Aardman Animations’ relationship with Netflix—from Shaun the Sheep to final 12 months’s Robin Robin—has been in overdrive since the announcement of a long-awaited sequel to the studio’s poultry-liberation epic Chicken Run. Now the streamer and the worker-owned animation studio are teaming as much as return to Aardman’s most iconic creation.

Today the 2 firms introduced that Wallace & Gromit will return to the large display for the primary time since Curse of the Wererabbit in 2005. The new film, due out in 2024, will probably be directed by Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park, and Aardman’s Creative Director for the franchise, Merlin Crossingham. The film will debut on Netflix internationally, however will premiere completely on the BBC within the UK.

The film—which sees Gromit attempt to wean his invention-loving grasp off of his reliance on self-made know-how when Wallace’s newest “Smart Gnome” gadgets tackle a thoughts of their very own—would be the first main entry within the the beloved clay animation collection because the 2008 TV particular A Matter of Loaf & Death, and the primary because the demise of Wallace’s authentic voice actor, British performing legend Peter Sallis, in 2017. No particulars have been confirmed about casting for the brand new film, however in appearances of Wallace since Sallis’ demise, the character has been performed by Ben Whitehead, who has voiced a number of characters for Aardman since Curse of the Wererabbit.

Netflix additionally introduced new particulars on the beforehand introduced Chicken Run sequel. Now titled Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, the movie sees the chickens (and Rocky the Rooster) residing out their blissful, cage-free life after escaping within the first movie, as Ginger and Rocky have a good time the beginning of their new daughter, Molly. But not each Chicken resides a lifetime of freedom, and when a brand new risk on the mainland portents to put all of chicken-kind low, Ginger, Rocky, and their pals have to go away their island sanctuary behind and save the day.

Ginger and Rocky will probably be voiced by new actors, changing prior Chicken Run stars Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson, with Shazam’s Zachary Levi taking over Rocky, and Westworld’s Thandiwe Newton enjoying Ginger. Aardman had beforehand revealed that’s had requested Gibson to not return within the wake of a number of allegations of anti-Semitism in opposition to the actor.

Newtown and Levi will probably be joined by Game of Thrones and The Last of Us’ Bella Ramsey as Molly, returning expertise Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, and Lynn Ferguson, in addition to new additions Josie Sedgwick-Davies, David Bradley, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, and Nick Mohammed—with Bradley, Ranganathan, and Mays enjoying returning Chicken Run characters Fowler the Rooster, and Nick and Fletcher the rats, respectively.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is ready to hit Netflix in 2023.

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