thought, ‘Oh, isn’t this odd?'”
It’s an imbalance Hughes hopes to address with her show Head Above Water, a subversive animated comedy series featuring feminist mermaids and exhausted sirens, being brought to life with the help of Brisbane-based motion studio Breeder.
Set in an underwater metropolis centred around the Department of Justice, the sirens go about their days devouring society’s bad apples, such as misogynists and mansplainers.
The 27-year-old crafted...
- 6/17/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Despite being a somewhat quiet year for the show, E3 2021 was filled with so many new titles and updates to previously announced major projects that it’s hardly a surprise that many smaller games featured during the show ultimately went overlooked and ended up being somewhat underrated.
Yet, this is so much more than a list of games that let us celebrate little studios and individual developers. At a time when Covid-19 production delays threaten to push so many major games into 2022 and beyond, these 15 titles (and so many more) could end up working their way into upcoming game of the year conversations just as they remind us that new ideas aren’t dead: they’ve just gone indie.
From wizards with guns and spiritual Thief sequels to cosmic horror punk RPGs and escape room deck builders, these are the 15 underrated E3 2021 games that not enough people are talking about.
Yet, this is so much more than a list of games that let us celebrate little studios and individual developers. At a time when Covid-19 production delays threaten to push so many major games into 2022 and beyond, these 15 titles (and so many more) could end up working their way into upcoming game of the year conversations just as they remind us that new ideas aren’t dead: they’ve just gone indie.
From wizards with guns and spiritual Thief sequels to cosmic horror punk RPGs and escape room deck builders, these are the 15 underrated E3 2021 games that not enough people are talking about.
- 6/16/2021
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Aardman, the British animation studio responsible for Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and more, is cooking up a new stop-motion musical holiday special for Netflix called Robin Robin. Today, Aardman announced the voice cast for the flick, which is due out next holiday season, and at the top of the list are two very familiar, exciting names: […]
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- 12/3/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
In today’s Global Bulletin, Raindance will premiere 11 National Youth Film Academy short films, Panorama Studios appoints Rajat Goswami, Sky Kids announces the return of legendary Aardman character Morph, Potboiler Productions starts development on “Augustown,” BBC Two’s “Danny Boy” starts shooting and announces casting, Beyond Rights hires Fox vet Connie Hodson and Okre launches digital roundtable series.
Festivals – Exclusive
Raindance Film Festival will premiere 11 short films shot remotely by students of the National Youth Film Academy who worked together throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as part of the Set Ready course initiative. The films will screen in Raindance’s Off-Competition section Oct. 28 – Nov. 4.
Each of the shorts will screen at the Odeon Greenwich with in-person crowds of invited friends, family and crowdfund donors. Four additional films from National Youth Film Academy students will also premiere in the Off-Competition section, selected at the Emerging Brits Industry Showcase in February earlier this year.
Festivals – Exclusive
Raindance Film Festival will premiere 11 short films shot remotely by students of the National Youth Film Academy who worked together throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as part of the Set Ready course initiative. The films will screen in Raindance’s Off-Competition section Oct. 28 – Nov. 4.
Each of the shorts will screen at the Odeon Greenwich with in-person crowds of invited friends, family and crowdfund donors. Four additional films from National Youth Film Academy students will also premiere in the Off-Competition section, selected at the Emerging Brits Industry Showcase in February earlier this year.
- 10/28/2020
- by Jamie Lang and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
You may not have noticed it, what with so much content coming out on Netflix each week, but the company has been ramping up big time on original animation over the past two years. From last year’s Oscar nominee “I Lost My Body” to internal productions “The Willoughbys” and “Klaus,” Netflix’s cartoon offerings have already reached a point to rival Pixar and DreamWorks. By the year 2023, streamer estimates that they will produce more feature-length animated titles than all the Hollywood studios combined.
Timed to China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Oct. 23 release “Over the Moon” marks a turning point in that push for world domination: It’s not just another tiny toon entry on Netflix’s slate (à la such low-cost pickups as “Fe@rLess” and “Latte & the Magic Waterstone”), but a major, Disney-level production overseen by a major, Disney-level talent, Glen Keane — the gifted artist responsible for bringing to life such characters as Ariel,...
Timed to China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Oct. 23 release “Over the Moon” marks a turning point in that push for world domination: It’s not just another tiny toon entry on Netflix’s slate (à la such low-cost pickups as “Fe@rLess” and “Latte & the Magic Waterstone”), but a major, Disney-level production overseen by a major, Disney-level talent, Glen Keane — the gifted artist responsible for bringing to life such characters as Ariel,...
- 10/9/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Speaking via live stream at NewImages Festival on Thursday, Tony Parisi, global head of Ar/VR ad innovation at Unity Technologies, and one of virtual reality pioneers, made his point clear: real-time technologies that entertain us today will be used to help us work and communicate in the future.
During his keynote speech “The Real-Time Revolution Is Here,” Parisi noted that while VR is reinventing storytelling, it’s also being used to help people learn, train, build and be productive, and with Ar, digital content can be seamlessly integrated into the real world. “These two technologies taken together, they are the future. It sounds like a far-flung future, but the fact is that it’s all happening today,” he said.
The world is changing, he said, moving from content that’s still, static and asynchronous into real-time, dynamic, high-production value 3D graphics. “There are very few people using digital devices...
During his keynote speech “The Real-Time Revolution Is Here,” Parisi noted that while VR is reinventing storytelling, it’s also being used to help people learn, train, build and be productive, and with Ar, digital content can be seamlessly integrated into the real world. “These two technologies taken together, they are the future. It sounds like a far-flung future, but the fact is that it’s all happening today,” he said.
The world is changing, he said, moving from content that’s still, static and asynchronous into real-time, dynamic, high-production value 3D graphics. “There are very few people using digital devices...
- 9/25/2020
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Gadgets and movies have gone hand in hand for decades, with the most imaginative cinematic creatives coming up with outlandish gizmos to wow audiences and even inspire inventors to turn tech fiction into a reality.
Here is a round-up of the devices that have made the most memorable on-screen impact, as well as many that have had an enduring effect in the real world of consumer electronics.
Minority Report’s Multitouch Display
If you are looking for the movie gadget that has been more influential than almost any other over the past couple of decades, then the displays used by the pre-crime investigators in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi thriller have to be at the top of the list.
The idea of using multiple fingers to interact with on-screen elements in real time, as well as using gesture-based controls while doing so, not only defined the look of tech in movies for years,...
Here is a round-up of the devices that have made the most memorable on-screen impact, as well as many that have had an enduring effect in the real world of consumer electronics.
Minority Report’s Multitouch Display
If you are looking for the movie gadget that has been more influential than almost any other over the past couple of decades, then the displays used by the pre-crime investigators in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi thriller have to be at the top of the list.
The idea of using multiple fingers to interact with on-screen elements in real time, as well as using gesture-based controls while doing so, not only defined the look of tech in movies for years,...
- 7/22/2020
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Tyler Childers teams with Kentucky comic-book artist Tony Moore for an eye-catching new video for “Country Squire,” the title track of Childers’ 2019 album.
Full of bright colors and lifelike 3-D animation — part Rudolph holiday special, part Wallace and Gromit — the clip follows the Kentucky singer-songwriter as he plays gigs, makes it big and woos his missus along the way. He buys a tow-behind camper too and together they hit the road, grow old, and raise a family. They even end up in outer space, in a futuristic nod to The Jetsons.
Full of bright colors and lifelike 3-D animation — part Rudolph holiday special, part Wallace and Gromit — the clip follows the Kentucky singer-songwriter as he plays gigs, makes it big and woos his missus along the way. He buys a tow-behind camper too and together they hit the road, grow old, and raise a family. They even end up in outer space, in a futuristic nod to The Jetsons.
- 7/10/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSPainter Emil Kosa Jr.'s 1933 logo for 20th Century Fox. (Hollywood Reporter.)The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will be dropping the "Fox" brand from 20th Century Fox, rebranding the studio as 20th Century Studios. The exciting lineup for this year's Berlinale continues to be announced, and you can see the increasing list of titles—which includes films by Matías Piñeiro, Josephine Decker, Heinz Emigholz, and Kevin Jerome Everson—here.Recommended VIEWINGOur trailer for Diao Yinan's neon-soaked noir The Wild Goose Lake, coming exclusively to Mubi in the United Kingdom on February 28. The Sandler-Safdies collaboration continues with Goldman v Silverman, filmed during the production of Uncut Gems. The short stars Benny Safdie and a masked Adam Sandler as two silently dueling street performers in New York's Times Square. An adorable but compelling...
- 1/22/2020
- MUBI
Aardman Animations and Greenpeace UK have released a new video to highlight the plight of the oceans, starring Stranger Things’ David Harbour and Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey, as well as Oscar-winners Olivia Colman and Helen Mirren.
Award-winning studio Aardman, makers of Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, have teamed up with Greenpeace UK to create a powerful short film showing the threats our oceans are facing, and the importance of protecting them. The film, Turtle Journey, tells the heartbreaking story of a turtle family attempting to get home, in an ocean that is under increasing threat from climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling, and overfishing.
Aardman’s distinctive blend of dry humor and painstakingly crafted stop-motion animation are seen in a new light in this short film, as they tackle the crisis facing the planet’s oceans. The film ends with an urgent call for global action to protect the oceans.
Award-winning studio Aardman, makers of Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, have teamed up with Greenpeace UK to create a powerful short film showing the threats our oceans are facing, and the importance of protecting them. The film, Turtle Journey, tells the heartbreaking story of a turtle family attempting to get home, in an ocean that is under increasing threat from climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling, and overfishing.
Aardman’s distinctive blend of dry humor and painstakingly crafted stop-motion animation are seen in a new light in this short film, as they tackle the crisis facing the planet’s oceans. The film ends with an urgent call for global action to protect the oceans.
- 1/17/2020
- Look to the Stars
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