Netflix And Aardman Announce ‘Chicken Run’ Sequel Details, New ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Feature

Netflix and Bristol, U.K.-based Aardman Animations continue to strengthen their partnership.

The companies have revealed details of the Chicken Run sequel and a newly announced Wallace & Gromit film.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget will come to Netflix in 2023. As previously announced, Sam Fell (Paranorman, Flushed Away) will direct from a script by Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, and Rachel Tunnard. See the first image above.
The film sees the flock of chickens try to break into an impenetrable fortress. Ginger and Rocky, stars of the original, are now joined by a daughter, Molly.
Ginger and Rocky will be voiced by Thandiwe Newton and Zachary Levi respectively, replacing Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson. Sawalha said she wasn’t invited for a voice test, and accused Aardman of ageism.
The cast also includes Bella Ramsey, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, David Bradley, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, and Nick Mohammed.
Chicken Run (2000), Aardman’s first feature, was produced with Dreamworks and France’s Pathé. It took $224.8 million worldwide, and remains the highest-grossing stop-motion film.

Writing and storyboarding are underway on a new Wallace & Gromit feature, which is set for a 2024 release on Netflix (except in the U.K., where it will debut on the BBC then come to Netflix).
Franchise creator Nick Park will direct alongside Merlin Crossingham (The Epic Adventures of Morph, Wallace and Gromit’s World of Invention). Mark Burton (Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon) writes.
This will be the sixth Wallace & Gromit film — the first in over 15 years — and the second feature, following 2005’s Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Netflix and Aardman released their first co-production, the holiday special Robin Robin, in November. The streamer also released the studio’s feature A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and special Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas.

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